Scams

As a ContestWinsOnline member, we take a lot of care to enter only legitimate contests, but as we all know from regular 'spam', it is impossible to prevent misuse of your email address once it is in the public domain. For these reasons, it is important to be aware that there are characters who may notify you of a bogus big win as the first stage of an attempt to trick you out of money. However, these scams almost always have some of the following characteristics:

•   The prize seems excessively large for a free-to-enter Contest
•   You have to call a premium rate number or attend a presentation
•   You have to send off some money to collect the 'prize'
•   You have never heard of the organisation you have won from, or they have a suspicious email address
•   You're asked to keep quiet about your win
•   The standard of English in the email is poor
•   You are notified by automated telephone message

At ContestWinsOnline we never enter lottery related Contests, so any notifications that you have won a lottery prize are false.