How could this be a scam?

Question

The other day I signed up to receive a free wedding planning catalog so I could get tips for my reception this summer. I had to give my name, address, email, and phone number, but no credit card number so I continued to sign up. After I submitted the information, the following page said I would receive my free catalog soon and that I had automatically been entered to win a free honeymoon. I hardly entertained the possibility at all and quickly forgot about it. This was just a couple of days ago. Today I got phone call, NOT a recording, from a woman informing me that I had won a two-night, three-day cruise to the Bahamas. She proceeded to give me a code to write down and informed me that the only catch would be that me and my husband would have to go to a 90 minute seminar at a local hotel. We simply have to give the hotel our code, stay for the entire seminar without being tricked into buying any stupid things, and we leave with our packet that says we have two years to use our trip.

Answer 1

These are probably one of those timeshare seminars that last all day and when it's done they talk to you one on one and they are very, VERY persistent trying to convince you to buy something.  If you can endure that and still be strong and not buy anything then do it.  You will get the trip.  But remember, they will keep going and going trying to make a sale.  To me it's not worth it...I wouldn't be able to stand it!

Answer 2

Yes it IS a scam.  My professional advice is to stay away from that meeting, don't agree to do it. They want to sell you a time share and they use high-pressure sales technics, and the cruise they want to give away has many strings attached and will end up being more expensive than you might originally think.  It's very difficult to just go and listen to a 90 minute presentation and simply leave with a cruise voucher and not buy anything else.  If it sounds too good to be true it is.  I own a cruise-only travel business and have been selling cruises for 25 years.  There are some good deals out there, but it's helpful to talk with a professional cruise-expert rather than a travel agent.

Answer 3

I wouldn't do it!!

Now and days mostly everything is a scam!

It really sounds like a timeshare deal.

Be careful! You wouldn't want to end up broke or have an identity theft over a magazine!

Just buy a magazine at CVS for like 5.00 its cheap and you don't have to worry about people calling you for a fake trip!

Good Luck on you decision!