Cheating - Can't Prove

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joemamma

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On one contest I am in, this girl on Facebook is constantly getting just enough likes to be in the lead. She ONLY gets these likes in a 1-2 hour period and then she doesn't get anymore likes until the next day...again she gets enough to be in the lead. I did some research...she has won THOUSANDS of dollars of stuff over the past year and a half...TVs, cash, trips, gift cards, all are Facebook voting contests...I have no way to prove she is cheating...all I have is proof that she is a member of a group on Facebook called "Likes for Contests" but that group has not been active in over 6 months....What should I do? I told the sponsor that I will no longer participate in the contest due to my research on her and the fact that she ALWAYS win in the competitions she enters. People have complained on other Facebook pages about her cheating. Is there anyway to find out how she is doing this? The sponsor does not allow vote requesting for this contest or any automated ways (must be original votes)...so I have researched everywhere and she is not requesting votes (at least not publicly).

Edit: Tens of thousands after googling some more. She wins SO freaking much...at least a few times a month (and not small prizes either)

Edit: PROVED IT! I added a few of the people that like this person's photo in another contest (the one here: https://www.facebook.com/browse/likes?id=10151067686082665)....look at who (or what) added me: http://i.imgur.com/4lDaL.png ...all the same profile information.... Sent this information to the sponsor..she is cheating and defrauding for thousands of dollars...WOW.

Edit: The sponsor has replied and removed all but 5 of her votes. Justice!
 
There a lot of people that do different things to win. It depends on the contest sponsor if they care about how the person gets likes or votes or if they can prove it. That's why a lot of people don't like voting contests.
 
JamesJr said:
Well the sponsor has stated that votes must be authentic and original.
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Hate to sound like a lawyer...but what does authentic and original mean? I am not sure who votes when a person pays for votes. It may be considered legit. Just sayin'. It's mirky territory.
 
I request votes from forums and facebook but creating fake profiles on facebook to obtain more likes is going too far in my opinion. I would feel like a cheater if I did that.. On the other hand I suppose some people consider it cheating to request votes in return for votes...but not me. I consider it working harder for my votes. :headbang:
 
That is exactly why I don't enter voting sweeps .. too much shady stuff happens and I just refuse to allow myself to get caught up in it all. Cheating isn't right no matter what the situation.
 
:sunny: I feel your pain. I will no longer participate in voting contests for this very reason. You pour tons of time into it and then someone decided to cheat. Their are many vote exchange pages on FB. There are also Pay for Votes. The pic of the profiles with all the same information makes me think that she is paying for votes unless her own profile shows the same information. You can also report all those same profiles to FB. Hope it all works out for you.
 
Hey everyone. Just an update, I messaged the sponsor with all of my evidence/suspicions which I felt even a court would agree with. I didn't post it on here because posting what I found would reveal her name and I do not believe in publicly shaming someone. The sponsor responded with:
"James, after further investigation of the voting logs we have subtracted votes from profiles we found to be fake or automatic based upon their profiles and the sequential order of vote time stamps. We subtracted -71. Thank you for bringing it to our attention. Good Luck!"

So she now only has 5 votes (I wonder if she will jump into the lead again lol).
 
JamesJr said:
Hey everyone. Just an update, I messaged the sponsor with all of my evidence/suspicions which I felt even a court would agree with. I didn't post it on here because posting what I found would reveal her name and I do not believe in publicly shaming someone. The sponsor responded with:
"James, after further investigation of the voting logs we have subtracted votes from profiles we found to be fake or automatic based upon their profiles and the sequential order of vote time stamps. We subtracted -71. Thank you for bringing it to our attention. Good Luck!"

So she now only has 5 votes (I wonder if she will jump into the lead again lol).
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Thanks for the update. Very interesting. Good luck!
 
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