This is still going on... I just got the call too! woopee, Florida, Bahamas, yada yada.... 100% complete scam! I asked the guy to give me a moment, which he was okay about doing, so I put him on hold and searched the internet (only to confirm my initial thoughts that this was a scam)... as I searched, I heard him yelling my name on the phone to get my attention! (Creepy when someone says your name so much and they don't even know you. Creeper.). He kept saying, "____ what is the problem?" "let's just get you registered now" (x 30) "____ you signed up for this, so what is your problem?" (yeah dude, i signed up at Woofstock, signed up for a FREE trip, and a legit trip at that - which this clearly isn't) and after he realized I wouldn't 'budge' he was rude and promptly hung up. Hah, idiot. Who has time for this garbage? Find a real job. Hopefully no one falls for this!
I received a call like this as well, and they asked for my wife and i said she wasnt home, so then the woman said well maybe i can talk to you, then she proceeded to say well congrats sir you just won a trip to w/e and so on and i interupted and said ok if i won then why are you calling here and asking for my wife and i tell you she isnt home then allof a sudden you tell me i won, and i found out that it b/s cause they were trying to sell me stuff even though there ballot said free trip, so i was able to get into a heated conversation with these people and told to never call me again and then they said well what bout your wife sir, so i said she isnt interested either. I have heard bout these companies that take deposits over the phone for trips and they end up rounding up tons of deposits and run and relocate, very bad. But someone just gave me a tip today,if you answer in french like bonjour, they will hang up and if they continue in english and you say par las vous francais, they will hang up, also if you go to google and type in the sound of a fax machine and use that to answer the phone they automatically take your number off the list cause they think it is a dead line no live call. thanks to the person that gave me this info.
i fell for this... i entered a draw at the toronto pride parade (i only wanted the free lei) and was called three days later saying i had won, and how only 2 people out of 40,000 were winners. he kept saying how this is recorded and sent to the credit card company and other people and repeating the same information because i was being cautious in giving out my credit card number. melvin kept telling me how the pride parade was regulated by the province of ontario (doubtful) and for awhile i believed it, i called the customer service number on my other phone and it was answered, and then i decided to check google while still on the phone and realized i'm dumb. i called the customer service number back and he said i will not be charged if i cancelled, i had better not.
We went to Corso Italia Toronto Fiesta in Toronto last weekend and entered a contest to win a free cruise vacation.
Today, I received a call from a company called Imperial Majesty Cruise (David Rosston)telling me that I have won a vacation for two as a result of the contest at Corso Italia.
The caller told me that in order to process our winning tickets, he needs to speak to the other person who would be accompanying me; thus, I gave my husbands cell phone number (stupid me!). My husband, who was still working, didn't really know what was happening, and was assured by the caller that his wife (me) has spoken to the caller, gave out the credit card information...
Although my husband told the caller that he is not interested in the vacation if there are any charges involved, the company immediately charged his credit card for approximately $1,400 (299 plus 400 something plus 600 something). If only I had googled to find this site earlier... Now we have to dispute the charges and cancel the credit card. NEVER GIVE OUT YOUR CREDIT CARD INFORMATION!!