Is this Legit?

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kelroger

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I received the following email from Big Prize Giveaways:

Congratulations in winning a $20 Walmart Gift Card. Please send
us your physical address and fill out the attached affidavit. You can
either scan or fax it back to us. If you prefer to fax it, the
number is 803-765-2996. Please let us know if you have any questions!


Thanks,
BPG

They did not use my name and the email had 4 other email addresses attached to the same email ( all yahoo.com or hotmail.com addresses). It does not list the sweepsstakes that it came from. I have not needed to fill out an affy for such a small gift card. I am REALLY hesitant to open the attachment!

Does anyone have any insights? Thank you!!
 
The "to" addresses probably don't tell you much. I've received emails that are sent cc'd to all the winners if there are more than one (not the ideal email practice, but a lot of people don't follow the ideal email practices).

who is it from? if there's a something.com in the sender's email address that isn't yahoo/hotmail/gmail/other generic? do a search for that URL Is it from a generic ID, or an individual?

Since they are open to questions, I'd send an email back asking which sweepstakes it's for before I'd fill out an affy. If you don't get a relatively prompt response, then let it go and move on.

And, most importantly, did you enter any sweeps with a $20 Walmart GC as the prize? you can search on that on sweepsadvantage.

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I just reread (missed the first line that it was from Big Prize Giveaways, but saw the BPG sign-off). That means it's one you entered on Facebook. I'd still send an email back asking some questions about which sweep and I'd take a look at how much info they want on the affy. (Is it like the SheKnows affy where it just formalizes the info you would normally send in an email, or do they want the whole SSN/notarized deal?)
 
Well, I just went to their site to look around and what do I see Kelly Rogers won a $20 Walmart card on December 4. I am assuming that is you. http://www.bigprize.com/fans/ Have never won from them, but that could be because I gave up on them. I would say that your email is legit and yes a company can request an affy for $20.
 
yes that is the way Big Prize Giveaways does things.I once received an affy from a win for a headband.

Bruce
 
bethtoons said:
The "to" addresses probably don't tell you much. I've received emails that are sent cc'd to all the winners if there are more than one (not the ideal email practice, but a lot of people don't follow the ideal email practices).

who is it from? if there's a something.com in the sender's email address that isn't yahoo/hotmail/gmail/other generic? do a search for that URL Is it from a generic ID, or an individual?

Since they are open to questions, I'd send an email back asking which sweepstakes it's for before I'd fill out an affy. If you don't get a relatively prompt response, then let it go and move on.

And, most importantly, did you enter any sweeps with a $20 Walmart GC as the prize? you can search on that on sweepsadvantage.

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I just reread (missed the first line that it was from Big Prize Giveaways, but saw the BPG sign-off). That means it's one you entered on Facebook. I'd still send an email back asking some questions about which sweep and I'd take a look at how much info they want on the affy. (Is it like the SheKnows affy where it just formalizes the info you would normally send in an email, or do they want the whole SSN/notarized deal?)
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Most excellent response! I added it to our stickied thread:

weird winning email notifications to look for
http://www.sweepstakesplus.com/smf/weird-winning-email-notifications-to-look-for-t24913.0.html
 
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