Comments on: Free Vacation Scams

By: Kitty

Kitty — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 11:03:37 +0000

I just received a call from Kelly from Destiny Magic Vacations in Orlando Florida, telling me I had won a free 15day cruise to the Carribean for 4 people. She asked if I had a Visa or Mastercard and then asked me to clarify the numbers and expiry date on them. I already knew this was a scam by this stage and when I said that I was not comfortable in giving out my card details over the phone, she transfered me to her supervisor Sean. When I said that I was surprised that they had this home number as I do not own the house and have only recenlty moved to Scotland I was hung up on. Just wanted to leave these comments as the scam it seems is not just within the US but is in the UK also.

Be careful if it seems to good to be true, it is!

By: Amie

Amie — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 17:52:58 +0000

Exact same as Tasnuva above happened to me 3 times now…the perky lady gets defensive insisting I contacted her and when I refuse to give her my credit card # and a few other choice words for her she hangs up on ME!! The phone # is 1-877-882-9029

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 21:52:42 +0000

Yep, I got one of these calls and the thing that hooked me in is that they had all of my husband’s info and that he had entered. She even tried to three way call my husband for me to confirm all the package details. She went on and on about how great this was that we won. And then I got transfered to “shipping” and this person tried to confirm my credit card to pay for the one time registration fee! What! When I refused the woman on the phone got really beligerent and kept saying that credit card companies guard against fraud and this wasn’t the case anyway. The thing that really sucked about this is that not only do I feel like I almost got taken in (which I never do because I always hang up on telemarketers) but I felt really bad for my poor little 2 1/2 year old girl waiting for me to get off the phone to go outside and play.

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:47:17 +0000

I JUST hung up from being on the phone for like 20 minutes from the same perky girl that’s from United Vacations like Tasnuva. She said I won a Disney Vacation PLUS a trip to bahamas or cancun.She would not tell me the company website until AFTER I give her my credit card expiration date. The only reason why I stayed on the phone is because I have signed up for vacation contests but it’s through the actual disney site. Good thing I saw this, now I know I did the right thing by hanging up!

By: Tasnuva

Tasnuva — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 15:54:52 +0000

I received a call on the evening of January 28th, 2011, past 9pm. The call was from United Vacations based in Florida associated with Disney vacations (from what I recall). The operators were beyond perky, and said they were affiliated with VISA and due to my good standing I won this vacation. I don’t remember the exact offer, but they went on and on and on about the countless different opportunities of vacations I am entitled to. They said it wasn’t a sales call, and they called me because I filled out a request for a Disney vacation somewhere online (they would not verify where, obviously because I never filled one out) and so they were simply returning my call. They had my full name, home address and the first two digits of my credit card and tried to scam their way into having me “confirm” my credit card number for only $199 upfront registration cost. Finally, when I absolutely refused to give my credit card information- her perky voice started to get defensive, and aggressive since she claimed she was only calling me back due to my request and I was being skeptical. Finally, I said if she thought I requested a vacation, then I’m oh so sorry I have now changed my mind- and hung up.

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:29:56 +0000

from BC Canada…I just got off the phone with someone claiming to be from Universal Studios..Same scam… 490 dollars from my already maxed Visa “no problem” and I could drive my free rental car (with free gas apparently too when I asked) all the way to Florida for some amazing free accommodations I just stayed on the line to see how long they would try me and acted really dumb… Insisting I needed to see the contract in writing…but I never gave them my expiry date ((I could hear them drooling the whole time) anyway 54 minutes!! and they could not provide me with any tangible contract other than their promises ..I hope they got scammed by some shrewd telemarketer on their long distance package!

Never pay for something you can`t examine at your leisure.

By: Heather

Heather — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:43:58 +0000

Just received a call from Universal Studios saying I had registered online for a free trip and won! Of course, it would only cost me $249.00 per person for the 7 day/6 night Orlando stay, 4 day/3 night Daytona Beach stay, a rental car with unlimited mileage and a dinner aboard the Sun Casino Dinner Cruise. When I asked “Gail” to get to the bottom line, she said she would just pass me through to their shipping department where “Nia” wanted to confirm my mailing address and promptly told me that my standing with VISA was excellent and that they were patched into the VISA credit. I think it was about then that I lost my patience with them. Told “Nia” that I would never register on line and give out any financial information, that I had repeatedly told them that not only was I skeptical about my “winning” this prize but, while on the phone, surfed the net and found out they were operating a scam. I hung up after telling her to send me out the package and then maybe I’d send them out some money. Ha! Not likely!

By: JB

JB — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:41:16 +0000

Hello everyone:

I kept this chick online for an hour and told her that I want to travel with her, but unfortunately my credit card expried a last month and I was going to call my accountant as he had all of my bills. It is the tax season…lol

I got their office number in Florida: Call them and complain: 386-868-5524

I also got the chicks personal cell number that will be available at a laer time. I need tohave some fun first. LOL

Sam Malone – Cheers

By: Denise

Denise — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:07:35 +0000

I also received a call this evening about the “free” vacation that was going to cost me $500.00 dollars! Call was same as above. First spoke to “Sean” who wanted my husband on the line with me, then he transfered me to their “confirmation” department and “Mya” took over witht the speal about VISA authorizing etc etc. However when I tried to politely explain that I couldn’t spare the $500.00 at this time due to my daughter’s upcoming wedding she continued to talk over me and refused to let me get a word in edgewise. Finally I hung up on them.

By: Darryl

Darryl — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:00:55 +0000

Scammers and fraudsters are the worst kind of criminal and should get the maximum penalty that a bank robber would receiver under the law. Perhaps they might try harder to get a real job then?