My First Win!!!.... but is it a scam?????

piratess

I entered some comps a few months ago through My Offers.com and ive had a phone call this evening from a company in London saying i had won a £500.00 professional photo shoot!

i was busy trying to sort my little one out for bed so asked if he could ring back and he said sure ill ring tomorow afternoon,

Im just wondering if it is all its cracked upto be?

any advice would be great before i let myself get all excited!

thanks xxx (trying not to get excited kirstyx)

SoozyJ22

I don't know anything about your particular competition, but I've seen tv programmes in the past where people win prizes like this and then buying the photos is not included in the prize and they're very expensive and there's a lot of bullying done to make you buy them.

I don't want to deflate you too much, but I think you should look into it a little more - maybe try googling for more information on the company?

Sorry, I really do hope it's not a scam.

catz747

I guess the answer to that depends on if they are going to ask you to pay for anything. For example, it's not much good if they do a free photoshoot and then ask you to pay a small fortune for the photos. Maybe check things like that with them when they call

Zinger549

I think with this you get the makeover and the photo shoot but have to pay for the photos

hjb123

Id be very wary of this but when the chap rings back tomorrow ask him what it includes? Well done anyway!

mpython

If they ask you to pay upfront a booking fee (in case you don't turn up) its a pretty good indicator that its not really a win, but a come on to spend £100s on the photos they take.

samf1971

Yes I agree with the others, make sure you are told EVERYTHING before agreeing to accept the prize

rosielx

It's probably a scam. There was a similar recent thread on here. One of my friends took her 15 month old son to one of these photo shoots. She enjoyed the makeover and having the pictures taken. When this was over they sat in her a room alone for ages with a projector and screen to show the photos and then subjected her to a hard sell approach and she ended up spending £360 pounds on a CD! When she wanted to copy the images she had to write to the company to get a copyright form too.

I hope that its a proper prize but please confirm every detail with them

piratess

well i waited for a phone call as the company were going to ring me back at 2ish this afternoon and ive had no phone call!!! .. so think im just going to put it down to a scam type thingy!

oh well still waiting for first proper win! heehe

catz747

Sorry to hear about that, let us know if they do ring you back