i also worked at "RTI TRAVEL" on 87 west michigan st. off of orange ave. in orlando FL, i had just moved from NEW JERSEY and needed a job, so i applied with this company, i have worked in many different offices in the past but none like this one, after 2 weeks of working with them i get my first check and i go to cash it at a check x change the bank had not money, i thought that was weird, so i waited until the upcoming moday to cash it, okay it got cashed, but then i start hearing rumors that this company is a scam. i had my doubts by the way they handled the buissnes, the "managers" didnt tell the customers their real name ever. So i did a little investigation and what i come to find out is that in the web address they give you theres no ordering links, so i read their terms and conditoins and also find out that this website is also a FAKE its illegaly copied, this is what i find...------ "Terms & Conditions
This Website (“Site”) PTPorlando.com is a registered domain
name, fully owned, operated and trademarked (“Mark”) by PTP
Orlando, Inc., (“the Company”) , a Florida Corporation, having a
mailing address at 2441 Bellevue Avenue Extension Daytona
Beach, FL 32114 ."----- ( this is the real website name under legal licenses to sell and purchase Vacations you can read the terms and coditions all youll see for your self what a very smart way to steal peoples money, investigate yourself before you give out any type of purchases over the phone. for myself when i told the owners about the information that i found out, they said the internet is lying and told me to go back to my desk, the next day i got FIRED.
I just got a call from a cathy telling me the SAME THING . I got her phone number and ask her if they had a website. I told her I wanted to check if it was a scam. It happenned to be one. You know that's funny because she didn t even know where she was calling! I live in the Cayman Islands so I do not need a cruise to the caribbean. Anyway, I call them back to tell them to GET A JOB.
same, the caller says they work for RTI travel and said they will send hp;iday package to tne Bahamas etc. they even give a claim code No:006. P)ay only Taxes nothing else as the free holiday is inclusive of 5 star hotels, if anyone gets this type of call is a hoax.
buddy i am from the bahamas as well and my dad has just been scammed..I am researching this article as we apeak....I am trying to help him recover his funds....thanks for you article and it sounds exactly the same!Bahamapro....
I got a call 2 weeks ago from a lady called Shai from RTI Travels she gave her phone no as 4072852089 and her agent no as 2567, she said i had won an 11 day all inclusive package to comprise 4days 3night stay in a 5 star hotel in Orlando - Celebration World Resort and a 3days 2nights stay in the Hilton at Forte Lauderdale and finally a 4days 3night cruise to Nassau. She said all i had to pay for on the cruise was alchohol and purchases made at the boutique and that all meals taxes and ground transportation was covered however i had to pay £598 with a Visa card. When it came to taking payment i told her that i had an account in the US and would like to pay for the package in USD she said it was better to use my UK card because if i made payment from my US bank account the bank would think it was fraud. I then told her that my UK card was not visa but Maestro, she then wanted to know whether the card started with the digit 4 when i said no she said she could not take a payment from this card and that the card must be a visa. I told her that my visa card did not have any credit on it and that she would not be able to take any payment, she said she would take the details and run it when i had made some payments. She then put me through to Joanne who said she was the verification officer, she said they would call me back in 2weeks to take the payment and she gave me a confirmation no. Since after reading the the comments above i have tried to ring the phone no i was giving by Shai and guess what? it went through to a voice mail message. This is definitely a scam!
I had a similar experience. I received a call from a man, he said his name was Jason Harbon and that he was calling to tell me that I had won a Prize Vacation. This vacation was not totally free. It was for four persons and together we would pay $598.00. However, the offer seemed good enough to make the fee of $598 seem negligible. Among the places on our itinerary were the Bahamas, Hawaii and Orlando, Florida. At first, I was very sceptical but he kept giving what seemed like facts so I did give him a friend's Credit Card number.
Later, after not seeing an email which he assured me he had sent at least three times, I asked him not to use my friend's Credit Card as I was getting one of my own and would inform him when I received it. He agreed to this. Then I called my friend and told her of my change of mind and asked her to have her card blocked to any charges. Unfortunately, there was some misunderstanding and the card was not blocked
I would appreciate any advice as to whether the $598 can be recovered.