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The Fab40 competition seems more like a competition between voters instead of contestants. I've been working so hard to get myself out of debt, this "competition" has been me back in more debt. Of course it's my fault, but it didn't help getting emails from you saying " help your favorite gal get in the lead" "help support your favorite gal" etc.. Even if my "favorite gal" would have came in 1st in the quarter finals, I would still be feeling the way I do but about this "competition" and would still be sending this email. I don't mind donating to a worthy cause, but this "competition" has cost me so much, more than I can afford and has put me in so much more debt. I can't believe I let other voters had me competing buying votes, even up to the last minute. I know you can get a tax write off, but that does not help in the least, I feel foolish using my credit cards, on top of it the interest I'm facing. It was a foolish mistake on my part, the emails you sent me about supporting my "favorite gal" only made me that I should be buying more Votes. I don't know what I'm going to do, but Never againšŸ˜” foolish, foolish

+7

My "fav gal" was in first place in the quarter finals until the last few minutes of the hope 2xs hope votes and dropped to second and I tried to vote with the 2xs hope votes and it locked me out and wouldn't let me vote, the quarter finals were to end and hour later, I was able to vote and she went back in first, then a couple of minutes before the quarter finals were over she dropped to 2nd and I tried voting with 1x hope vote it locked me out again,, I believe the whole thing is a scam

lam a supporter of Breast Cancer Foundation and awareness. My family has been
personally affected, one sister had a double mastectomy and one sister died from breast
cancer.
The competition started off with compliments of the many women accepted to compete
The women were able to discuss why they were Fab Over 40. The competition began by
getting as many family and friends to vote. We did willingly believing the donation was
going to NBC but ultimately the votes associated would advance the person you were
supporting. There were many rounds to work towards such as Top 20, 15, 10, 5
Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Finals. Each competition was at least a week or more
The HOPE Votes 2X option was introduced which change the complexity of the
competition from supporters voting in order to advance the competitor to a Pay to Win in
order to advance the competitor. This was not part of the Rules on How To Vote nor in
the Terms.
There were a few questionable issues with the process. The Verification Card voting was
not adding votes. It was suppose to give opportunity for 2 Votes however, It gave only
one vote or gave a message I had already received my vote. In some instances the
instructions was for me to use a different device.
I am requesting refunds due to the change of the voting process outside of the official
Fab Over 40

+12

Yes this contest is a scam and they are hiding behind many things when in reality they are exploiting women , making millions and allowing really disguisting women that stand for nothing "compete" with women that think they are raising funds for a great cause, so it's a hodge podge Ponzi scheme, and you should be asking for a total transparency like many now are.
Good luck and all the best to you!

I really do hope we get issues resolve and get refunds because this contest is utter bull[censored]. Like one contestant said it felt like gambling at the casino. People are literally buying themselves in just to get to the next round and I see free votes are sometimes not being counted

Iā€™m embarrassed I supported this contest that is supposed to raise awareness and funds for a Breast Cancer organization. After making it to the Quarter Finals. I realized votes were not being counted free and even paid votes. I requested to speak to someone about the ā€œmalfunctionā€ but they only can communicate through email and made up excuses as to voting difficulties which make votes unsuccessful. I am reporting to the Federal Trade Commission and having my supporters who have spent a lot of money report the fraudulent charges be reversed. Visit consumer.ftc.gov
SCAM Fab Over 40 & Colassal Management,LLC

+13

I agree this is most awful! I wonder if we can all come together and file a lawsuit. I feel like this contest uses women to get as many paid votes as possible just to win the next round.

I completely agree it's all about money. I lost loved ones to cancer and I entered because it was my bday and I was turning 47 thinking it's for a good cause. Then I started seeing that my free votes were not going through. It was all about money and how much each contestants can raise to get ahead.

Yes, total scam . This company is such a joke making millions. They should be held accountable.

Yes total scam. I agree.

This person raised over ā€œ12,000ā€ in donations to get to the semi finials. Pretty solid proof the contest was not legit and people were Just buying the wins.

I will be reporting as well as I had proof of people voting and it was not showing up in my dashboard. I also brought up the person in 10th place made it to first on the last day of voting. Highly suspicious.

I entered this contest because I thought it promoted women over 40 and how life can still be great even as you age. However this is the biggest scam, I made it through all the rounds in first or second place because I promoted my link so much it drove my friends and family crazy. I have a large instagram following over 100k so I worked my butt odd and my family even bought some of the hope votes. This quarter final round i told my friends not to buy a single vote and I dropped to 5th. I noticed the women who were way below me jump to first and second place when it was ā€œdouble donation daysā€. This is so obvious that itā€™s not about who can promote the cause itā€™s about who can donate the most money and buy their way to 1st place.

+14

I agree with you. This is a deceptive company preying on women and making millions without any proof they are supporting Breast Cancer and it's all about them making money through HOPE VOTES. So much illigitimacy, including no transparency about anything, many sketchy contestants and some actually pretty disguisting , many fake bot contestants, that are not real, many red flags from legal and ethical stand and company is using the 503 category to keep sliding through and making large profits. Quite horrible and a total scam.

I totally agree with you on this. I wonder if we can all come together and complain. This contest is pure utter bull[censored]. I feel used and feel bad for all the donations wasted. I busted my behind promoting and doing fund raising and here are people buying votes? Screw that! I just want all the funds returned to friends and family.

I am a friend of one of the contestants in the Fab over 40 I am asking for my Money back and my friends that donated to my competitor in the competition. I was ask if I was real from one of the judges in her email. She said I was real when she was going from group finals to Quarterfinals.She had to go to Wildcards to get into Quarter finals because they could not I'd me She was in first and then in morning she has to go to Wildcards to get to Quarters finals because my votes were not counted The girl that won was buying votes our of her business .This is all about raising the money for you and giving some money to Breast Cancer . Also,in your rules you stated about pictures not being in good taste This is no more than a Fans Only page with hardly any clothes on to get votes .This is a very decitful to have rules but not obey them. In the groups you never told how many groups only now in the quarter finalist their are 2700 quarter finalist you show the first four and not the other ladies. Your need to read your rules over and get s phone number so we can ask these questions . Hope phone number 7146125156

+7

I am filing with the Federal Trade Commission as I have had the same issues and how hope votes and free votes have not been counted and they suggested to use another browser to help with voting difficulties. I asked to speak with someone directly and they said they only communicate by email. I also plan on contacting the Attorney General. I feel disgusted that so many people are being taken advantage of With their unethical tactics.

I was 1st Ranked the Whole Time.
On Oct 10, 2022 I was First Ranked all the way through Group Finals out of 59 women. Mostly because I had FREE DAILY VOTES from my friends and family. Some also donated. If you total all that was donated it was around $1,000. My Free Votes on average daily was between 40-45 within the span of 24 hours from Oct 10-Nov 17. I kept track. It is interesting because I had friends that voted and showed me screen shots of it and yet somehow it was not showing in my dashboard, SUPPORT informed me that maybe because my voters system isn't working. Interesting isn't it? I found out I was WILDCARD even though it shows I was first in top 5 group finals . So I competed the wildcard and won through Daily Free Votes and yet again Donations. I moved to the Quarterfinals that is when I realized that what they're doing (FAB40) is unethical. They use Breast Cancer as a front . See I withdrew from the Competition. My family have money and influence but you see I believe in fair competition. FAB40 is a sham. How dare they. The fact that I know I can win this just donating a lot of money each week from my family is sad. In the End I demanded to be removed from the competition. I will not be a part of any PAY TO WIN competition ever again. I would rather go to the casino if that's the case. What Fab40 is doing is SICKENING.

+26
• May 20, 2023

My name is Regina Molden. I am an attorney who participated in the 2021 competition. I made it to the final 4, but withdrew after I became concerned about the legitimacy of the competition. You may contact me at [email protected] or 404-324-4500. I would be interested in representing you and others. Thx

Totally. Company is pocketing millions of dollars and hiding behind 503 category but what will happen is they will get exposed and probably get prosecuted too. As they should. Everyone should file a complaint as this is not a contest but a robbery.

I feel the same. This is shameful. I feel extremely sorry and guily my friends wasted money this way.

We need to FILE a lawsuit and speak to a lawyer. I am sure most of these contestants are LAWYERS.

+10

Yes, the contest is a scam and a total joke. There should be legal action filled against the organizers and they should be banned from practicing such unethical actions. There are government agencies that will go after them. If women who have been wronged filled complaints against them.

I totally agree. It would be nice if we can come together and file a complaint. This is such a shame what they are doing.

I agree

Visit consumer.ftc.gov for the Federal Trade Commission and I will also be contacting my Attorney General. So disgusting how this competition and Colassal Management have unethical practices and agencies should take appropriate enforcement action against those engaging in fraud.

I participated in this contest on 10/10/22. I was at first RANKED from 10/10/22-11/17/22. All of a sudden I found out I am second place competing for the Wildcard Round which I did win. It is odd because I have screenshots of my other family and friends that they voted but it was not counted in my dashboard. I believe in the CAUSE but I believe the PLATFORM IS FLAWED. Hope votes are not ethical. Very CORRUPT. We need to file a lawsuit.

+6

The very idea that one can "hope vote" for "donating" $$ is a pure corruption. This is not a competition of ladies' personalities, talents, beauties etc. but only of how much money she and her supporters are ready to invest. Literally, for nothing at all in exchange to those who compete. The Fab Over 40 team doesn't even bother saying "thank you" for participating. The most disgusting thing is that pretty often they give voters only the "hope vote" option, free voting with Facebook is missing. A bunch of my friends complained to me about this. After I reported the Fab Over 40 team, they never addressed this issue. Ladies, DON"T participate in this so called "contest"!

+8

I made the same comment and I was sent an email from the support staff itā€™s just a ā€œfunā€ way for people to support their favorite competitors when they buy double votes on the double vote days and really show their support.

My sister was a contestant until last night. There were 6 people in her wild card. Her original group had 50 to start. We put in money, lots of it until the last 2nd, 3 of us were refreshing and she was in first the whole time. Find out today she got 2nd.

If you go look at the link https://votefab40.com/, there are 6 or 700 women in the quarterfinals. If this was the case, there were 100s of wild card groups. Or they chose the 2nd place folks who threw in a ton of money to get more money out of them. The email response I got back and my sister too, said people donate to the last second and I believe that. Something is not right here at all. The grand prize total being what it is and the company running this taking a huge chunk and only giving a portion to the breast cancer foundation is a joke. Knowing how much would have had to be put in by the lady who allegedly beat out my sister means this company will end up with well over a million dollars in 5-6 weeks. I pray all the women still in donā€™t keep throwing money in to advance and just go by votes. This whole thing just really took the trust right out of me. Best of luck to all the ladies.

+10

I opted out of the FabOver40 Competition when I discovered that there were no criteria or activities that eould lead one yo the FabOcer 40 and bo publuc platfotm to vote.
Instead, the Competition is run by a fundraising company called Colossol Mgmt and their signature is to have the Competitors get paid votes, utilize their own social media platform and word of mouth and promote National Breast Cancer Foundation as the charity to benefit.

What they do not tell you is that Competition is not about being Fab. It is about raising money for DTCare. They do not tell the participants or the voters that over 30% of the monies raised go to them. This is deceptive advertising and I will be filing a complaint with FTC and NYS Attorney General. I would like the funds refunded to my voters account.
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+9

YESSS! Everyone who is a normal person that entered this scam of a competition should be filling a complaint against the company. Such a shame...

All of what is said on both sides resonates, but hereā€™s the thing we need 5/40. Give us the link where we can actually see which women are in our group or are competing. One comment or above said that is easy to find on your primary webpage, but Iā€™ve tried on desktop and mobile and lots of Google searches, and I have never been able to find this. I saw one woman on Instagram who is in the wild cards, and she found the group that sheā€™s inā€¦ I tried to backtrack from that link and still couldnā€™t find it. Please provide this, and it will answer questions for some.

+2

Iā€™m a contender in the ā€œcontestā€ and made it to 1st place in the quarter-finals yesterday. Then, the contest decided that there will be another qualifying round to include a ā€œsecond chanceā€ for the second place contestant to try to out-seat the first place winner in order to move to the next level. This is a blatant attempt to get more money out of our supporters. Had I known about this at the beginning, I would never been a part of this so called contest. This scheme just makes me feel dirty as well as duped. I will apologize to my family and friends for dragging them into this slimy scheme in the name of charity.
This is borderline multi-level marketing scam.

+12

I also feel like it's it's a shady situation and way of doing things and to do the whole vote-resetting thing is a blatant attempt to get more money out of people. I am even questioning the hole donation thing after I looked more closely at the rules page and this is what it says "The Competition is operated as part of a fundraising campaign (ā€œCampaignā€) for DTCare, a United States 501(c)(3) public charity organization. Donations raised from votes cast during this Competition go directly to DTCare, which will subsequently grant the donations, minus Competition fees (29.5%) and variable costs (including payment processing fees, operating and prize costs, etc., not to exceed 20.5%), which shall include a nominal percentage of 1% (or $20,000, whichever is greater) retained by DTCare, to the Designated Grantee listed below. DTCare retains exclusive custody and control over all funds raised during the Competition.

Donations funds are immediately received by DTCare, upon vote purchase. DTCare then distributes the donations to the Designated Grantee (minus fees, costs, etc.), within thirty (30) days after the conclusion of the Competition."

I was in first place in my group the entire time for all the rounds. I was monitoring my status up until the last hour which said still said I was in first place. Then I got an e-mail the next morning saying that I came in third. I was very confused and sent them an e-mail. They said that "votes continue to accumulate until the very last second of the round and many voters will wait until that very last second to cast their votes in the hopes of pushing their favorite competitor into the lead." They make such a big deal about the integrity of the voting but to me this is totally a way to game the system that they should let people know. If I would have known that is a strategy people use then I would have had all my people vote at the last second too. Nothing is transparent...votes...how many to a group...etc... so there is a lack of transparency that makes it feel rigged.

Iā€™ve now heard from other women as well who feel scammed by this ā€œcontestā€. All of us have been vulnerable.
Yes the rules do outline that there will be several rounds but there is no mention of how many groups there are and now how many wildcards have the potential to be reintroduced. Iā€™ve emailed twice to ask and the question has been avoided. My friends and family have supported me and donated money to support Breast Cancer research as I am a survivor but the way this contest is playing out takes the fun and true spirit of healthy competition and integrity out of the whole thing šŸ˜”

If you can purchase a vote its no longer a competition, its cheating. This is literally a fund raiser. No way a person has one picture (blurred) short bio and ends up in first place or all 20 pics are extremely provocative and ends up in second place. Either she's giving money to someone else to buy votes on her behalf or she's giving money to someone else to buy votes on her behalf. They definitely need to fix the voting to make this a legitimate beauty or fab over 40 competition. At this time this competition is only about how much money can you raise for this organization.

+10
• Sep 13, 2023

Thatā€™s it exactly I was scammed by them also

what exactly does the money go to, can they spell that out more than foundation?

is it research?
is it treatment?

Do they share how much each group or person in the group gathered in funding?

So basically it is how much funds are collected on behalf of the person. Or funding equal votes. It is a fundraiser with winnings for who gathers the most funds correct?

+6

I have entered this competition and thanks to my social media followers, co-workers, family and friends - have always been at top 1 or 2. The only thing that is VERY unclear for me is how the person who is top 1 now in my group stays top 1 even after the huge amounts of votes I get? I have asked everyone to stop donating because whatever they do, I am still not going up, even for 5 minutes! Which was never the case along the journey. It is very suspicious how the top contestant does not go down for 2 minutes during 6 days. I am sure she paid to a promoter company who bring authentic FB votes, and FabOver40 will never know. My advice is, take time to check how someone miraculously raised up to top 1 with suspicious amounts of vote. Iā€™d better donate than buy votes through promoters. I am giving up hope at this moment because these things happen, the competition will never be fair.

+11

I agree 100 percent. I worked it so hard and up to 45 seconds before the end of the round to get to quarterfinals, I end up second again, after hitting first, and then my friends try to donate to get me back to first and they are literally locked out. I thought it was fab over 40 yet it has nothing to do with fab over 40. It has all to do with how much money can you get them. You think you are going in this competition based on your merits of health, fitness and positive lifestyle yet it's all about who can raise the most money. You do not have to be over 40 to do that. I lost hope in the competition even as a wildcard. Truly disheartening and I worked it hard with my social media, friends and contacts.

I had the same exact issue. I was in 1st place for almost the entirety of the contest through very hard work daily and getting a significant amount of votes and donations. On Sunday I woke up to see 2x hope votes and that I had lost the lead. Then I got a donation and took 1st place back for about one minute and then suddenly lost it again. Since then I havenā€™t been able to get 1st place back and Iā€™ve kept track of all my donations and votes. Iā€™ve gotten approximately 2,050 votes since I lost the lead through very hard fundraising efforts and rallying my network of contacts. So youā€™re telling me that my competitor who wasnā€™t able to get the lead from me the entire time suddenly got a 2,000 or more lead on me. My guess is that she invested her own money and had someone else make a large donation for her on their credit card. Which is so dumb. If youā€™re doing that, donā€™t you think others are doing that too. And thereā€™s 3 more rounds to go with vote tally starting over. I read on this thread a guy who said he spent $1700 to get his wife into the finals in last years contest and then couldnā€™t spend anymore so of course she lost because she wasnā€™t fundraising properly with her husband buying her votes. I was worried this would happen. And I really busted my [censored] getting a lot of people donating and voting. That being said, I donā€™t regret raising money for the charity. But they should have some kind of rules to prevent this sort of thing. Like a limit to the amount of votes one person can buy at a time or during a promo. They wonā€™t do that though because they want to raise as much money as possible and they arenā€™t stupid, they know that people will do this in a desperate attempt to win. I donā€™t even think itā€™s the paying for votes thatā€™s the issues in terms of bots and stuff because they have software to detect that. Itā€™s the contestants willing to spend their own money to try to buy their win instead of doing the real fundraiser work. Thatā€™s why they have so many 2x hope vote days because thatā€™s they days contestants do that kind of thing and double their vote count. I looked up my competitor on social media and while she has posted some stuff about the contest, not a lot and she has such a small amount of engagement on the posts. Meanwhile, Iā€™ve posted almost everyday of the contest, multiple different types of content, with a large amount of engagement. Iā€™ve even done in person stuff too. So either they knocked us out of first place purposefully to get us hauling our butts off to try to get it back by raising more money, because youā€™re the third person including myself who has stated they suddenly lost first and canā€™t get it back even though they are getting tons of votes. Or our competitors either a. Cheated by donating large sums of their own money through someone elseā€™s credit card (i.e. husband), b. Cheated by buying votes from one of these places selling them, or c. Suddenly got so lucky with a generous large donor after not being able to take the lead for many weeks (what are the chances of thatā€¦) My guess in my situation is letter a. The pattern fits this scenario most. Someone donated an amount larger than $1000 at that moment I lost the lead because like I said, Iā€™ve gotten lots of people to donate and vote and no matter what I canā€™t surpass her after holding the lead for 4 weeks! Something seems very off about thatā€¦

I removed myself from the contact once I saw that most of the contestants were sharing semi-nude pics to get votes. How is this fab over 40?!

+15

Agree. Many women are beyond disguisting and there is no standard of anything regulating it. Along with other questionable things Colossal mgmt is doing. Aweful.

I thought I was helping out a friend donating $10 to her supposedly cancer foundation and that was not the case, when I spoke to her sadly. They really took my money I am afraid of them taking my money for me being careless with the little amount of information I received.

+6

Im on the competition now. My friends have paid a lot already and still not enough. I feel bad for them. Also Fab Over 40 people keep pushing to buy more. Not a real competition about voters but money. Its all about money. I hope those buyers donā€™t get rubbed! I feel bad for supporters, honestly šŸ˜ž

I'm in this year's competition and it is spelled out in the rules about how it works. I do agree that there should be a bit more transparency about how many groups we are competing against, however, I do not feel pressured to get people to buy votes. They do so if they want to support the National Breast Cancer Foundation and me. All people need to do is read and have more than a 5th grade comprehension level to understand.

+37

I completly agree. People donā€™t realize that this is voted by public, people may donate votes and May not. Yes itā€™s possible not all will have that luck. But this is a fundraiser. U donā€™t have to pay entree fee or money to get in, there were all kind of women in this competition not just sexy and skinny ones. I am not skinny not have sexy pictures of sort and I have won my round from first day.. people and friend who paid for votes, they did it to make people win. There is no scam here, itā€™s fundraiser. Seems like people who are leaving bad reviews are the ones who didnā€™t move to next level, I have been all over place in quarterfinals. Does you friend or family think you are fabulous, thatā€™s where itā€™s coming from. Some people will have better luck with social media following and some donā€™t. Stop being hateful because u are not loving up. There will be one winner, itā€™s competition. You hav r to just treat it as one!

Obviously you are part of the organization. This same message was placed earlier with another name e4tyfgvt7gkj. Itā€™s a scam if NBC only receives 60% of the donations.

I don't see how insulting those who are donating and voting for others is anything fabulous. It is very short of being fabulous. This is not about if your friends adore you or think you are deserving or worthy, it is about which ones are willing OR ABLE, key word being able here, to donate plethora amounts of money when they may be struggling to survive yet want to contribute for an opportunity of success on your end. It is awful to say all people need to do is read and have more than a 5th grade comprehension. Many of my voters are highly educated individuals who also have doubts. The competition goes on for very very very long, to raise money, how do you know that money is not the prize money being raised? Because there is a tax free number. A dear friend of mine was in it the last time and she personally wrote to me to tell me her experience. I am still competing, but if this comes down to who can donate money on my behalf, daily and weekly, that's a lot to ask for since, life is hard for everyone now.

I'm in this competition too I was in 17th place but when my friend donated I went from 17th to 8th! I know for sure it's about money not our beauty. I'm not the prettiest woman on earth but there are some contestants that no way should be in front me! And I saw some absolutely gorgeous women who should've placed in the top 10!

Well I'm currently in 9th or 10th place but if the votes weren't able to be bought I'm pretty sure I would be the winner they delayed the start of it two or three times so that's another problem

+17
• Oct 24, 2023

Hi are u still in the competition

i agree i was legitly 1st then someone in 9th jumped to first due to double hope votes that she clearly bought! and she won i ended up in 4th! unfair to buy your votes!

I was in 1st for a couple of days. Then I dropped and I remain between fourth and fifth in the competition in my group. I was spending hours a day promoting on all my social media networks. This competition is all about money. Everyone that voted for me were free votes. Iā€™m not saying Iā€™m the prettiest girl in the world, but considering women that had only a profile picture, and not a single other photo bumped ahead of me should not have been allowed. I had a very detailed profile with many photos. This competition was fab over 40. I am just that, not only because of how I look and how fit I am but also my successful accomplishments. Itā€™s sad that they took the meaning of the competition and made it into something else and that is all about the almighty dollar. To enter there should of been some level of criteria you had to meet. Iā€™m sorry I have seen women in first that prob donā€™t know the first thing about health or beauty. Who knows if they even entered. Having a profile with only your profile pic is not ok. Ok very disgusted with this competition

A dear friend of mine was in it the last time and she lost but she spent HOURS AND DAYS TRYING to find the magazine where the winner supposedly had her two page spread, and couldn't find it anywhere. Not even to this day, not one mention about the winner in any magazine so I wonder, if you win the $40,000 do they take it back as a donation to breast cancer? Do you actually get the money?

I'm in 9th so you're in like 7th or 8th now. It's all about Michelle and I hate that because we're all beautiful. I don't like how they do the cuts because they're some gorgeous women that should be up there too!

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