Win Emails

Caela07

Do all win emails say congratulations or competition title in the title or first couple of lines of the Email or do some look like a normal marketing Email/newsletter? I get so many emails I just tend to look for key words and delete the rest .

sleepyjones

Dunno, I do the same, so might have missed a few

I think the main thing to look for is an email coming from a person, so the sender name will appear as "Jim Smith" or something like that as opposed to "Mobile Phones Direct", for example and the subject will, I think, generally be related to the prize or the competition.

Cathp808

I have wondered the same thing as you can not read through every email.

DynasticDux

Most will tend to either have the subject as the competition - or say Congratulations or Winner in the title

The strangest email subject I had was simply titled "Could you please call?"
and the email said
"Would you be able to give me a call on the number below when you have a moment? You were chosen as the winner of this week's caption competition so I need to get some details from you.

And yes, congrats - you won the caption comp and the PlayStation 4 bundle!"


So, best to check all emails just in case - and whilst you are checking, if there is an "Unsubscribe" link - then click that to cut down on the number of emails received

2013yearofthehouse

I once got an email with the title "Congratulations [insert random female name that isn't mine here] winner", which I almost deleted because I thought it was one of those emails that tells you who has won (when it isn't you), and then offers a discount to everyone that entered, as I've had lots of these before with the same/similar title. For some reason, at the last second, I decided to open it (I think because there was a thread in compers chat about these types of emails and how annoying or sometimes funny they are) and was glad I did! Turns out the random name that I didn't recognise was actually the name of a jewellery designer and I'd won a necklace! I'm now very careful when choosing what to read or delete!

I once had a winning email that was just an image/graphic telling me my prize was in the post. It ended up in spam, looked like a newsletter and had a irrelavent tittle. Fortunately if I had missed it (assuming the prize didn't get lost in the post) I still would have got the prize!

ChamomileTao

I have a quick look at all of them as I delete, the most unlikely headers have been wins - so my advice is to be a bit less cavalier with the deleting.