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A sweepstakes scam almost always asks a winner for money. Nine red flags of a fake giveaway, each with a check you can run in under a minute.

Tiny Homes US is giving away a $130,000 build credit plus $50,000 cash, ARV $180,000, closing September 17, 2026. Rules and administrator check out. Here is the rest.

Yes, people really win sweepstakes. The evidence runs from 90 named winners with video, to a first name and a state, to no winners page at all. How to tell them apart.

Buy a hoodie, get entries to win a $170,000 van. It looks like it shouldn't be legal. Here is the mechanism, the five checks that separate real operators from scams, and what it costs you.

OVRLND names a third-party administrator, publishes a $95,000 ARV and gives 100 free entries per mailed card. The prize closes September 17, 2026. Here is the rest.

VanLife US named a winner for its $170,000 van build and now runs a $76,000 VW prize. Rules and administrator check out. Here is what still gives us pause.

Lvl Up paid out its $12,500 Jujutsu build to a named winner and now runs a $13,000 Riptide PC closing September 17. Here is what checks out and what does not.

Four operators closed August promotions and published a named winner. Two closed promotions still have no winner posted, and one of those has no successor either. The named evidence, with the dates to check.

Reel Chance publishes footer-linked rules, names a third-party administrator and states a $200,000 ARV on its live boat prize. Here is what checks out and where it thins.

Forged 4x4 markets its THOR truck package at $200,000 but publishes no ARV in the rules. We checked the terms page, the winners blog and who runs the draw.

UltraCore now publishes winners with dates, the only operator here that does. It is also running an expired build and pricing a free entry at one ten-thousandth of a paid one.

80Eighty publishes 90 winners with full names, the best record in this category. Its rules pages have also regressed to 2023 terms. Both things are true.

Alltroo's free entry is worth 2,500 entries, more than its own $50 a month tier. Its winners page has not been updated since 2025. Both matter.

One Country's live giveaways publish no ARV and no end dates, it names no administrator, and Michigan regulators issued a cease-and-desist in 2024.