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?? Tesco Win OR Spam Phonecalls? Help!

Fairy89
Fairy89 Posts: 138 Forumite
edited 28 February 2011 at 8:51PM in I won! I won! I won!
Had a call from Scottish Power tonight, claiming I'd entered a competition (didn't catch who she said it was with) but she confirmed my email address. Saying I had got through to the next stage to win £150 tescos vouchers, they wanted details about current energy provider etc etc, but told her my parents deal with it all. Didin't understand full as she had a really strong scottish accent:rotfl:

Has anyone else had this today, or at all?
Not sure whether its genuine or not....:cool:



EDIT: My good friend Google, has informed me that this is just an average 'cold call' !
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  • avelte
    avelte Posts: 5,137 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    they call me three times a day for a quote
    A rule of the universe is, the more you give, the more you get
  • Fairy89
    Fairy89 Posts: 138 Forumite
    I just looked the number up on Google and LOADS of people are getting cold calls from them saying 'you have got through to the next stage of the competition' when they haven't entered any!
    I was unsure, due to the amount I enter :rotfl:

    Thought it was far too good to be true!
    Beware of this number 0141 *** **02 folks!
    **The Best Things In Life Are Free**

    Total wins for first 6 months of '11 = £1,053
    Best wins of July: Thorntons Hamper & Goddiva Dress
    Best Wins of Aug: Samsung Galaxy Pro Phone & Holiday Voucher
  • surfboard2
    surfboard2 Posts: 2,006 Forumite
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    There have been lots of comps recently to win Tesco vouchers. I know because i've entered them myself.

    It sounds genuine to me. Mind you, i haven't been comping for long, so i guess we'll wait for the experts to give their advice lol

    Edit: Just saw your new post. Good idea to google the number, i know that for the future. Easy to fall for such things.
  • bargain_babs
    bargain_babs Posts: 2,369 Forumite
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    yep I had the same phone call too told her that OH deals with all of it - she wanted to speak to him at a convenient time - I said that wasn't a good idea :)
  • kimmy393
    kimmy393 Posts: 5,472 Forumite
    its spam. I just hang up on them
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  • MrMrsR
    MrMrsR Posts: 674 Forumite
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    THey rang me too.. best thing is to tell them you use prepay cards and landlord says you cant change energy provider and the guy said ' ok thank you for your time I will put you through to the next round anyway. It closes on 27th March'

    They wont know its a fib without a bit of a search and sure they cant be bothered with that! lol
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  • oddies
    oddies Posts: 10,013 Forumite
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    what a good idea mrmrsr, i don't enter these scottish power and others like it as i know what there like and i can't be bothered with cold calls
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  • jonty03
    jonty03 Posts: 692 Forumite
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    Evening All, :hello:

    DD received one of these calls from Scottish Power tonight but the Tesco voucher prize has gone up to £1500! They said she was through to the last 9 and they are going to ring her back tomorrow. After reading this thread, I have warned her it's spam and given her a list of questions to ask THEM :D Thanks for the 'heads-up' guys - I love this site
    :A
  • eleanor73
    eleanor73 Posts: 1,615 Forumite
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    I've had those calls but I would be interested to find out if anyone has won from Scottish power????
    Since starting again after beanie: June 2016: Child development DVDs, Massive Attack tickets. July: Aberystwyth trip, hotmilk nightie. Aug: £10 Hipp Organic vouchers, powerpack. September: Sunglasses. October: £30 poundland vouchers.
  • freefan01
    freefan01 Posts: 4,427 Forumite
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    yep, regular callers lol
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