Competition Scams

Comping and win a house competitions sadly aren’t perfect and does attract it’s fair share of cheating and scams. The best way to beat the scammers is let everyone know how they work and how to avoid them. In this section we highlight various issues and also share rulings from ASA (Advertising Standards Agency) when competitions are involved.

See Also: Pay To Enter Prize Draws, Facebook Comps, Win A House, Automated Entries

Competitions News

Virgin Radio & Visit Qatar Prize Problems

We were going to mention this on our recent update but forgot to include it, however it’s probably an issue that deserves it’s own short blog article. Earlier this year

UKGC Raffles
Competitions News

Countdown Competitions Returns Again!

Back in February 2024 we wrote a blog asking Can Pay To Enter Prize Draws Be Fixed? In the article we showed how one site’s ticket sales jumped incredibly, despite

Loquax News & Updates

The Mystery Of The 1 Star Trustpilot Reviews

Loquax has been listed on popular review site Trustpilot for numerous years. Despite this we’ve never sought reviews from users or publicised that we were there. It’s not a platform

Secret Yorkshire
Competitions News

Secret Yorkshire Competitions

Yesterday (15th June 2023) we received a message from a Loquax user who felt that they’d been potentially “scammed” because of a prize draw that they’d visited via a posting

Fraud
Competitions News

Can Facebook Stop Fake Competition Pages?

Prize draws on social media are incredibly popular simply because they’re easy to set up and often easy to run. There’s no need for competition landing pages, databases, fancy graphics

Rejected
Competitions News

We Reserve The Right To Disqualify You

Being a comper isn’t an easy pastime. On one hand you might be investing considerable time and effort liking/sharing and filling in forms whilst on the other you may be

Fake Instagram Accounts
Loquax News & Updates

The Case Of The Fake Instagram Account

Compers know fully well that comping via social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook can be a problem, especially when it comes to fake accounts. Scammers latch on to a

Fraud Alert
Competitions News

Is Your Facebook Winning Message A Scam?

After entering 100s of competitions on Facebook and Instagram you login one afternoon to discover a message in your DMs. “You are a winner”! In your excitement you quickly fire

Cancelled
Competitions News

Draw A House Cancelled At Last Minute

Whilst 2020 has been a strange year for most, in the win a house competition world it’s been a pretty decent year. Over 80 properties have been offered as prizes

It's A Scam
Competitions News

Competition Scams & ITV Admin Errors

When we first started this blog way back in 2007 (yes 2007) one of the hot topics of the time was phone-in competitions. Ofcom were going to investigate the use

Millionaire Mansion
Competitions News

Millionaire Mansion Closes Early With Cash Winner

Win A House raffles have taken another twist with the news that Millionaire Mansion has closed early. This competition was originally earmarked to close in November 2018. However the promoters