Scam via Phone today... Tell me what you would have done.. or do you think......  

It was mean and awful. Getting me all happy like that and than find out it was just a scam.. Tomorrow I am going to call the board of the fair and find out what is going on and how he got my number and such.. They had to have given it to him in order for him to call me right and have him say that stuff to me.. If this is a fraud and knowing that he did this can the board get into trouble for giving him this information to him and having him call me and do this to me? My husband had something about it but can't recall cause the person woke me up in the middle of my nap... grrrr lol not to mention he was talking pretty fast also.. so it got me pretty confused.. Thanks for your reply!

I would surely call the fair board and tell them exactly what happened...I would think they would know who called you..unless this guy stole the cards you guys filled out at the fair..this is so sad because this is the reason you filled out the card in the first place right? To win a cruise..I am so sorry for you and like I said, do call the fair board and maybe the attorney general in your state...This is so wrong....that would be identity theft and he could be doing this to others....

I just called her and she told me they don't give out door prises or things like that, so the man lied to me and said that to get a hold of my information... Talk about being upset now.. I am very glad though I didn't this person my credit card information.. My mom was there also I am calling her right now to let her now what happened so she don't give out her information as well...

Sorry I am just getting back to you..What a jerk..It was a scam..He must of stole the information. I hope you got to your mom in time..I am so glad you told him no....

Yup right after I talked to the lady from the fair I call my mom.. I told her if anyone calls her about any kind of cruise do not I repeat do not give out any information just tell the person your not interested and hang up on them.. I know that's rude but it's better than sitting there listening them lie to you...

I am so glad you did..I hate it when people try to take advantage of others....It is better just to hang up on them, they can't do anything to you if you do.

Nope they can't, I mean what are they going to do arrest me lol they got to find me first ha ha..

Nope. Then they would get in trouble for impersonating a police officer, and they would be in more trouble...LOL

Very true, I didn't think about that, so let them find me right and than have the police here waiting for them.. lol

I see you have this all planned out..You would make a great detective...You could have your own TV show...LOL

It could work but i think they would out smart me though some how but I think my husband would be really good at this.. He should of went into being a detective than welding.. ha he even wanted to call these people back when they called last night to see what kind of business it really was..

Star 69. I think this is what people have so when they want to know who called they just dial this and it tells them..I like my caller ID..If I know the name I pick up and if there isn't a name I don't..Alot of times it will say unknown caller and I don't pick them up either...I get alot of 800 calls.

Ok i didn't know that, I think *72 is to block your number from someone.. I've done that before.. but the 69 i don't ever recall using that feature.. When this person did call they called from a New York area code with a call unknown..

When it says unknown I don't pick up..If they don't want to tell me who they are then it must not be important..I have it where you can leave a message..I can't hear the message until I dial a certain number and then I can get into them.

Sometimes though it's family member and their names don't come up.. I don't know why that happens I know where my husband works it says the same thing call unknown.. I just don't get it sometimes... I think it might have to do with our phone company though..

That could be. If we don't want our number to show up on someones ID, we just tell the phone company to block our number..

ahh ok maybe thats why his isn't showing than when he calls from work.. That makes alot of sense but knowing who calls is always nice.. Normally my friends from out of state their numbers will come up as like a cellular call or the state they live in.. I than know who it is and will answer it..

Yup that's for sure... See what I didn't understand is this person called me from a different area code I knew it wasn't from Wisconsin I believe it was a New York number.. Like I asked the lady how did he get my information and she told me she didn't know...

I did fill out some information for door prises but the thing is It wasn't for a cruise though, that's what wasn't making any sense to me.. I couldn't figure the one part out either why he couldn't send them to me.. He claimed they were valued at 2,500.00 and people sell them to make money off them.. What fake vouchers? I mean really come on they could of just sent some kind of form they didn't to send those right away, sense I had a year to use them right?

The matter of the fact is I did join a contest but it say anything about a cruise at the least the guy didn't.. What now gets me is the fair board said they knew nothing about it.. But the guy says it was for the fair so I didn't think anything of it..

if the fair board know nothing about it, i guess you better be cautious. the board should know of any contest in the fair if ever there is one. just be careful in giving your personal info.

For Sure Sharon, I won this scam and did help someone else so they aren't scammed too.. To be honest I'm proud of myself...

I would think the same thing. The Fair board had told me there wasn't such a thing they were doing.. Yeah go figure right.. These people tried to scam me and I stopped it before i got myself into trouble at least that much.. The last thing I need is to have that kind of information floating around for others get a hold off.. Maybe though Once I save enough money I will take a cruise and at least it will be real and not a fake scam like they tried to do to me... Thanks for your reply!!

Hi Wisconsin:

I hope you do save enough money for the cruise.

Ivor

Thanks in about 10 years when I'm 40 I should be able too.. lol Better late than never right!! Thank you so much for your reply!!

Hi Wisconsin:

I hear that taking a cruise at 40 if you are a women is the best time. Women look their best when they are 40.

Ivor

oh are you saying I don't look good now.. lol The avatar is actually really me.. I think I look good being 28.. lol

So instead of being depressed, be happy, think about all the moolah you folks saved.

I'm really not depressed actually, believe it or not but I am very happy with myself and not to mention my husband because of the fact we knew and we weren't going to let this person scam us by us giving out such information.. People do this every single day and people end up being scammed because they are not warned about people like this.. I have realized though when someone calls and ask for such things with out something in front of my face they are going be hung upon..