HelloWorld/Merkle - Prize won, but seem sketchy

That’s reassuring, between that, the ambassador confirming their actually with the company and that Microsoft is partnered with Merkle for the rewards, and us knowing why the prizes are late it’s sort of looking to be real.

Well, since it's not asking me for anything they don't already have (name, telephone and email), I sent the fax just now (who uses fax nowadays anyways, jeez...).

I'll keep you guys posted, in case someone else has the same question in the future.

Thank you for the help.

Didn’t the form ask you to provide your SS#? The form attached to the email posted by hawkhunter13 asked for the SS, as did the one attached to the email i got. Did you leave that part blank or was the form totally different?

I ALSO got an almost identical email from HelloWorld on 8/23 saying i am a winner in this same sweepstakes. My email looks almost identical to the attached email, with the same attachments etc. Like other users, i am suspicious because the winners were to be announced by 6/14. Also, the email tells me to fax a form that includes my social security number within 7 days or i forfeit the price.

It also seems suspicious that at least 3 different people all got a prize notification from HelloWorld on 8/23, especially when the winners were supposed to be announced earlier.

Finally, it doesnt seem to be possible to contact HelloWorld at all. Their website does not include a phone number and while they have a form to send a message to them, i have tried using it multiple times using 3 different browsers, and my phone plus my computer, and i always get an error message that says the message did not go through. With no ability to get in touch with them in any way i am not going to give my SS% out.

You should worry if it was the opposite case (Generic "customer" name, like in the picture that I attached previously etc)

Yes, keep us posted!
Take care in the meantime