Agent Insights Ep 53: Suspension Giveaways

Hey all, Jade here with this week's Agent Insights! Today, we'll be talking about another kind of fake giveaway- suspension giveaways.

Suspension giveaways are often aren't technically a scam, but they're still a fake giveaway with the intention of hurting other Jammers, so it's important to know what they are and how to avoid them.

Most suspension giveaways start out relatively normal- the host will ask you to repeat some phrases after them, and whoever repeats them all fastest/most accurately will win a prize. This will go on for a while, but eventually they will ask you to repeat two final words, after which they will announce the winner. There are a few different things that they may tell you to repeat, but two of the most common combinations are "as" and "whole", or "bit" and "cheese". If you repeat either of these word combinations after them, your account will be immediately suspended. (Please do not test this out in game- I can guarantee that you will be suspended.)

Now, why does this happen? If you look closely at the word combinations in the previous paragraph, you'll notice that the words can be combined to form curse words. As Animal Jam is a children's game, AJHQ doesn't want anyone using vulgar language in the game, so if you say anything that could be construed as a swear, you will be suspended. 

But, if saying these things will get you suspended, then why can the host of the "giveaway" say them and not have any consequences? Well, if you look at suspension giveaways such as this one, you'll notice that the host is splitting up the two words with other phrases. Because the words aren't said together, the chat filters don't pick them up, and therefore the host isn't suspended. However, the attendees of the giveaway will only be saying those two words, without anything between them. So- the attendees will be suspended, and the host won't be.

Finally, how do you avoid suspension giveaways? All you need to do is think before you act. If you think about what you're saying before you say it, you are much more likely to notice if somebody is trying to trick you into saying something bad. It can be tempting to type as fast as you can in order to win the giveaway, but it's not worth the potential risk of losing your account. This rule also applies to any other giveaways- think before you do anything that the host is telling you to do! If whatever they say could pose a risk to you or your items, don't do it.

Well, that's all for today! If you have any more questions about how to avoid these giveaways, feel free to leave them in the comments. Stay safe out there, everybody, and Jam On!