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Reassurance please!
Nicky63
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Help!! I have just had a call on my land line (which I never give for comping!) from a recorded voice that said "You have been selected to win a cruise to the Bahamas, please press 9 to speak to an operator" I hung up! I am now freaking out that it could have been real! I entered one ending on the 7th July for a family hol to the Bahamas but just checked that and it was flights. I looked in the scams thread and much to my relief someone else said they'd had that call too, but I just need someone to reassure me please! lol
That ain't working! That's the way to do it, money for nothing and TV's for free 
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what was the number did you press 1471?
and im sure it it was real you would of spoken to a personReplies to posts are always welcome, if they are done in the correct manner. If I have made a mistake in the post, I am human, tell me nicely and it will be corrected. If your reply cannot be nice, has an underlying issue, or you believe that you are God, please post in another forum. Thank you0 -
Just came home from work and the automated message has been telling the answer phone:rotfl::rotfl:Back and on a mission:cool:0
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I hope the answer phone told them where to go hehe That ain't working! That's the way to do it, money for nothing and TV's for free0 -
I've had a message on my answer machine too from some automated thing, don't know if it was the same thing as I deleated it as soon as I realised it was a scammy thing but I'm guessing it was the same call you got!0
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I had same call at 8am this morning, just what I want as I am trying to get everyone out of the house.
Just hang up is my advice......
if it is like a previous holiday offer it is without flights and so you then need to book the flights later at a preferential rate which I expect will be high......
x2007 £1749
2008 £291.99
2009 JanMasscara £7.00 Feb megcabot books x 2 £20 XFactor tkts x 2 £58.00 (couldn't go though as they only phoned on day :-( ) foundation £7.99
total so far for 09 £92.990 -
so disapointing
keep comping ---
“A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.” - John Lennon0 -
I have been told that if you press the number to accept the call you get a long recorded message which you get charged for receiving. I am not sure how true this is but it is not a risk I take and I always hang up. If it had been a genuine win a real person would have spoken to you so don't worry you did, in my opinion, exactly the right thing.0
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Thanks Ruth, my daughter has just said pretty much the same thing too, I feel better now :beer:That ain't working! That's the way to do it, money for nothing and TV's for free0
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unfortunately this is one thread I can join in on as I had one of these calls as well and I just put the phone back down"Every day when I wake up I thank the Lord I'm Welsh" Cerys Matthews0
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