Payment to release a prize
Taxes, transport, “processing,” or insurance demanded through a wire, gift card, cash app, or cryptocurrency.
Winner safety
A prize should never cost you your security.
Impersonators copy logos, create fake social accounts, and pressure people to act fast. Slow down and verify every winner communication.
Northstar Supply Co. will never ask you to pay a fee, buy gift cards, send cryptocurrency, or share online-banking credentials to claim a prize.
Red flags
Stop when a message asks for this.
A social-media-only claim
An unsolicited direct message saying you won, especially from a new, private, misspelled, or unverified account.
Credentials or remote access
Requests for a password, one-time code, complete payment-card number, bank login, or remote-control software.
Urgency and secrecy
Threats that the prize disappears in minutes, instructions not to tell anyone, or pressure to skip independent verification.
What legitimate contact looks like
Verify first. Respond second.
Contact uses your entry information
A potential winner is contacted using the email and telephone information supplied during entry—not a social profile discovered later.
Selection is provisional
The communication explains the campaign, administrator, verification steps, response deadline, and that eligibility must be confirmed.
You can independently confirm
Do not use only the reply address or phone number in a suspicious message. Start from this website and contact support@example.com.
Sensitive documents use a secure claim flow
Tax and identity documents are requested only from a provisional winner through the approved claim process—never through a social DM.
Received something suspicious?
Don’t pay. Don’t click. Preserve the evidence.
Take screenshots, copy the profile URL, preserve email headers, and contact support from the address published on this site. You can also report the account to the platform and the appropriate consumer-protection authority.
Official supportsupport@example.com
Never send passwords, one-time codes, banking credentials, or unrequested identity documents.
For the exact winner selection and notification process, review the Official Rules. Only the rules for the named campaign control.