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hello! my name is iqunelda white. i am a new proud parent of a now 7 month old baby girl! in October of 2009 i was contacted by a company called The Great American Photo Contest threw email telling me to submit my baby's picture to there site for a chance to win 2,500$ they said that a new winner is chosen ever single month. of course i was going to enter her times were hard and my child is very beautiful. so finally i entered her and not even two hours later i get an email from them saying the judges think my daughter has what it takes to be the winner of a 25,000 life saving bond. but there's a catch you also have to pay 20$. i paid the money thinking that they really thought she could go all the way only to find out that that's what they tell everyone to get the 20 bucks. i should have known something was off there but they called me and asked me to purchase a book called most beautiful babies in America. so when i got the call from "marry" i told her i wasn't sure and that i would have to speak to my partner before i could continue the transaction. she told me to just give her my account information and she would hold it until i could call her back and give her an answer. a flat out yes or a no! when i check my account history i see that she instantly took the money. when i saw that i called and i swear to you it was the same voice claiming to be Mary but when she answered she said her name was Hellene or something like that. so i asked to speak with Mary and she puts the phone down and when she returns its the same lady with the same voice claiming to be this "marry" lady. i asked her why she took money from my account and she assured me that i told her to go ahead". after that i was overdrawn by 205/.00$ i asked to be refunded and they i couldn't receive anything until my book was sent to me and i returned it?. my account is now closed!. finally i received the book:. months later after i had threatened to sue them for fraud i got it the very next day/. the book is sloppy and is not worth 81..95 my daughters picture is small and her bio wasn't even posted in there witch they charged me 10 extra to do;. also back to this 25,ooo contest when i asked to be refunded they told me it was too late she was already entered but after i had paid the money i still was receiving emails asking me to enter her into the same contest that i had already paid for please do not enter your child in this scam because you will wind up hurt someone need to shut them down and sue them! it might as well be me! its nothing but spam emails and advertisement they sell your email and that eventually leads to you shutting it down and making a new one! 128e3a9  Comments (26) |
| 1. Written by Baby mama on April 18, 2012 from federal way, washington, US The problem is you people think your kids coukd actually model and you want to collect money on their "beauty". Leave your kids alone. |
| 2. Written by concerned mom on April 13, 2012 from jefferson, georgia, US Thankyou all for this information on this before they got us too. I decided to check on the web before I made the money transaction and glad I did! Also be aware that the Great American Readers is a scam too and believe it is connected somehow to this contest! |
| 3. Written by LindyMichelle on March 30, 2012 from lemoore, california, US goood lord am i glad my husband told me to look up if its a scam or not |
| 4. Written by Kim on March 19, 2012 from goose creek, south carolina, US Scam! Not only does this company pursue personal info from your friends,family, & yourself, it does so by harrassment. Hundreds of emails! ****** they neglect to remove you from their email list after so many times of 'unsubscribing'. Tired of being bombarded with emails! I think it it ontinues- i'll file a complaint w/ attny general's office in new jersey or whevere they are registered. |
| 5. Written by Wanda on February 1, 2012 from odenville, alabama, US I have not complaints. My daughter entered my grandchild and they won and received a check. You must realize that a sale pitch is a sales pitch. All the babies are beautiful but you will no win if you do not have a "NETWORK" of people voting for you. |
| 6. Written by Tina on January 21, 2012 from san antonio, texas, US We recieved an e-mail asking us to enter the Great American Photo Contest. So we entered one of our cats in the Great American Photo Contest. Within a few hours they sent an e-mail saying that "our cat was seletcted to be in the Cutest Pets In America book." We investigated farther and found out you had to pay $69.99 for the book. Of course we were not going to pay it. A few hours later another e-mail arrived, saying that our cat was selected to be in the $10,000 contest. We were really interested, but then found out you had to pay $20.00 to enter. We figured this didn't sound right, so we didn't pursue it. We just thought our cat might still win the $1,000 prize. Our cats are on Cat Channel so we started asking our little kitty friends to vote for them to win the prize. One of them said she investigated it and found out that it was a scam. We decided to investigate ourselves and realized it was a scam. We also think they should be sued or go out of business so they won't be taking advantage of other people who don't know it is a scam! Nothing's impossible with God so pray that they'll go out of business!  |
| 7. Written by blue on January 17, 2012 from tokyo, tokyo, JP This is terrible! I thought about paying but they kept sending me letters. I entered my niece's photo about four or five months ago and they still keep sending me photos of how cute she is. To me it seems that if it was a real contest they would already have a winner. |
| 8. Written by apryll622 on November 20, 2011 from sedalia, missouri, US Same here- I entered my dog as well, and it is a JOKE!! SPAM after SPAM!! |
| 9. Written by jennifer on November 20, 2011 from -, -, US how do you get your childs picture off the website???? |
| 10. Written by Amanda on November 14, 2011 from wayland, michigan, US I entered my dog in a photo contest and suddenly they contacted me as well saying that Tinker caught their attention and was going to be in a book called "Most Beautiful Pets in America" I have entered my dog and won contest before but I knew this was a scam, I had never heard of such a book. I ignored their emails and then I started getting more emails claiming I could win a $10,000 prize. I am smart enough to know this was a scam so I blocked their emails. Then I did a search of them online and found all kinds of people that have been ripped off or that they attempted to rip off. They need to be reported or something! |
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