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This website (http://www.greatamericanphotocontest.com) is a scam. I, being a new parent, thought it would be fun to enter my daughter's picture into a contest to see how she did. Innocent enough... or at least I thought.
After registering on their site and uploading the photo I chose, I was slammed with page after page of things to sign up for, purchase, or be contacted about. After clicking "no thanks" and "skip" a bunch of times I finally gave up and closed my browser.
Next thing I know I'm getting multiple emails every day from them saying to "hurry up and vote", but every time I go to their site I can't even find the picture of my daughter, even when I log in. Not to mention that, when my wife signed up to vote, she just got the same bogus ads. She said she never even saw our daughter's picture nor the number of "votes" she may have gotten.
I have deleted my account from this website and I STRONGLY suggest you do the same if you've signed up. I think it's absolutely disgusting that these people prey on parents who think their kids are cute.
STAY AWAY FROM GREATAMERICANPHOTOCONTEST.COM!
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I don't know if I'm doing this right, but what I have to say is that the Great American Photo Contest is not a scam. I've won two times and have gotten my winnings without being told to claim your winnings you must pay money for them. I would beware of those sort of contest or, as I like to call them, scams. Great American photo Contest doesn't require you to pay anything. If you want to enter your picture in the Fame and fortune Baby contest or the other one, which I can't remember, you do have to pay something, I think it's like 19 or so dollars.
OK, you guys are mixing 2 different contest up. Both part of the Great American Photo contest. One is fame and fortune, and yes you have to pay $20 for that one with the prize being a $25, 000 savings bond. The other is just call The Great American Photo Contest. This is a FREE contest with the prize of a $2500 check, and yes there is a ridiculous amount of pop up ads that lead to spam mail, but you just have to be a little smarter than the computer. When you register all you should give them is name, email, and zip code...NOT A PHONE NUMBER (unless you are the one registering a photo, they have to call you to tell you that you won). If you use this link http://www.greatamericanphotocontest.com/voter1/index_c.aspx there isn't even a spot for a phone number. You put in that info then something pops up saying they sent you a email to verify, close browser then go into email. Click the link in the email and close browser again and bam you got registered and avoided all the million spam ads that pop up. That is all you have to do to register. Anyways now that I got that out of the way, I entered the contest for July 2011 and never thought I would win, but sure enough I did. With the help of my family and friends voting every day we did it. Once I got the call saying we won I was still a little weary about it, but a few wks later (about 5 wks) we got the check for $2500 in the mail. Took it to the bank and it was good. Now my son has that added to his college savings fund. I know it seems to good to be true, but trust me I got a REAL check! Just be smart with it, don't give your credit card number out to ANYONE! Come on people...is this your first rodeo?!
After reading some comments about Fame and Fortune contest - a part of Great American Photo contest, I was too worry about my credit card's information and $19.99 that I already paid for them yesterday. Also, I am receiving a lot of emails offering my son's photo was selected to publish in the most american beautiful baby book cost $70. Has anyone the same my situation? I really need your advices. Thank you.
Sophia-newmom
I would like to take the time to assure everyone out there who is interested in registering their child with the great american photo contest that the site is in fact legitimate. I have read through many of the complaints and while it IS quite irritating to initially sign up, it is not a scam. Only the initial sign up process may seem confusing where several ads appear. You only need to hit "next", "pass", "no thanks", or "skip" if you are not interested in the offers. After that, you will receive a confirmation email. I have asked several of my family and friends who have voted for my son and EVERY one of them said the confirmation emails gets redirected to the spam box. SO LOOK THERE FOR IT. Once you are confirmed, all you need to do it sign in as a voter or as a contestant depending on whichever you are, and then search for the little one and hit Vote. THAT'S IT.
IT IS VERY EASY. Like I said, the only difficult part is the initial sign up where most people are confused about the ads. I have had to walk several of my family and friends through the process, which isn't a big deal.
The website is a lot of fun and it is FREE. Yes, it's FREE! So anyone that tells you otherwise has their information mixed up. You know how I know? Because I have signed up several times with several photos of my son, and guess what? I didn't pay a penny... AND... My son won the $2500 cash prize!
I'm sorry to everyone out there who has had their feelings hurt from now winning, or whatever it may be... but this site is NOT a scam. It is wrong to deter people away from it because of your hurt feelings or because you didn't read the page properly and signed up for the fame and fortune contest instead of the free one. That's not the website's fault.
Good luck to all the babies and kids out there! Have fun with the website!
Hello,
I just would like to say that as last months winner (September 2012) and also knowing past winners this company is not a fraud. The Great American Photo Contest is a wonderful contest. It is not how pretty your child looks or how cute your photo is. It is about getting people in your network to take the time and VOTE. Just because your child or pet did not win it does not mean it is a fraud. Once again it is about your network! I also received and deposited my check.
wow well i just WON 1, 000 from the so called scam."Great American Photo" your WRONG, yes it is a little hard to figure out at first,
BUT get past the registration, THEN it was easy to win.. my friends voted everyday once they got registered its a simple log in and vote everyday .. i needed the money so bad and i am very very thankful to have won, , i didn't have to spend a dime to enter, i didn't have to buy a book, and i don't get ads bothering me, i don't understand why you wrote this, its a Great Contest with REAL WINNERS! To register to vote all you do put first name email and( phone in case you win) Confirm email...skip or say no thanks to a few ads then you login and vote how hard is that? well the money i won helped pay my house payments, i needed so bad to catch up on, Please Reconsider and Sign up to WIN if you like real money ! Thanks. Sherri
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