Survey ,holiday won is it genuine or a scam to make money.

kenshaz

We have received telephone calls(from a geographical number,which does not answer when we ring back) on two consecutive nights advising my wife and I that we have been entered into a draw and a holiday has been won ,but to claim it we must ring an 0871 number and quote the ref number given,and state our address we will then be sent written confirmation .The draw apparently originates from a street survey under taken by my wife ,when she gave out our phone number.
Apparently 50 other people in our county have also won the holiday.

blindman

Do you really need to ask

mystic_trev

Do you really want to appear on Watchdog?

kenshaz

blindman wrote:

Do you really need to ask

I know ,just curious to see if there is further information ,also they have answers to all your questions.if it is a money making ploy quite a few must be responding ,because a call centre is open until 2050 hrs to receive the winners calls,perhaps this needs investigating .
I am obviously not making the phone call ,I am on her alerting others

charlotte3

I'd be interested in the outcome of this because a similar thing has happened to my mum, she apparently won a holiday to Tenerife after taking part in a street survey. She was told of her 'prize' a few months ago now.... I haven't heard any more!

kenshaz

Did your Mum ever receive the holiday?

pennylane99

it will be a timeshare company where you are subjected to hard sell presentations..

black-saturn

I've received the same phonecall. It is a scam. If you have won a competition you will not be expected to pay a booking fee (this one asks for £199) and you will not have to ring an 0871 number to claim your prize.

Theres a couple of other similar posts on the comps board.

charlotte3

kenshaz wrote:

Did your Mum ever receive the holiday?

I don't know what happened about it, I'll have to find out next time I speak to her.

But I thought it was a scam all along, seemed too good to be true!