Hi, There appears nothing has been posted since April 2011, I live on the Gold Coast in Australia.
I went onto the web into a site, that I play games on, and had a message in my inbox, and flashed up I had won $3,000 with Perfferred Guest Resort, towards accommodation for a trip to Florida,
I rang the Sydney phone number and was directed to Orlando Florida, I then spoke to a lovely man called Eddie, As I had problem with the 18mth time limit, he put me through to another lovely man called Ross.
At the end of the conversation I had 3 years to use the accommodation etc....7 day car rental, 2 passes to one of the theme parks, a dinner at sunset, a lunch and a breakfast for 2, a cruise to the Bahamas, all for $3,898, - $3,000 I won, so $898 for this great 15 nights help with cheapest travel, so sounded really good, I spoke to my partner and he looked up this site, as I had Ross holding on the phone, he mentioned it was a Time share, and also not the best service with cockroaches, etc... so we did not go ahead with the deal.
Who has been over there in the last year and got a deal like this ? Feedback would be great is this really a Scam ? Had I not rung my partner I probably would have done the deal !!!!
"Preferred Guest" is part of a fraud ring which has been illegally harrassing and scamming countless homes across North America. The fraud ring believes they can mask their identity using phony numbers appearing under various area codes, including 407, 701, and so forth. Unfortunately, there are enough people stupid enough to fall for this garbage scam for them to keep this campaign going.
This guy told us he was from RCI and had ordered scuba tanks. Had our name and address and that he was sending the tanks and had our VISA number. I cancelled my card immediately. This guy sounds like a crook.
Last evening received call from #407-670-0542 saying "Hi, I'm Steve, do you still have the 2 scuba tanks for sale on E-bay?" I told him "You have the wrong number" and hung up. I also tried calling back and was told the person was unavailable. What recourse do we have to try to stop this person:
My concern is whether he is harmless or trying to gain personal financial information. Has anyone had a problem with that? or concerns? Please advise.
This is a scam claiming to offer "free vacations" or similar garbage "prizes." You will be asked to give a credit card number and charged. You will never get your money back. The so-called prize is a roach-infested toilet (no air fare included) where you will be forced to attend high-pressure time-share sales presentations. If you don't attend the presentation you will be scammed out of more money on your charge card to cover the "costs" of your stay in the roach-infested toilet.
Don't be stupid enough to fall for this. These pieces of filth have been operating this fraud for years under various names like "Preferred Guest Resorts", "Summer Bay Resorts", and so on. The calls use phony spoofed numbers (area codes 407, 201, and so forth) and illegally violate the worthless "Do Not Call" registries. The fraud appears to operate out of Florida, and the names and addresses of some of the excrement operating it have been posted here. The actual calls may be dialed from some offshore scumhole, then forwarded to the Florida call center if someone answers.