Wasted $40 on a lookalike contest entry fee

I paid $40 to enter some online lookalike contest thinking I'd at least get exposure. Turns out the 'judges' were just bots and the winner was picked by number of paid votes. Anyone else get burned by one of these scam contests?

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ivan87319d ago

Hold on, paid votes determine the winner? That's wild, I had no clue they rigged it like that. I almost entered one of those a few months back for a celebrity lookalike thing, but the $30 entry fee felt fishy so I backed out. Sorry you got caught, that's a rough way to learn the hard way. Hope you can charge it back or something.

milabaker18d ago

Yeah you dodged a bullet with that $30 entry fee, I learned that one the hard way a few years back when my cousin talked me into a "best Halloween costume" contest online. Turns out those paid votes are basically just a cash grab, they don't even count toward the actual winner half the time. What really gets me is the fine print, if you read the terms they usually say something like "votes may not guarantee victory" which is total BS. Next time if you ever do one of those lookalike things, just skip the paid votes and see if the contest actually uses a judge panel instead. Saves your wallet and your pride.