{"id":633,"date":"2021-08-19T20:34:15","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T20:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/?p=633"},"modified":"2025-03-25T22:21:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T22:21:44","slug":"instagram-sweepstakes-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/19\/instagram-sweepstakes-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweepstakes Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Sweepstakes Scam has evolved onto the many platforms. The platform is where influencers can make money by promoting products and services of sponsored advertisers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But that\u2019s not the only way influencers can earn a buck. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s common for an influencer to host a contest in which followers enter to win a sponsored product. Entrants typically need to like the post, tag a friend and comment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similar to other sweepstakes scams, the \u201cwinner\u201d is asked to pay a fee or give up an account number to receive the prize. If so, you\u2019re getting scammed \u2014 never send money or reveal financial info.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Three Signs of a Sweepstakes Scam<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Who wouldn&#8217;t like to win a lot of money or a big prize? That\u2019s why scammers use the promise of a grand prizes to get your money or personal information. Here are three ways to tell you\u2019re dealing with a scam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>If you have to pay to get your prize, it\u2019s a scam<\/strong>. Real prizes are always free. If someone tells you to pay a fee to cover taxes, shipping, handling charges, processing fees, or customs duties to get your prize, run &#8230;.. you\u2019re dealing with a scammer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>If you have to pay a fee to increase your odds of winning, it\u2019s always a scam<\/strong>. Real sweepstakes are free and winning is by chance. It\u2019s illegal for someone to ask you to pay to increase your odds of winning. Only scammers do that.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>If you have to give your financial or personal information to claim you prize, it\u2019s a scam.<\/strong>&nbsp;There\u2019s absolutely no reason to ever give your bank account or credit card number, or personal information like your Social Security number, to claim any prize. If they ask for this information, don\u2019t give it. Delete any messages without clicking links, and don\u2019t respond.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sweepstakes Scam has evolved onto the many platforms. The platform is where influencers can make money by promoting products and services of sponsored advertisers. But that\u2019s not the only way influencers can earn a buck. It\u2019s common for an influencer to host a contest in which followers enter to win a sponsored product. Entrants [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":635,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[31,35],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-633","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scams","8":"category-targeting-kids"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sweepstakes Scam - Current Scams<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sweepstakes Scam - Scammers pressure you to act now to get a prize, or to hurry up and pay or give them information.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/19\/instagram-sweepstakes-scam\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sweepstakes Scam - Current Scams\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sweepstakes Scam - Scammers pressure you to act now to get a prize, or to hurry up and pay or give them information.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/19\/instagram-sweepstakes-scam\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Current Scams\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/csreporter\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-08-19T20:34:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-25T22:21:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/social-1206603_1280.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"995\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"glrubens\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"glrubens\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/19\\\/instagram-sweepstakes-scam\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/19\\\/instagram-sweepstakes-scam\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"glrubens\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0dc3078dd017dba32728bfc25a30a378\"},\"headline\":\"Sweepstakes Scam\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-19T20:34:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-25T22:21:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/19\\\/instagram-sweepstakes-scam\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":317,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/19\\\/instagram-sweepstakes-scam\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/social-1206603_1280.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Scams\",\"Targeting Kids\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/19\\\/instagram-sweepstakes-scam\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/19\\\/instagram-sweepstakes-scam\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/19\\\/instagram-sweepstakes-scam\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sweepstakes Scam - Current Scams\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/19\\\/instagram-sweepstakes-scam\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/19\\\/instagram-sweepstakes-scam\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/social-1206603_1280.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-08-19T20:34:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-25T22:21:44+00:00\",\"description\":\"Sweepstakes Scam - Scammers pressure you to act now to get a prize, or to hurry up and pay or give them information.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/19\\\/instagram-sweepstakes-scam\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/19\\\/instagram-sweepstakes-scam\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/19\\\/instagram-sweepstakes-scam\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/social-1206603_1280.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/social-1206603_1280.png\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":995,\"caption\":\"instagram sweepstakes scam - current scams\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/08\\\/19\\\/instagram-sweepstakes-scam\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sweepstakes Scam\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Current Scams\",\"description\":\"Current Scams\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"G & M Associates, LLC\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/reveal2-921500_1280.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/06\\\/reveal2-921500_1280.jpg\",\"width\":1101,\"height\":1280,\"caption\":\"G & M Associates, LLC\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/csreporter\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0dc3078dd017dba32728bfc25a30a378\",\"name\":\"glrubens\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c852c6bbd6014734a0cfabdcfc72eef45d1206c154f4ff892846c7d153aa48ca?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c852c6bbd6014734a0cfabdcfc72eef45d1206c154f4ff892846c7d153aa48ca?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c852c6bbd6014734a0cfabdcfc72eef45d1206c154f4ff892846c7d153aa48ca?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"glrubens\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/currentscams.com\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/glrubens\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sweepstakes Scam - Current Scams","description":"Sweepstakes Scam - Scammers pressure you to act now to get a prize, or to hurry up and pay or give them information.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/19\/instagram-sweepstakes-scam\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sweepstakes Scam - Current Scams","og_description":"Sweepstakes Scam - Scammers pressure you to act now to get a prize, or to hurry up and pay or give them information.","og_url":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/19\/instagram-sweepstakes-scam\/","og_site_name":"Current Scams","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/csreporter\/","article_published_time":"2021-08-19T20:34:15+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-03-25T22:21:44+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":995,"url":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/social-1206603_1280.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"glrubens","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"glrubens","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/19\/instagram-sweepstakes-scam\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/19\/instagram-sweepstakes-scam\/"},"author":{"name":"glrubens","@id":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0dc3078dd017dba32728bfc25a30a378"},"headline":"Sweepstakes Scam","datePublished":"2021-08-19T20:34:15+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-25T22:21:44+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/19\/instagram-sweepstakes-scam\/"},"wordCount":317,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/19\/instagram-sweepstakes-scam\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/social-1206603_1280.png","articleSection":["Scams","Targeting Kids"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/19\/instagram-sweepstakes-scam\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/19\/instagram-sweepstakes-scam\/","url":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/19\/instagram-sweepstakes-scam\/","name":"Sweepstakes Scam - Current Scams","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/19\/instagram-sweepstakes-scam\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/19\/instagram-sweepstakes-scam\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/social-1206603_1280.png","datePublished":"2021-08-19T20:34:15+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-25T22:21:44+00:00","description":"Sweepstakes Scam - Scammers pressure you to act now to get a prize, or to hurry up and pay or give them information.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/19\/instagram-sweepstakes-scam\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/19\/instagram-sweepstakes-scam\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/19\/instagram-sweepstakes-scam\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/social-1206603_1280.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/social-1206603_1280.png","width":1280,"height":995,"caption":"instagram sweepstakes scam - current scams"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/19\/instagram-sweepstakes-scam\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sweepstakes Scam"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/","name":"Current Scams","description":"Current Scams","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/#organization","name":"G & M Associates, LLC","url":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/currentscams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/reveal2-921500_1280.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/currentscams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/reveal2-921500_1280.jpg","width":1101,"height":1280,"caption":"G & M Associates, LLC"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/csreporter\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0dc3078dd017dba32728bfc25a30a378","name":"glrubens","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c852c6bbd6014734a0cfabdcfc72eef45d1206c154f4ff892846c7d153aa48ca?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c852c6bbd6014734a0cfabdcfc72eef45d1206c154f4ff892846c7d153aa48ca?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c852c6bbd6014734a0cfabdcfc72eef45d1206c154f4ff892846c7d153aa48ca?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"glrubens"},"url":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/author\/glrubens\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":753,"href":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633\/revisions\/753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currentscams.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}