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Pick me up instant wins?

Just wondering has anybody ever actually won instantly on Pick me up competitions. You know the ones where you pick three numbers and if they match, you win.

I've seen on here that somebody has won from one of the prize draws but I was just curious about the instants.

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  • mjm3346
    mjm3346 Posts: 47,378 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited 13 November 2010 at 1:02AM
    The odds of winning the £5,000 prize are about 2,000,000 to 1

    The competitions are very much like these and may be linked in some way

    www. instant win 4 now .co.uk


    win 4 now are behind instant win 4 now and feature on this list


    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.
  • hiya i started these before i knew baout mse and between myself and my mum we have won 26 prizes !! some small and some larger like a portable dvd player and dvds. we havent won lately but i think its chnaged hands so i tend not to bother much atm as it seems like its getting a little iffy xxxxxxxx
    :j First prizes back into comping after a break - romantic break to 2 to Venice/ Paris or Rome with romantic trip and a 42 inch TV and blu Ray amazing !

    Thank you all so much and good luck guys and girls xxxxxx
  • mjm3346
    mjm3346 Posts: 47,378 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    The company providing the data/services and some of the sites they work with.


    http://www.dmri.co.uk/datarental/datalists.php


    Juat a little of what they say about instant win 4 now

    "A vast range of information about these members is available, including age, address, interests, income, landline and mobile numbers as well as a certain amount of insurance renewal data"
  • tjcp
    tjcp Posts: 567 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    I won on my very first ever go - 8 boxes of chocolate brazil nuts yummy.

    Never won a sausage since.

    To be fair I didn't do them for long and on balance I would say it is worth a go.
  • I entered once and got a phonecall from a modelling agency a few days later saying they had got my details from Pick M Up, even though I ticked the NO box so I wouldn't touch them with a bargepole now. A lot of effort for spam in my opinion.

    Needless to say, I cancelled my account.
  • blackmidnight
    blackmidnight Posts: 13,296 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Phone number was an optional field on the registration form
    2008: £783.12 - 2009: £6,401.15 - 2010: £4,230.61 - 2011: £8720 - 2012: £2,041.89
    2013: £134.96
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