XploraTones Update
For the sake of completeness, we asked XploraTones to provide us with a ‘winner’s list’ for the last 6 months.
They agreed.
To comply with the privacy act, we signed a non-disclosure agreement and then contacted a random sample of the people on the list. Each person we contacted verified that they had indeed participated in XploraTones [...]
XploraTones
We’ve had a few reports come in over the last couple of weeks of a company called XploraTones (or sometimes just ‘Xplora’) that captures customers by a variety of methods - either websites or print promotions.
In the course of our investigations we’ve been in contact with these guys and while their practice might be unsavoury [...]
More on Wixawin
Wixawin are just all over the place at the moment!
One of their more hardcore campaigns revolves around ‘winning’ a $500 gift voucher to spend at Woolworths.
As usual, the landing pages are non-compliant with carrier guidelines. Even worse, they don’t state what you have to do to claim the $500 voucher.
Now we have no objection to [...]
Wixawin in the UK
Looks like the Brits also have trouble with Wixawin.
We knew they were international, but had only tracked Spain and Canada so far.
The forum thread in the link above has multiple people complaining about Wixawin’s deceptive business practices.
