E: 26/08 Win £12,000. TV Movie Giveaway Wordsearch Freephone no.(0800)

chez_when

TV Wordsearch giveaway, £12,000.  As a special promotion, there is a special freephone entry line for this competition (0800 500 3066). Alternative postal entry: send your name, address and puzzle answer to customer services. The answer to give is STAR WARS.
https://wynnington.co.uk/terms-and-conditions/

 Entry lines are now open and will close midnight on 26/08/2021. Entries made outside the times when the entry line is open will not be accepted but may still be charged. Competition name: £12,000 Movie Giveaway Wordsearch. This advert may be advertised in various forms of print and television media and requires entrants to solve various forms of word puzzle and quiz style games. Be sure to pay attention to the instructions and competition clue.

 One £12,000 winner will be selected at random from a pool of all correct entries received to all puzzle variations on 27/08/2021.Should you be a winner, your contact details, testimonial and photograph may be used for publicity purposes. Actors’ photos may be used to represent genuine winners. Contact customer service to refuse. This skill competition is not connected to this broadcasting media.The organisers are not responsible for printing or technical errors and reserve the right to amend competition details without notice if there are circumstances outside their reasonable control. Our Registered Office is 23 Shackleton Court, 2 Maritime Quay, London, E14 3QF but all competition related queries should be directed to customer services. © Wynnington Ltd 2021, registered in Great Britain no: 8271507. T/A Movie Giveaway Wordsearch. Wynnington Customer Services, Movie Giveaway Wordsearch, PO Box 133, Rye, TN31 9EU or call 01797 309000.

ROBDOLPHIN66

This sounded a little too good to be true so I googled the company and I would say that any takers should be aware of their apparent track record.
https://thechiefexecutive.blogspot.com/2017/06/beware-churchcastle-also-called.html

mjm3346

as per last time same poster then as well 

This was the last one (different comp same company)

"Be aware this is connected to CHURCHCASTLE LIMITED/Wynnington Ltd, the ASA has found against them numerous times and is one of the variations of this one

£9,500 Gardening Giveaway Terms and Conditions

 

As a special promotion, there is a special freephone entry line for this competition (0800 500 3303). All other entries will be made via premium rate phone call. *YOU MUST BE A UK RESIDENT AGED OVER 18. YOU MUST HAVE THE PERMISSION OF THE BILL PAYER TO MAKE THE CALL. MAX CALL COST £3.60 plus your phone company’s access charge. Alternative postal entry: send your name, address and puzzle answer to customer services, marking your envelope ‘£9,500 Gardening Giveaway’.

As a responder to this promotion, Churchcastle Ltd may contact you with other exciting competition offers by phone, post and SMS. If you don’t wish to receive these offers please opt-out by calling 0808 206 4390; or write to PO Box 143, Rye Harbour Road, Rye, TN31 9GF; or email optout@coincrete.co.uk. As a correct entrant you may be offered the opportunity for Your Lottery Service to contact you and register you 10 free syndicated lottery lines. If you accept this opportunity but no longer wish to be contacted, please let us know by calling 01424 479 7531."

Tara_Phoenix

So now that the phone call is FREE, what is the issue with entering?
Maybe I'm missing something lol

cutey1983

They sent me a paid telephone competition in the post this week after I entered this freephone one. £3.60 a minute. What an absolute liberty! I tore it up. That's the catch with this.

plavender

I have been absolutely plagued with post from these people since entering this competition! Four or five letters a week. As cutey1983 says, the letters 'invite' you to call a hugely expensive phone line to complete your entry.
I return every single letter, marking it 'Return to sender. Not wanted or requested: SPAM!'
Be warned people

e139

I made the fatal error of phoning the free number.  I received a call back a week or so later, telling me in order to be eligible for the next stage of the competition, I was asked to provide my card details to pay for delivery of a booklet of puzzles, which was to cost £2.50 (approx). Like a fool, I gave my details, I have seen since that £8.25 has been taken from my account.  I have emailed to 'opt out', though I have never actually opted in, so will wait and see if I will be reimbursed, as requested.
I have received 2 lots of puzzles in the post, which are of zero interest to me, I am hoping that by opting out, this will be the end of it.
Long story short: A scam.