Reporting Sweepstakes Scams

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If you have good evidence of a sweepstakes listed on SA involved in scam practices please send us a feedback with the site url & some description of the scam. SA administration will validate the claim and post the website in this forum.

Indications of a Scam Sweepstakes:

1. Many large prizes offered but no identifiable product or sponsor of the sweepstakes.

2. No winners lists or information on where to obtain it.

3. Personal Experience

4. A claim or processing fee is required to obtain your prize.

Thank You.
 
Hi,

I got a phone call earlier today from a company called "Imperial Majesty Cruise Lines", everything was fine and exciting until they mentioned the $118.00 fee I had to pay. I did not accept the offer. I later checked online and there are so many complaints about this company. Please folks, please don't let these people scam you. If 1-800-730-0272 shows up on your caller ID tell them never to call you again or just don't answer the phone.

Good luck everyone,
Jodi
xoxo
 
I recieved this today and i dont think it's real.......
EURO-PW LOTTERY v7.0,WEBSITE: www.europw.comPOSTBUS 636-5930 AMTERNEUZEN, HOLLAND. RE:OFFICIAL PRIZE AWARD NOTICE. DEAR WINNER, THIS IS TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU HAVE WON A PRIZE MONEY OF ONE MILLION EURO (1,000,000) FOR THIS MONTH (FEBRUARY 2009), EURO-PW LOTTERY ONLINE PROMOTION. ALL PARTICIPANTS FOR THIS ONLINE VERSION WERE SELECTED RANDOMLY FROM THE WORLD WIDE WEB, THROUGH AN ELECTRONIC BALLOTING SYSTEM (E.B.S.) AND EXTRACTED FROM OVER 100M SECURED WEBSITES WORLDWIDE. ONLY FIVE WINNERS EMERGE EVERY MONTH THROUGH ELECTRONIC BALLOTING SYSTEM (E.B.S.), AND YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WAS SELECTED AND ATTACHED TO THE WINNING NUMBER BELOW WE CONGRATULATE YOU FOR BEEN ONE OF THE EURO-PW v7.0 WINNER. PLEASE CONTACT OUR APPROVED AGENT FOR YOUR REGION WITH YOUR WINNING NUMBER AND YOUR FILLED CLAIMS VERIFICATION FORM BELOW. WINNING NUMBER: EPWL/11/17/18/25/08EURO-PW LOTTERY v7.0. CLAIMS VERIFICATION FORM.FULL NAMES .ADDRESS .NATIONALITY .COUNTRY .TEL/FAX .AGE/SEX .MARITAL STATUS .OCCUPATION . PAYMENT OPTION1. COURIER DELIVERY OF CERTIFIED WINNING CHEQUE (.....)2. TRANSFER OF PRIZE MONEY VIA ONLINE BANK TRANSFER (.....) TICK AN OPTION WHICH SUITS YOU BEST FOR THE REMITTANCE OF YOUR PRIZE MONEY TO YOU. CONGRATULATIONS FROM ALL MEMBERS OF STAFF OF EURO-PW LOTTERY. NINA T. FRIJTERS (Mrs.)DIRECTOR; CLAIMS DEPARTMENT.TEL/FAX: +31 (0) 84 740 8620E-MAIL: [email protected]ROM: RAVI SUBRAMANIAM NOTE: ALL CORRESPONDENCES SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO [email protected]
 
kathy6619 said:
I recieved this today and i dont think it's real.......
EURO-PW LOTTERY v7.0,WEBSITE: www.europw.comPOSTBUS 636-5930 AMTERNEUZEN, HOLLAND. RE:OFFICIAL PRIZE AWARD NOTICE. DEAR WINNER, THIS IS TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU HAVE WON A PRIZE MONEY OF ONE MILLION EURO (1,000,000) FOR THIS MONTH (FEBRUARY 2009), EURO-PW LOTTERY ONLINE PROMOTION. ALL PARTICIPANTS FOR THIS ONLINE VERSION WERE SELECTED RANDOMLY FROM THE WORLD WIDE WEB, THROUGH AN ELECTRONIC BALLOTING SYSTEM (E.B.S.) AND EXTRACTED FROM OVER 100M SECURED WEBSITES WORLDWIDE. ONLY FIVE WINNERS EMERGE EVERY MONTH THROUGH ELECTRONIC BALLOTING SYSTEM (E.B.S.), AND YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WAS SELECTED AND ATTACHED TO THE WINNING NUMBER BELOW WE CONGRATULATE YOU FOR BEEN ONE OF THE EURO-PW v7.0 WINNER. PLEASE CONTACT OUR APPROVED AGENT FOR YOUR REGION WITH YOUR WINNING NUMBER AND YOUR FILLED CLAIMS VERIFICATION FORM BELOW. WINNING NUMBER: EPWL/11/17/18/25/08EURO-PW LOTTERY v7.0. CLAIMS VERIFICATION FORM.FULL NAMES .ADDRESS .NATIONALITY .COUNTRY .TEL/FAX .AGE/SEX .MARITAL STATUS .OCCUPATION . PAYMENT OPTION1. COURIER DELIVERY OF CERTIFIED WINNING CHEQUE (.....)2. TRANSFER OF PRIZE MONEY VIA ONLINE BANK TRANSFER (.....) TICK AN OPTION WHICH SUITS YOU BEST FOR THE REMITTANCE OF YOUR PRIZE MONEY TO YOU. CONGRATULATIONS FROM ALL MEMBERS OF STAFF OF EURO-PW LOTTERY. NINA T. FRIJTERS (Mrs.)DIRECTOR; CLAIMS DEPARTMENT.TEL/FAX: +31 (0) 84 740 8620E-MAIL: [email protected]ROM: RAVI SUBRAMANIAM NOTE: ALL CORRESPONDENCES SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO [email protected]
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No it's not real. It's a scam. This was not listed at SA.
 
thank you pmeek! i pretty much knew it wasnt real, Im new to entering sweeps and I think my husband is kinda gettin way to into me winning so he was like...ARE YOU SURE ITS NOT REAL??????????????????????????????????? HAHAHA so i thought i better check! is this the place to post questions like this or is there another section on this website if i get an award notification im not sure about? thanks and good luck to everyone!
 
I received an e-mail from Microsoft Awards Central telling me that I had won one million pounds from their data base promotions. It was so well done that I hesitated for a moment. Then I e-mailed Microsoft and they wrote back that it was a hoax. I don't know why they don't sue these people. There was a lot of contact info and they are using the Microsoft name in a scam. Intellectually, I knew it was not real but there was that moment of doubt because they actually said it was from a Microsoft promotion. I have gotten three others this week that I deleted at once but THIS SEEMED SO REAL!
 
Scam alert mercedes and cash

Just reported this in the wrong place, so here's a copy...

My 82 year old father just got a call from someone who identified himself as 'John Brown'. Dad handed the phone to me.
The caller had a foreign accent, possible Indian. He said my dad won a Mercedes and cash and he could pick it up in Washington DC, or they would deliver it today by UPS. He told me he was with a company called 'Winners Winners' that is associated with Publishers Clearing House. He said dad would have to pay a 1% tax if the prize was delivered. I asked him how they were going to deliver a car by UPS and he said with a dolly! Haha. The phone number he gave was 202-506-8714. The number did not show on the cellphone.
I told him we would talk it over and call back in a half hour.

I was of course skeptical. I looked online and found similar scams. I won't be calling John Brown!
Does anyone know a way to report these scams?
 
I was a winner for the December draw (held the 1st week in January) for the $100.00 Visa Gift Card from Kip's Free Stuff. It is still listed on his website. He did not contact me about the win I just saw my name as a winner of the $100.00 Visa and another girl listed as the $250.00 Amazon gift card winner. I sent him an email and thanked them and sent my mailing address and phone number to him that day. He did not responded. I waited about 3 more days and sent another email and went to his site and left a message in the chat box about my win and he sent me a $10.00 Amazon gift card. I went to his facebook page and left another message about my win of the $100.00 Visa and not $10.00 amazon card and he still did not acknowledge me. I've done all I can do to correct this. That's not what I won and this is very upsetting to me. I did put a message about this in the scam reporting section so I wanted to make sure I had done this correctly and notify you of this.
 
seahag3a said:
Just reported this in the wrong place, so here's a copy...

My 82 year old father just got a call from someone who identified himself as 'John Brown'. Dad handed the phone to me.
The caller had a foreign accent, possible Indian. He said my dad won a Mercedes and cash and he could pick it up in Washington DC, or they would deliver it today by UPS. He told me he was with a company called 'Winners Winners' that is associated with Publishers Clearing House. He said dad would have to pay a 1% tax if the prize was delivered. I asked him how they were going to deliver a car by UPS and he said with a dolly! Haha. The phone number he gave was 202-506-8714. The number did not show on the cellphone.
I told him we would talk it over and call back in a half hour.

I was of course skeptical. I looked online and found similar scams. I won't be calling John Brown!
Does anyone know a way to report these scams?
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How to Report Phone Fraud
http://www.ehow.com/how_4421962_report-phone-fraud.html
 
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