Make Me A Winner - General Chat

Tashymon

JamboDP said:

Tashymon said:

Thank you! I didn't enter today but I had entered on Friday which made me think. I've been getting between 1 and 4 spam calls every day from entering competitions so I just assumed it was spam again but I suppose given the time I shouldn't take the risk next time. 

I don’t know what sort of comps you enter to get spam calls, I have never had spam calls from entering competitions only ones that say congratulations you have won.

Over the years I've noticed a correlation between the times when I'm entering lot's of competitions and spam calls and then the breaks I take and I receive none. Could just be unlucky but someone seems to be selling on my info. 

janE1956

We think 33 entries today

Ms_Chocaholic

Tashymon said:

JamboDP said:

Tashymon said:

Thank you! I didn't enter today but I had entered on Friday which made me think. I've been getting between 1 and 4 spam calls every day from entering competitions so I just assumed it was spam again but I suppose given the time I shouldn't take the risk next time. 

I don’t know what sort of comps you enter to get spam calls, I have never had spam calls from entering competitions only ones that say congratulations you have won.

Over the years I've noticed a correlation between the times when I'm entering lot's of competitions and spam calls and then the breaks I take and I receive none. Could just be unlucky but someone seems to be selling on my info. 

I rarely receive spam calls (maybe one every few months) and they're not linked to entering competitions as I receive them when I haven't been entering for a while.

Jonothon

Tashymon said:

JamboDP said:

Tashymon said:

Thank you! I didn't enter today but I had entered on Friday which made me think. I've been getting between 1 and 4 spam calls every day from entering competitions so I just assumed it was spam again but I suppose given the time I shouldn't take the risk next time. 

I don’t know what sort of comps you enter to get spam calls, I have never had spam calls from entering competitions only ones that say congratulations you have won.

Over the years I've noticed a correlation between the times when I'm entering lot's of competitions and spam calls and then the breaks I take and I receive none. Could just be unlucky but someone seems to be selling on my info. 

I have had instances of spam calls after entering competitions too. It probably depends on the competition entered. But if the competition company sold every phone number received to third parties, no one would ever enter; so they probably take a security guard's mentality by only occasionally searching and selecting a few numbers that enter at a time to sell - especially if they need a monetary boost for whatever reason at a certain time.

I recently got a mew number in April just for personal contacts. My old number, where the contract ran out, works as the crash dummy for when silly little websites think it's appropriate to text you login codes to your phone when this is what your password is for, and not the purpose of a personal phone number. I also still use it for strangers and new companies to contact me until I know they're legit without selling my data. But I've been using my new number to enter Make Me a Winner instead of my old one, and no spam calls yet. If I do get any in the future, then the comp has sold my number to a third party as my new number has not been used for communicating with other companies as of yet.

However, many will agree or disagree if the comp does sell your number to spam companies, but being ultimately right or wrong is not the main point. At the end of the day, if you give your number out, you truly don't know how it's being treated on the other side despite any terms and conditions a company has - there are always loopholes for companies to extort. You only ever use your number at your own risk.

mjm3346

In 15 years of entering competitions (over 10 years of that entering lots) I have received zero spam calls as a result of entering competitions (I am selective about what I enter and trying to win say a sheet of toilet paper is not for me). There are of course "random dialler's where the number called has not been given by anybody.

MJB992

janE1956 said:

We think 33 entries today

I got 32. When I dialled a 33rd time was told I had reached my entry maximum

Best of luck all!

JamboDP

answered after 2 rings and said make me a winner and won £180,000

£190,000 tomorrow

Comping_Rich

40 telephone entries for tomorrow, Thursday.

dodado

Think if there was a worthy winner it was surely today, very best wishes to her & her family 

Ms_Chocaholic

dodado said:

Think if there was a worthy winner it was surely today, very best wishes to her & her family 

It sure was, the lady said she had terminal cancer and her life assurance wasn't going to pay out.  The radio presenter was a bit speechless I think.  A very deserving cause today, I hope she is able to spend some of it in what time she has left.