Yesterday I got a letter from Reader’s Digest, notifying me that I will be getting a contest form with chance to win big money soon. Here’s some excerps from the letter:
“When people receive a Contest invitation from Reader’s Digest, they often decide to throw it away…. Some people, like Mr Tan of Selangor, let their Contest invitation sit around until time runs out… a mistake that cost him an opportunity to win as much as RM200,000. (details changed to preserve his anonymity) [snicker… yeah right!]
While many of your neighbours will look in their letterboxes in vain, you have already been fortunate enough to clear two of the three stages that there are to becoming a winner in our RM700,000 Mega Contest. As an Astro customer, you’ll be having an opportunity to win loads [loads?] of big [I’d like my money in regular sizes please. Big money can’t fit in my wallet], easy money [alarm bells going off].”
Okay, I just want to check with all of you, especially those of you who are Astro (Malaysian satellite TV provider) subscribers:
1) I bet you received the SAME letter right?
2) Do you intend to join?
3) Anyone joined a Reader’s Digest contest before? What did you have to buy in order to qualify?
hi, adino, lim here.
oh really all astro subscriber will have chance to take part??
but da invitation letter shown only 1% of lucky persons to get invited for this mega contest..
Furthermore, not purchase is required to take part wat, how sure of u to say this is a scam??
Adino: Hi Lim!
First of all, I never said this is a scam. I am asking if this is a scam.
That’s why I posted three questions to everyone if they also received the same invitation or not.
Anyway, from previous experience with Reader’s Digest… they do send a lot of these invitation contest forms. Purchases are usually required to win bigger prizes.
At the very least you have to start subscribing to their magazine.