Secret Yorkshire Competitions
16 June 2023
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 on the site. The prize
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.
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 on the site. The prize
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 etc that come with putting
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 creating videos or images for
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 brand name, create a similar
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 off the details that have
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 of premium rate services, GMTV
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 controversially extended this deadline by
Zavvi.co.uk have been warned by Advertising Standards following a recent prize draw where the winner lost the prize by responding too late to their winning email. Between the 19th September and 31st October 2018 entrants
Back in September 2017 the website Win The House Of Your Dreams joined the throng of home competitions online. The prize, Reve House, is located on the banks of The River Thames at Caversham, Berkshire