Competition Scams - Please Post Them Here

Dancing___Barber

Hello, can someone tell me if the compition website' Offer X' is a con or it has real winners?

createbeauty

Dancing___Barber wrote: »

Hello, can someone tell me if the compition website' Offer X' is a con or it has real winners?

That's spamtastic. No, it's not legit. It's on the list of spam-generating sites.

Dancing___Barber

Can anyone tell me of my offers. Co. UK. Is a real compition website or just a con?

lilias

Dancing___Barber wrote: »

Can anyone tell me of my offers. Co. UK. Is a real compition website or just a con?

It's worth reading the comping guide which has lots of this sort of info in it.




11 Are there any sites, from experience, which are likely to generate lots of spam?
There are a few which have come to our collective attention as sites that, when used for comps, seem to generate lots of unwanted postal, email & phone call attention. These are listed below for your information, however, please do remember that this is only the collective opinion of other MSE Compers & does not necessarily reflect upon the sites themselves.

2minutedraw
4FreeUK
ABCWins
ActiveYou
Bouncing-Babies
Cashillion (Lead Generation, Data Aquisition, Email Marketing company)
Clash Club/Clash media
Club La Costa
Consumer Lifestyles
Consumer Opinions
Craftomatic Beds (Comps appear to be just a way to get a salesman into your home, especially if vulnerable/alone)
Emailinform
EZ Prize Giveaway
Fair Exchange
FindAPrize (questions raised if prizes awarded, slight spam, non existant company address, dodgy? Info here & here)
Foresters (have pestered with phone calls quite badly and even salesmen turning up on the doorstep. See here and here for more info)
Freeb.ie
GetMeATicket
GetYourBillsPaid
GreatUKsurveys
Guide2Win
HelloMagazine (offers.hellomagazine.com - comps on this URL have caused spam to some compers, be aware!)
InstantPrizeDraw
Just-Rewards
Lingscars
MyConsumer
MyFamilyUK
MyOffers
NoizeMakesEnemies (Care - your profile with name, address, phone number & email appear to be on show with no way to make it private!!)
Nuts (comps.nuts.co.uk - comps on this URL run by data collecting co. Data Media & Research Ltd.)
OffersClick
OfferX
Opinioniser
Optimax (phone calls, letters & emails!)
PenicuUK.com (linked to Weatherseal below)
PickUpThe Prizes
Planet49 (please read here, here, here & here for more information)
PlayAndWin (beware emails received, see this thread for info)
Plum Offers
PostcodeLottery (see here, here, here & here - don't confuse with FreePostcodeLottery who are fine)
Premier Christian Radio (lots of postal junk mail even when you opt out of future contact)
Prize4U
Prizes.UK
PrizePunch
PrizeStore
RewardsToday
ShopBe
Simple2Win
SoapBoxSurvey
SoFreebies
SupremeOGlaze (linked to Weatherseal below)
Space Kitchens (see thread here)
TheStarPrize
Tickbox
Topfox
Toyhound
UkPrize
UK-PrizeDraw
VoiceInACrowd
Vouch4me
WatchMyWallet
Weatherseal
Weather Wherever
Whats On TV (now 'powered by Instant Win 4 Now')
Willowbrook (chairs) (have pestered with phone calls quite badly on some comps - see here and also here)
Win 4 Now
Win24
Zenith Windows (linked to Weatherseal above)
Ziinga (beware emails received, see this thread for info)

Looyroo

On the list above 'my offers' are in red, is there any reason for this?

Looyroo

Dancing___Barber wrote: »

Can anyone tell me of my offers. Co. UK. Is a real compition website or just a con?

This is in red on the list but I'm not sure why, have you used it?

weeowens

Looyroo wrote: »

On the list above 'my offers' are in red, is there any reason for this?

Looyroo wrote: »

This is in red on the list but I'm not sure why, have you used it?

It'll be in red just to highlight it on a long list,as that is the site under discussion.

No deep meanings behind it.

HTH

Looyroo

Thank you, yes I see that now!

Wish I had seen the list first as I did use it :-/

daisy_doo

hi guys , I keep getting emails from "hole in two" (I have been awarded a nice new nsh-1 headset-value£35) and then click here to get your new headset. is this just spamtastic.?

lilias

daisy_doo wrote: »

hi guys , I keep getting emails from "hole in two" (I have been awarded a nice new nsh-1 headset-value£35) and then click here to get your new headset. is this just spamtastic.?

It certainly sounds spammy. Genuine winning emails don't usually ask you to click on anything.

Edited to Add - Did you accidentally enter a comp run by these people?

http://www.lotto24.nu/c/835/

DON'T sign up to anything with them or you'll find yourself paying £39 a month.