Prize Winners Club

Robert89

I recieved a letter today from 'Prize Winners Club' which says i've won a cash prize. Here's what it exactly says:

I'm pleased to confirm that you have been selected to be included in our best ever prize promotion. We have more prizes than ever before (over 11,000), You have definitely won one of our valuable prizes (minimum £25 cash, maximum £20,000 cash) if your unique ID matches any one of the winning ID numbers.

All these prizes are available:
£20,000 in Cash (x1), £5,000 in cash (x2), £1,00 in cash (x3), £500 in cash (x5), £100 in cash (x10), £50 in cash (x1000) or £25 in cash (x10,000).

To find out if you've won a valuable prize and exactly what your entitlement is, please contact us NOW (see below). The lines are open 24 hours 7 days a week.

If you contact us and your unique ID number ******* matches you will find out which prize you have won. You will be given a 4-digit claim code to write down on the form overleaf with your other details before you return the form to us. We will then dispatch your prize to you as soon as possible.

It gives you 3 options to contact them to claim, either by phone which from a BT line costs £1.53 a minute and says the call will last 6 mins max. By text "Max text cost £9.30, 6 x texts at £1.50 plus network charge. Or write by post and allow 28 days for delivery of claim code.

Has anyone else had one of these and are they legit and not a scam? The postage method seems ok as it's only a stamp your paying for.

tomwakefield

Why would a company throw money away on a free prize draw? They must make their profit somewhere.

Robert89

True, well i suppose it's worth a shot.

Optimist

Robert89 wrote: »

True, well i suppose it's worth a shot.

You might be lucky enough to get a very VERY cheap camera which will in no way match the amount of money you pay out, even if you write they will ask for money to get your "prize"

Bin it.....

paddyrg

Nearly a tenner to find out if you're really a winner or not, and you have to ask if it's a scam? ;-)

tomwakefield

You may also end up on a "suckers" list, thus increasing the amount of junk mail you receive

shaun_from_Africa

This is a very common scam and if you read the letter carefully you will see that it doesn't state that you've definitely won anything.

you have definitely won one of our valuable prizes (minimum £25 cash, maximum £20,000 cash) if your unique ID matches any one of the winning ID numbers.

It's no different to me stating that "you have definitely won the lotto jackpot (minimum £4,000,000) if the 6 numbers on your ticket match the 6 drawn numbers".

hcb42

SCAM aLERT! Do not call this number OP!

tomwakefield

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

This is a very common scam and if you read the letter carefully you will see that it doesn't state that you've definitely won anything.



It's no different to me stating that "you have definitely won the lotto jackpot (minimum £4,000,000) if the 6 numbers on your ticket match the 6 drawn numbers".

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So, in short, you pay £10 to be told "very sorry Sir, you haven't won, better luck next time".

I knew someone would spot it, though I couldn't see it.

shaun_from_Africa

And I'm sure that once you've paid the £10, you will be identified as someone who responds to these sorts of letters and will be added to loads of further mailing lists.

paddyrg

Just for info - some very very similar scams offer *vouchers* for wins - you get £200 'holiday vouchers' which can only be booked from some overpriced catalogue where every holiday is marked up by £200+ before you start.