Competitions Discussion Thread Part 17

Barnabysue

If it is a scam, all they have is your Twitter Username and if they prove to be a problem you can always unfollow or block. Like you, I can't see what they have to gain from doing it though.

jill36_2

My offers are they are a spammy site? I noticed yesterday 'This Morning' are using this site for some of their comps.

weeowens

jill36 wrote: »

My offers are they are a spammy site? I noticed yesterday 'This Morning' are using this site for some of their comps.

They are viewed as spammy on here.Lots of sites are using them to now though.

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
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)
GetMeATicket
GetYourBillsPaid
GreatUKsurveys
Guide2Win
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 are now run by the data collecting company 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
Simple2Win
SupremeOGlaze (linked to Weatherseal below)
Space Kitchens (see thread here)
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)

Blulu

Marg2k8 wrote: »

I have seen a company running competitions on twitter, but I am reluctant to post it, because with comping, if something seems too good to be true, it probably is. With most competitions on twitter, you can see why the company is running it, and what they are getting out of it (ie promoting something). But if you have a look at @willyouwin on twitter, it all seems to be too good to be true. I cannot think what the scam (if any) is, but I cannot see that they have anything to gain by running these twitter comps. What does anyone else think?

Personally, I should go ahead and post their comps if you want to. If they are scammy or spammy the chances are that someone here will flag it up. TBH, the only thing about them that puts me off a little is their name, but that doesn't nec mean anything. They're offering good prizes, probably for pure publicity purposes. Hopefully, they are an honest company, but if not, the worst that is likely to happen is that people may get a little extra junk mail, and perhaps won't get any prizes won. On the other hand, if we didn't risk it, this forum would be very short on comps. As long as they are not asking for bank details and similar info, it's unlikely to be a major problem in my humbles.

misty64

I found a email in my spam from wage day advance saying i have won £1000 in there' what month was the olympics held in 2004 competition'.Thing is they want me to email them my banking details so they can they can pay me directly into my account.Obviously i am very concerned about this do you think it is a scam ? Any advice greatly recieved.Thanks

puzzymunkle

They can not do a great deal of damage to your account other than pay money in. You should safe so long as you only give account name, sort code and account number.
Never give any pin numbers etc.
I have heard of this company wanting to pay this way and sure others have found them to be ok.
I hope it's ok and well done .

puzzymunkle

this the facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/WageDayAdvance/app_393631907354848

toniq

These payday companies all seem to pay comps out in the same way,into bank accts as that is how they do business, as long as you remember entering the comp and have confirmed with them via fb or their actual webite it's them then you should be okay , well done!

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chelsea1969

It's not a scam ,others have won from these and have had the money paid in the same day they get your details ,well done.

baldrick69

As long as they can't get your address and DoB from the Facebook account, you should be safe.