Yesterday I got a call from MY Invites saying I won a $25 vucher for price line! yay, my first win!!! It was for the Kleenex handsantisier 25wol.

Very happy!!


But, I ALSO got a call on Monday from a private number about entering a Disney land comp. The lady (American accented) said I "qualified" for the trip (not won but qualified). She asked a few questions about my marriage status, if I held a credit card, if I had been to America before etc.
She had called me on my mobile, I was in a terrible service area and could barely hear her and she was pausing between everything she said anyway. She then asked me to hold the line.. when she came back she told me it was her first day doing it. She then asked me if I was still interested (the trip was 7 days, for 4 adults, entry to Disney land, Universal studio, then to Port Lauderdale and a 3 night trip on a cruise to Bahamas....all we needed to do was pay for our own flights there and we had 18mths to take the trip). I said yes, still interested, then she said she needed my credit card number... I said why do you need my cc number? She said to register but "dont worry its all legit"...exact words.
Hmmmm.....
I got sus then and said I would need to talk to my hubby first, she needed me to register then, and I said No dont worry about it.

If she had said the word WIN once in the whole conversation or if they were willing to ring back later, or explain what they needed my card for...maybe then I wouldnt of been so sus...

I hope I didnt throw away a real trip...sigh...too new to all this to know what the go is, but cant afford to have my CC ripped off either.

I'm with you Yazkus - sounds "SUS with capital S"

Just be glad you didn't hand over CC number, and forget about it. I've had a call for a winning trip, and it didn't sound one bit like your call. There's dodgy things out there!

Glad u won the priceline prize

the dineyland prize does not include a trip to the bahamas and also a trip to universal studios. my understanding was that u didnt get to choose your date it was 21st -28th january 2010. I think that person was a fraud and you should clap yourself for not giving ur CC over the phone!

Congrats on your win 

In regards to the trip, you definately did the right thing.  Here's an article about a scam that sounds similar to the phone call you received: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2005/10/21/1487604.htm

and there's a few others here:
http://www.scamwatch.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/699124

http://www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/850897/fromItemId/720797

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/free-holiday-scam-warning/2007/09/19/1189881549247.html