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In Germany, any company telling you that you won something is required to provide that prize. Unfortunately, the scams I get tend to be from abroad, and/or the
by tgsovlerkhgsel 4y ago
In Germany, any company telling you that you won something is required to provide that prize. Unfortunately, the scams I get tend to be from abroad, and/or the actors behind them impossible to identify (and they also often use vague language like "potentially won" or "won one of our prizes" vs. "YOU WON A BRAND NEW TESLA CYBERTRUCK").
- kube-system 4y agoSame in the US. Nearly all of the junk we get originates overseas.
- elliekelly 4y agoWho is ultimately responsible for providing the prize? Let’s say a German marketing employee is fed up with their job and wants to go out in a blaze of glory à la JetBlue slide guy so they text a bunch of people “YOU WON A BRAND NEW TESLA CYBERTRUCK”. Would the employer or the employee be on the hook to supply the Cybertrucks?
- tgsovlerkhgsel 4y agoWhoever sends the message. Remember, these cases get decided by human judges, not robots looking at e-mail headers. I assume in your example a court would consider the employee to be the one sending the message. Edit: And looking at the wording, this may mean no cybertrucks for anyone because the sender has to be a business (simplified) for the law to apply.
- muttled 4y agoTelling someone they won a Toy Yoda in text form just wouldn't work as well