Well, earlier today May 19th my cell phone rang with a woman's voice claiming I had emailed in a request for a trip to Florida including a cruise to the Bahamas. It immediately set alarm bells off as I did not remember ever sending such an email or entering any such contest. She began to explain how I had 18 months to use the trip. I explained (by this point was feeling this out for legitimacy) that 18 months would not be good for me she then continued to tell me I could extend the offer for an additional year.
She did not give me a lot of time to say anything. I asked her what the catch was and she said "oh there is no catch" my father taught me if something sounds too good to be true it probably is. They told me for 4 people to travel it would be about $199 per person and that we need to make our way from canada to Orlando where our trip would be waiting for us. I have never heard of any trip you win that you would pay your own airfare for.
She then passed my call to a man who said he would have my tickets sent out to me by courier and that someone 21 or older could sign for them (again the age of consent in Ontario is 18 so that seemed puzzling).
He then told me that I would have my tickets in 4 business days but first they needed to secure the money via credit card. I told him that I do not give my credit card number to anyone on the phone especially a company who finds it necassary to have their phone number blocked from caller id. He said he could verify my information i said it is so easy to get information.
He suggested i look at the websit astar.Us so as I logged in got redirected to this website for ripoffs. I started reading the report to the man on the phone and when I got to the part about them debiting a credit card numerous times and that the company is a scam... Surprisingly the man hung up.
Thanks to this website I wasn't duped. Probably wouldn't have been anyways as I have a strict policy to never give out my credit card number on the phone.
Julie
Hamilton, Ontario
Canada
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