E: 14/11 - Win this year’s Liberty Beauty Advent Calendar worth over £840 (IG/FB)

euronorris

Follow, like, tag, share for extra entries. Enter on FB also.

https://www.facebook.com/202366620377221/posts/934957787118097/ 

lollyp

I'm a bit concerned about this one. I got an Instagram message saying I'd been selected as a winner but had to register on a random site and put in card details!

I_luv_cats

lollyp said:

I'm a bit concerned about this one. I got an Instagram message saying I'd been selected as a winner but had to register on a random site and put in card details!

*PLEASE BE AWARE OF FAKE AND SPAM ACCOUNTS THAT ARE TARGETING GIVEAWAYS. I WILL NEVER ASK YOU TO CLICK A LINK OR ASK FOR ANY PAYMENT INFORMATION. THE WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON MY STORIES AND ON THIS POST*

Happens a lot where _ is used to fake a brand etc. to change name and a clue is where the account is private. 

gdmoney

lollyp said:

I'm a bit concerned about this one. I got an Instagram message saying I'd been selected as a winner but had to register on a random site and put in card details!

That was a scam. Fraudsters regularly clone social media (especially Instagram and Facebook) accounts to try and trick you into revealing personal or financial information.

A few pointers:-

• the account name will be mispelled, have an extra underscore, have "official" added to the end, etc
• why would they contact you now when the closing date isn't until November?
• you don't need to register on a website or follow another social media account. You have already followed them on TW or FB or IG to enter the competition.
• you don't need to give any financial information like bank details. It isn't a cash prize. It's an advent calendar so if you do win (after 14/11) they will only need your address to send it to you.
• just block these fake accounts and report them to TW / FB / IG.

Deb2008

lollyp said:

I'm a bit concerned about this one. I got an Instagram message saying I'd been selected as a winner but had to register on a random site and put in card details!

Nearly every comp via Insta has a fake comp winning account who mail you with a link to put in your bank details.....block them and report them, I also let the original account via Insta know about the fake account too....some have added to their info that they DO NOT ask for bank details etc
Scammers will try anything

euronorris

Yes, that was definitely a scam account. I regularly have scam accounts follow me, trying to trick me. Advice above is great.

This is a very popular prize, so probably attracted the scammers pretty quickly!