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so me and my friends were sitting at our campsite and two girls walk up and offer a chance to win a free trip to Florida if we fill out card with contact info on it. So i said what the heck and did it. Well i got a call today saying that i won the trip, she explained everything and that it had a value of 4000 dollars. But then she went on to say that although its free i would have to pay the taxes on it, somewhere around 400 dollars, and that they would need my credit card info to put that charge on it. I was pretty sketched out by the whole thing and told her i didn't really feel comfortable agreeing to that.
So basically i want to know if i completely screwed myself out of an awesome trip or did i save myself from a con artist? And also did anybody else have this same experience?
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all i know is that the fuse/twix contest had the same thing...worth over $12k and the winner has to pay taxes on it, so she was askin us to pay her $150 each to help with that.
Post by 3DeadStripes on Jun 16, 2010 21:07:07 GMT -5
Find out who is giving the gift and keep your wits about you. A true free gift comes to you in the mail because you won a contest or sweepstakes. Upon notification in the mail, if you find you must call to claim your vacation, it's a scam.
Step 2 Listen to the representative who calls you. He will most likely be talking fast so that you cannot get in a word of your own.
Step 3 Ask what, if any, charges will apply. If the representative says you do have to pay the taxes that amount to 'X' dollars, it's a scam. Unfortunately, any free trip that includes charges is most likely a scam, and this is particularly true if there are high-pressure tactics used to get you to claim the gift.
Step 4 Avoid giving out your credit card number to hold the vacation for you. This should be a tip-off that they only want your money.
Step 5 Suspect they are lying. Pay attention as the representative gets in deeper in the text. It may seem like he is angry or making up some of the information. He probably is. This may be where you can catch him lying.
Step 6 Find out if there are any requirements to the free vacation. If you have to sit through a long explanation of timeshares, it may not be worth it to you.
Step 7 Make sure you know quickly what your free trip is and what you must do to claim it. If you have not found this out within 10 minutes, you won't like the answer.
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