Giveaway Tags taken for EXTRA ENTRIES 😤

[RowenJ]

Hi, this is about something that has happened on Instagram. I will keep all the people in it anonymous apart from the ones I have permission to use their names. I would love some advice on what to do and if I’m overreacting a bit.

So, on Instagram, I entered a very talented artist’s giveaway. As usual, I tagged my close friends, Sophie and Raye. They are completely ok with me tagging them in giveaways and sometimes they enter as well. So, I was meeting up with them and they both said that somebody had tagged them in that giveaway. At first I thought they meant me but they showed me the notifications.

Basically, for extra entries, SOMEBODY STOLE THE TAGS THAT I MADE. In this particular giveaway, the more people you tag, the more entries you get. It SPECIFICALLY said to * tag your friends *

. This person had tagged Sophie and Raye just because I had a few comments before, and the person doesn’t even know them. The person had a large amount of people tagged and I’m wondering whether they stole other people’s tags.

Is there anything I can do about this? I don’t want that person to get extra entries by cheating but don’t want to cause a lot of drama

Update: I forgot to mention this. Sophie and Raye both messaged the person saying “why did you tag me?” a few days ago, but the person has not answered yet.

Second update:
I messaged them this:

[annalilac]

Honestly, I wouldn’t like it either and if this personal would have tagged me, I would have texted her and asked to remove it
Also, maybe try texting the artist? In my opinion this person should be disqualified cause it’s just not fair for other participants

[RowenJ]

[RowenJ]

I’ll text the artist, I don’t want the person to get away with cheating the system