Questions, answered.

A consumer protection project that recovers compensation for people harmed by deceptive social media giveaways, sweepstakes, and contests. We represent individual participants on a contingency basis.

The Fair Entry Project is a consumer protection project operated by licensed attorneys. [Exact answer depends on entity structure — placeholder.]

No. We're independent of any social media platform. No sponsorship, partnership, or formal arrangement with any of them.

Contingency only. If we recover a settlement, we keep a percentage as our fee and pay the rest to the participant. If we don't recover, you owe nothing. We don't charge to submit claims and we don't take payment from promoters or platforms.

Every matter is handled by an attorney licensed in the relevant jurisdiction. You'll be told who your attorney is before you sign a contract. The specific attorney depends on where your claim arises.

Social media giveaways, sweepstakes, and contests where the promoter failed to deliver, failed to announce a verifiable winner, ran a rigged drawing, changed the rules mid-promotion, or required undisclosed actions or data. See Who Qualifies for details.

Possibly, yes. A promoter's failure to deliver a prize to an announced winner is one of the clearest patterns we pursue. Submit your facts and we'll evaluate.

Often, yes. When a promoter collects entries and goes silent, that pattern can support a consumer protection claim under many state laws.

Calling a drawing "random" when it wasn't is a form of deceptive conduct. If you can show the winner had an undisclosed relationship to the promoter — friend, family, employee, prior winner, or otherwise pre-selected — submit your claim.

Warning signs: no clearly posted rules, no end date, vague promoter identity, implausible prize value, undisclosed data requirements, no record of past winners. None of these prove illegality — but they're worth documenting before you enter.

Submit anyway. We can often reconstruct from platform archives and public sources.

In everyday use they're the same. Legally there are differences, but we handle all three — giveaways, sweepstakes, and contests — when deceptive conduct is involved.

No. A good-faith claim based on your actual experience carries no legal risk to you.

Nothing up front, nothing out of pocket. Contingency only.

Timelines vary. Some matters resolve quickly; others take longer depending on the promoter.

Most matters are resolved through correspondence, with no court appearance from you. If circumstances call for further steps, we'll discuss options with you first. You're never obligated to pursue anything you haven't agreed to.

Your name appears only on the formal demand and any settlement agreement. We don't publish participant names anywhere public.

Usually fine. Let us know what you've communicated and send us any messages.

Consult your own legal counsel promptly. We're happy to correspond directly with your attorney. Ignoring the letter won't make the claim go away.