Early morning phone call 11 May and told that by filling out a survey recently I now had the opportunity of a 7-day Radisson Hotel offer in Orlando, Florida with a choice of a 2-day Disney or Universal pass or a 7-day free car rental. This offer was for up to four people and valid for 18months and to give 40 days' booking notice. As an option one could include for $299 per person go on a 'Carnival' cruise to Nassau in the Bahamas for 3nights/2 days with no more to pay. Also the two weeks holiday would include as a bonus 3nights/2 days at Fort Lauderdale in a Hilton or comparable 5-star hotel.
First 'corporate' person to speak to me was a Stanley Lynn, then a Derrica Wilson and finally a Christina, their Corporate Verification Dept staff member who was given my credit card details. They sounded quite professional and each gave as a reference their corporate ID #, address in Tampa which is the same one now shown on GreatDestinationsVacations.com. They also stated that a recording of the offer and details was being made which crazy enough made me believe them more.
When told by my son just two days later that it was a 'scam' I promptly blocked my credit card but unfortunately it was too late and $A685.96 had already been processed that same day. I sent an email to [email protected] as noted in their web site but of course was returned as no email address existed. I am of course mad about being caught and did not think to check them out first but hope that prevents others from doing the same thing.
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