Scam?

[sc2466]

"Congratulation You are one of the ten(10) lucky 2015 end of the year promo winner, please contact Game Manager to claim your price"

Has anyone else gotten this email? Is it legit?

 

[arrtup3]

"Congratulation You are one of the ten(10) lucky 2015 end of the year promo winner, please contact Game Manager to claim your price"

Has anyone else gotten this email? Is it legit?

Lots of people have gotten that email - I copied and pasted your quote and did a Google search - many pages came up with that exact quote, including scam.directory and scamwarners.com.

Try searching and you will see.

Wishing you real wins soon!

 

[amyshulk]

sc2466

http://www.sweepsadvantage.com/forum/newbies/2235-top-10-signs-your-win-really-sweepstakes-scam.html

12 Warning Signs of Sweepstakes Scams (Stay Safe!)

1. You Need to Pay to Receive the Prize
2. You Don't Recognize the Sweepstake
3. You Receive a Large Check with your Notification
4. You Are Asked to Wire Money
5. You Are Pressured to Act in a Hurry
6. You Need to Provide Bank or Credit Card Info to Receive Your Prize
7. The Win is From a Lottery
8. The Win is From a Foreign Lottery
9. The Notification is From a Government Organization
10. The Notification is Sent Via Bulk Mail

Read the article for more info :wave:


badgercontest went more in depth;

badgercontest

Some steps I use to ensure legitimacy:

1. Ask yourself if this is a sweepstakes that you remember entering. If you never entered for the prize that you just "won" the odds of being a scam are probably high.
2. The notification should come from a business or prize service e-mail address. Anything from an e-mail that anyone can create (IE: @hotmail.com, @yahoo.com, @gmail.com, @outlook.com etc. is a red flag.)
3. Correspondence should look professional. Any forms to be filled out and returned should look like they're from a business. IE: Not a bunch of misspellings, bad grammar, etc.

4. If you need to return any forms make sure they are going to a business e-mail address or a company street address/fax # (Just Google the street address or phone # to check)... either of the company putting on the sweeps or the sweepstakes service company administering it. IE: Don't send anything with your SS# to a residential address or a PO Box.
Note: Any prize won with a value of $600 or more WILL require you to submit your Social Security # to the company for tax purposes. This does NOT mean it's a scam. Some companies will also require it for prizes with values under $600.

5. Don't send anyone $ in order to claim a prize. Anything tax-related you will do on your own with federal/state filings.
6. All "foreign lotteries" are scams. Either that or the UK owes me a ton of money. har har.

7. Be careful with what sweeps you are entering. A sweepstakes from Coca-Cola is much safer to enter than from "WinMoneyNOW! LLC" or whatever. Prevention is the best medicine sometimes. Sites like sweepsadvantage are good because 95% of the sweeps they post/screen I feel comfortable with entering. Just avoid anything that gives you bad feelings... always safer that way.

Good luck with your sweeping!