~ FAKE giveaways! ~

[kaii]

Agree with MESSI_19, thouse people must be warned.
The best way to avoid such fake giveaways is to create a template to giveaways and to define rules (how to do it, when announce a winner etc). And then you can ban thouse people who won't obey to the rules.

[SgtMajor]

It would also help if the wiser posters amongst us quickly posted within the thread that it may be a hoax, and that it needs further investigation before raising expectations of the other posters (and they could be unwittingly helping the hoaxer by posting up to date screen grabs of their accounts that could be used elsewhere).

It may also be wise for the more experienced posters to flag the post for the attention of the staff so that they can investigate further.

[JA]

Suggested Template?

Welcome to ___'s Giveaway.

I am giving away:

_ of xx tracker (Invite)
_ of yy tracker (Invite)
_ of bb tracker (Invite)
_ of cc tracker (Account)
_ of qq tracker (Invite)


Please follow these simply rules: (My usual rules, can be changed according to thread starter's preferences)
#1 Ratio screens from OiNK with today's date.
#2 Client screenshot showing today's date + UL Speed.
#3 Speedtest.net for home ISP's.
#4 Total UL/DL statistics for Utorrent.

Winners for the:

_ of xx tracker (Skizo, Reality)
_ of yy tracker (Buggyme, DefianceX)
_ of bb tracker ( Rossco, Lynx)
_ of cc tracker (Hairbutt, Barborossa)
_ of qq tracker (Chewie, Walcazin)
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Id say that would be the default template for me. Of course there are heaps of other things you can add.

Reason for why you did the giveaway:
Yah! 3000th post! Wooohoo.

Estimated running time of the giveaway to give people a general time line of how quickly they have to collaborate their required details..

ETA : 48 Hours.

And heaps of other crap which i can't be bothered to think of

Only a suggestion.

[znik]

Very nice template J.A !

Please discuss the issue with the other staff members and enforce a template.

However, some giveaways of less rare invites could have less requirements.
Also, announce to us some actions taken against those who create hoax giveaway threads

[josephs911]

Suggested Template?

Welcome to ___'s Giveaway.

I am giving away:

_ of xx tracker (Invite)
_ of yy tracker (Invite)
_ of bb tracker (Invite)
_ of cc tracker (Account)
_ of qq tracker (Invite)


Please follow these simply rules: (My usual rules, can be changed according to thread starter's preferences)
#1 Ratio screens from OiNK with today's date.
#2 Client screenshot showing today's date + UL Speed.
#3 Speedtest.net for home ISP's.
#4 Total UL/DL statistics for Utorrent.

Winners for the:

_ of xx tracker (Skizo, Reality)
_ of yy tracker (Buggyme, DefianceX)
_ of bb tracker ( Rossco, Lynx)
_ of cc tracker (Hairbutt, Barborossa)
_ of qq tracker (Chewie, Walcazin)
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Id say that would be the default template for me. Of course there are heaps of other things you can add.

Reason for why you did the giveaway:
Yah! 3000th post! Wooohoo.

Estimated running time of the giveaway to give people a general time line of how quickly they have to collaborate their required details..

ETA : 48 Hours.

And heaps of other crap which i can't be bothered to think of

Only a suggestion.

What about High Level trackers, I mean if you are giving away say FTN, Exigo, SCT, FTWR or something is it really safe to display your username that you won that. It can be quite easy for a spy to do some research on your past posts, looking at ratios, screenshots and using other trackers to find who you are and then disable your account. While this may be a little far fetched i have seen people get banned by giving very little info. Just my thoughts.

[amahk]

yeah, somebody i dont remember his name make VIPMusic giveaway
and i post wich he ask for + mail to send
and he send me invite confirmation via PM
but i dont recieve anything at mail after i give him rip point

[stealth_SS8]

I also hate getting pm's like this...

you got free PT, congrats

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https://polishtracker.org/register.pxxxxxx
hope it works, the other dude just didnt want it

then I try and register and see

Hey! You are not invited. Bugger off....

anyone have an extra PT invite?

[WhoopDeDoo]

Here's an idea, they're doing it to get FST user's emails.

[ulun64]

Ban them and also their IP address.

[saulin]

Actually I was going to mention that. For example I saw someone giving away a bunch of accounts that had a few TB of buffer a few weeks ago and he never anounced the winners I don't think and just closed the thread. Pretty fake if you ask me. When I do giveaways I do anounced the winners.

Yeah I do believe the same with fake trades too. Staff should do something about it.