Comments on: Florida Travel Vouchers - How they appear to work

By: Lee

Lee — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 19:45:55 +0000

I was contacted by a lady yesterday who claimed she worked for Florida Travel Enterprizes and she said I had won a trip to Florida Disneyworld. She mentioned I would pay 2 for 1 airfare and only hotel room services, gratuities, and transfer costs. I was very skeptical so I asked for her company website and how much this would cost me. After many attempts, I couldn’t log on to floridatravelenterprizes.com. Turned out I had to pay up front $498 on my credit card. Luckily, I never gave her my number. I almost went ahead with it but decided I wanted to consult with my husband. Apparently, they didn’t allow call backs so I had to make up my mind right then and there. After 15 minutes on the phone with her, I declined. Maybe it was out of desperation, but she finally let me call my husband and told me that she’d call me back in half an hour. I’m glad I didn’t get sucked in. After reflecting on the phone call and all the out of pocket costs I had to pay up front, it didn’t sound like a prize anymore, but a complete scam! She did call back and I declined her again. Think about it, if it was a prize, why would I have to pay so much money!

By: riz

riz — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 21:16:06 +0000

Hi Matt, You did a wonderful job. Riz, Vancouver, Canada.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 08:20:01 +0000

I just got called tonight.
I told the woman my name was “Jesus” and she had a great chuckle. My name is not Jesus, but I found her chuckling to be inappropriate and unprofessional. I told her that I regularily traveled with my dad, or, Him. She didn’t get the joke. Anyway, she asks which credit card I regularily use and I say that money is the root of all evil. She asks if I am still interested in the “vacation”. I say, “No”. She hangs up and I come over to the computer to make sure this really was a scam. Cheers.

- Matt B, Vancouver, Canada

By: RIZ

RIZ — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 05:32:56 +0000

Hi
Kamal,
I had exactly the same situation as yours. But fortunatly, I got all my money back after painful effort. I was fortunate enought to get all of my money refuned, It took me 7 days to get all my money back. Even after I got my money refunded, today I received a package through DHL, which I shall put in my garbage.

By: Paul Harding

Paul Harding — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 13:57:01 +0000

I’m getting a lot of automated calls for this scam (Hi, I’m Lisa, you’ve won a fabulous holiday in Cancoon, blah, blah, blah, just press 9, go on just press 9, just press 9 to claim your fabulous holiday).

I’ve found that by pressing 1 instead the call repeats and you can do this three times. That triples their phone bill!!! Let ‘em ‘ave it.

By: kamal

kamal — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 19:46:21 +0000

I’m from Canada and I received a id-blocked call - saying congraulaions
your phone has been randomly selected for a great vacation. and then transfered me to customer service rep. he explained about the trip.
Ex- 6 days 5 nights - orlando FL @ calypso cay resorts.
- pair of 2 VIP day passes to universal studio or universal island of adventure.
- 3 days 2 nights - Daytona beach @ holiday inn includes - hotal, resorts, two steling casino tickets.
-3 days & 2 night all inclusive cruise -Bhamas cruise

The caller did say they were currently promoting their holidays here. After being told I had won a holiday,I was asked for my age to confirm I was eligible- and he then informed me I sounded younger than 21!, then who I preferred to travel with, and which credit card I used - by which point I was convinced it was a scam. Then I told all about the holiday, and asked to guess the value.

-after i said i dont’ trust and after arguing for 5-10 mins he transferd me to his supervisor - god knows if she really was a supervisor.
~then she offered me 3 days& 2 nights in Miami -
ALL FOR $598 USD!!!! bullshitt***

~after transfering me to a person who took all my credit card info. she confirmed what i’m getting and gave me a confirmation number and a customer service number - 1-800-824-1533. people who called was 3rd party solicter — Their website - http://www.bestvacationsworld.com. on there site its listed for $349 compare to what they ofered me $598.
I was told that i would get my vacation package in 14-21 days ( which i got within 10 days)
I then called the number she gave me, I was on hold over 20 mins and then i hung up.. i called them 2nd day same issue. I also work in a call center. I then called them from my work finally someone answered after 10 mins and i told her that i would like to cancle my package. She ased me the reason, I told her that i’m not comfortable and i belive that its a fraud. she appolized for what i was thinking and she asked i have my package yet? which i didn’t yet. she said that she can transfer me to her supervisor and see what they can do for me. i told her that i just want to cancle this. She asked me to wait until i get my package. i also asked her about the price difference - $349- $598 . she also went to that website and checked the prices.. she said since its a 3rd party who called me she can credit me the difference. i asked for best vacations words’s phone number and she didtn’ know even her supervisor didnt’ know. but she was able to bring up my info by putting in my confirmation number.

I’m still kinda undecided rather its a genuine or its fraud.
please lemme know if anyone have been through similar situation.

Thanks
Kamal

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 01:57:19 +0000

This happened to me too.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 26 Dec 2005 01:57:55 +0000

I live in Australia and was scammed into this but I was somehow lucky enough to get my money back after cancelling my card and calling the company up for a refund. This was over a month ago. Now, the company won’t stop calling me to see if I have any questions about the holiday I supposedly have bought. I have not recieved a holiday package which they still think I have purchased. It’s so annoying! Is there a way to make them stop badgering me?