I wanted a $500 Home Depot gift certificate. Not a trip to the bahamas!
These people are harrassing me. I get 4 calls a day! I picked up the first time and she asked if I've ever been to the bahama's. I told her no. She replied "You're going to love it. Have you ever been on a cruise?" "no" "you're going to love it".
She also asked if I was from "Hammered, Ontario" HAH. Really legit.
I thank you all for your posts. You helped me stop my 19 year old daughter from getting scammed and learning her first scam lesson about how precious our hard earned money is. She signed up for a free vacation at a "Life Light festival" in South Dakota. She called the number they gave her twice and each time they hung up on her assuming that she couldn't afford a timeshare just because she lives in an apartment. Bad assumption on their part. If not for this page of posts she would never have believed me and checked out the vacation she won. Thank you again.
I received the same call asking for Major credit card i'm in Canada , the same thing they wanted 2 charge $299 each person 2 my credit card they said I had won a Trip I hope I don't have a giant phone Bill because he kept talking 2 me for 9 mins.
Same story. $500 gift card from the Home Depot or a cruise. I didn't see any small print on the entry form or the poster, so I put my name on it and off I went. Then I start getting calls 2 days later at 2 different phone numbers. The guy used the "You signed up for this, I'm not calling you out of the phone book" line. Then he went on to say that only 3 percent of all the entrants are getting this fantastic offer. Went on to describe the trip and kept pausing for a reaction from me (which never came). He then asked if I was ready to "do this". When I explained that I was a little wary, he started saying "Why? What's the problem? You're getting an amazing deal!" I asked if I had to make the decision right then, and he said, "Absolutely. We have to start the registration process right now." I told him I didn't think I was interested, he went off into what an amazing deal it was and that I was passing up a huge opportunity. He asked if I was planning on taking any vacation in the next 18 months. By this time I'd had enough and I said no. "Really? You're not planning on taking ANY vacation in the next TWO YEARS?" I said no, and he said that maybe it wasn't for me after all and he'd give my vacation away to somebody else. I agreed that was fine, but I think he'd hung up by then.