A few months ago, I received a few phonecalls from Oriental Travel saying I’ve won their lucky draw which is a trip to Thailand and a few other free gifts. I rejected their offer because at that time, I don’t really like travelling.
Then they would slam the phone on you rudely.
I think I’ve received a total of 3 calls.
Then for the 3rd call, when asked for my age and occupation, I replied "14, student". The caller said, "ok thanks" and slammed the phone.
Just now when reading a friend’s blog, one entry sounded like she was going to get scammed. Which made me remember this incident. Thus, I went to search HWZ forums and came up with 2 threads.
I’m surprised. Those were exactly what happened to me. I recall the person saying that I have to attend a 2 hour presentation in order to collect my prize.
My lack of interest in travelling overseas back then and addiction to FFXI saved me from scam.
Scamming is slowly becoming a serious problem here in Singapore. My mother’s friend already received 2 mails from overseas (the stamps were in euros) saying she won a lottery worth a few hundred thousand US dollars but need to first give them a few thousand USD to proccess the transaction.
So yea, be very careful when you receive a phonecall saying you won a lucky draw prize but you don’t rememebr when you participated in any lucky draw.