gine, gina, gina, i am well aware of the stories and i am well aware that there are lot of cons out there, (which is why i have never phoned one of these competitions)...i'd have thought that was clear from my previous posts, so i am not sure what you think that link will achieve...you have completely missed the point and you clearly don't read things properly.
the point i was making was that NO, not everyone knows that they are a con (which is what you asked), and that is clear from the millions who phone them. if it was common knowledge that they were cons then no-one would phone them and they would disappear.
and the list of phoneins on that site may have lost them hundreds but, obviously, for every phone in there is only one winner so of course hundreds will lose out, thats the nature of the game - if someone is too stupid to work that out then not only shouldn't they be doing phone ins, but they shouldn't be out on their own!
if someone phones one and doesn't win and so thinks its a con, then they really need to look at the odds
like i have said some are genuine, some aren't, but people like richard and judy generate a sense of trust in people which is why most people won't have suspected a thing.
its all very well being suspicious after you have got through and therefore have evidence something is definitely wrong, but most people don't get through and therefore don't have any reason to be suspicious.
so to answer your 'question', NO it is not just you who knows, and NO, not everyone does know.
but you already knew the answer to that didn't you...