I am in Australia so had to call an Australian number within 4 minutes to claim my "prize" for being the one millionth visitor to the Sudoku site. Tyler Le Sage spent 20 minutes telling me I had "won" a wonderful holiday for four people in Florida, Bahamas and Mexico/Costa Rica including car hire and Disney World tickets. $3898 worth but I could have it all for just $898. My "prize" was a $3000 discount.
Then Tyler told me all Australian prizes had been claimed but said that because I had met the four minute deadline would try to find a booking on another continent. Tyler was really upbeat and "excited" about my "win".
Next thing I am being talked at by Kevin Morris who thought maybe I had missed the four minute deadline. He said he had to put me on hold and when I asked for how long he said that didn't matter because he was more concerned with actions than words. When I told him I found him aggressive he became quite belligerent and wouldn't let me get a word in sideways. I hung up.
My assessment was that Tyler was the soft sell meant to get me well and truly hooked on the wonderful holiday then Kevin came in for the kill.
I am hoping this was an attempt to get me to commit to paying for a holiday I would never actually get and not a personal information collecting process that will result in ID theft.
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