Hi guys – so we received a Sofortgeld-Bingo pamphlet with the paper today and when we scratched the bingo numbers on the back, it showed us that we won Euro 11,000. The pamphlet asks us to give a call on a number to claim the money.

This looks too easy and too good to be true and we are skeptical. But we also wanted to understand the modus operandi of this bingo.

Do you have any information or knowledge on this bingo? Please advise!!

EDITED with Answer & the Modus Operandi:

Indeed it’s a lousy scam. The modus operandi is this: Send unsolicited advertisements to people in mail, during birthdays etc. with a bingo numbers that shows you have won. You then call them and they record the call and get all your personal information (birthday, IBAN, demographics etc.) and then they inform that you have really not won but have “chance to win”. They will also offer you one month of free subscription to lottery/ Bingo/ games without directly implying that the subscription will continue even after the free trial. What they don’t specify is that it’s a subscription and you need to cancel it in the first week of the month to cancel the subscription, else they will direct debit the money from your bank.
Be careful guys!
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4 comments

  1. Indeed it’s a lousy scam. The modus operandi is this: Send unsolicited advertisements to people in mail, during birthdays etc. with a bingo numbers that shows you have won. You then call them and they record the call and get all your personal information (birthday, IBAN, demographics etc.) and then they inform that you have really not won but have “*chance to win”.* They will also offer you one month of free subscription to lottery/ Bingo/ games without directly implying that the subscription will continue even after the free trial. What they don’t specify is that it’s a subscription and you need to cancel it in the first week of the month to cancel the subscription, else they will direct debit the money from your bank.

    Be careful guys!

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  2. Yes, it’s a scam. If you read the small print *very* carefully, what you have actually “won” is a *chance* to win money.

  4. You “won” the opportunity to sign up for a paid membership that you can’t cancel in 24 months in a group lottery, where they will play actual games and distribute the winnings among the members. Or not. Probably not.

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