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just had automated phone message..

scam or a genuine win??? My phone has cut out half way through the message and it was out of area number but said entry form I had completed had been selected and I had won then phone cut off..so is it a lucky escape or something I should try to chase up?
HUGE THANKS TO MAXIMOUSE THE HAMSTER ANGEL..GOOD KARMA IS COMING TO YOU!
Managed to get Pipsqueak ,Chunk ,Num nums,a house,car,skateboard,slide,wheel, handmade carriers and beds x2, orange go go carrier and a ball:j:j

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  • heatherw_01
    heatherw_01 Posts: 6,852 Ambassador
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    Sounds like a scam to me. No doubt they would have wanted you to call a premium rate number to claim your "prize"
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  • vwcampervan72
    vwcampervan72 Posts: 4,492 Forumite
    cant you 1471 the number and find out who it was,

    i had a lucky escape yesterday, my child phoned and i dint get to the phone in time LOL
  • Nemo9123
    Nemo9123 Posts: 801 Forumite
    lol no 1471 as it comes up out of area with no number same as if its private.
    thought it would be a scam but its that just in case feeling..lol
    HUGE THANKS TO MAXIMOUSE THE HAMSTER ANGEL..GOOD KARMA IS COMING TO YOU!
    Managed to get Pipsqueak ,Chunk ,Num nums,a house,car,skateboard,slide,wheel, handmade carriers and beds x2, orange go go carrier and a ball:j:j
  • comping_cat
    comping_cat Posts: 24,006 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    Does sound a bit suspect, maybe a lucky escape!!!
  • NOSONDDU
    NOSONDDU Posts: 13,714 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    sounds like one of those cruise automated cons
    "Every day when I wake up I thank the Lord I'm Welsh" Cerys Matthews
  • T--J
    T--J Posts: 4,298 Forumite
    I got one too saying I'd won a holiday to Cancun because a form completed by myself or a member of my family had been chosen to win. I'm pretty sure it's the same as the one I mentioned in this post. :rolleyes: I think I remember her saying something about paying for a holiday using a visacard so it looks like our details are being passed on because I've recently paid for another holiday using a visacard ... and lo and behold, I've had another phonecall. :mad:
    2017 Wins: £200 (Total since 2008: £43,827! :shocked:)
    Best wins: £5000 with ITV :eek:, Trips to New York fashion week/Malta/Lake Como/Paris/London/St Mellion spa, iPhones, iPad, TVs, vouchers
    May-Oct: 0 Nov: £200.10
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