September 04, 2006

Of Timeshare scam artists

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crimeshare said:

To those of you living in Singapore, and who have yet to get that annoying telephone call, a timely warning of a timeshare scam from a company calling itself "GreatConcepts" and claiming to represent a "sponsor" named "O.T. Travel" or, as I have come to find out is in actuality "Oriental Travel". The anatomy of the scam call is as such : 1. Some chap calling claiming that you've won a IBM notebook computer valued at $4,000; they sent the notice to you - didn't you get it? No? Well, they auctioned the "prize" off because it was unclaimed (yeah, you and 2 others who didn't claim their prize). They supposedly even have an advertisement in the local paper highlighting the prize (Wow! Can't believe you didn't see that ad. Well never mind, they have a copy they can fax to you).

Recommended by Anonymous Coward: "I got called up just yesterday, and yes, I wised up having my intuition tell me it was a scam.. (yes, it was an osim chair and $4000, that I allegedly forgot to claim)"

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Submitted by Anonymous Coward on September 01//11:39am and published by cowboycaleb, LMD :: 73598 reads | trackback (1)
Comments 293

Hi Dave

It is funny to read this note from you, cos I just recevied one such voucher on 2 Jul 09. It states that " Packages are proudly marketed and distributed by Dynamikz Netwerkz Singapore" and guess what, when I took the time to read through the attached list of long notes in small print - it states that one has to pay $200 per person as booking fee for the "Free" trip to Hongkong... WOW now I see the light why paying $200 for 2 pax is nonsense cos it is ridiculously LOW to the issuing company......

Posted by YSL* on 3 July, 2009 - 4:18pm

Well common sense will tell that a flight to HK is obviously more expensive than a flight to Thailand which is why an upgrade to Hk fee is required thus resulting in 200 per pax. Nobody said it was free to begin with. The standard booking fee for Thailand is only 50 per pax not 200.

Dave Jaswal

Posted by Dave J* on 18 August, 2009 - 3:10am

have anyone really travel with the free vouchers? how much is the tax? is the hotel good? any other catch involved..is the hotel stay really free?

Posted by Anonymous Coward* on 10 July, 2009 - 1:56pm
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