If I claim this prize will it be fraud?

wksd · 10 June 2020 at 2:55PM

I entered a competition, like I enter all, on Twitter. It was for people who had had a wedding cancelled due to COVID. All you had to do was retweet. I retweeted but was the only person who did and therefore won. The prize is worth around £1000 and is only redeemable on the brand.
My wedding was not cancelled due to COVID, my wedding is next year, however my fiancé and I had planned to 'elope' to do the legal bit abroad this summer when we went to Maldives (of course, this was cancelled).

The T&C's do not state you must have had your wedding cancelled. However, I do not want to appear dishonest or be done for fraud. What do we do?

Cottersj · 10 June 2020 at 3:09PM

Speak to the competition provider

mjm3346 · 10 June 2020 at 3:44PM

If something is obvious from the competition blurb it does not have to be repeated in the terms and conditions (in one case a ruling said it was clear from the details that the prize was for a family with children even though this was not stated in the T&Cs).