They say i have won $40,000 or a car of my choice BS?

Question

So i received a letter, saying i have won $40,000 or a car of my choice not to exceed $49,000. I call them up they say i have won congrats etc...I say this is too good to be true i mean....and he says this is a part of our advertising promotion..? Some kind of houses they gonna take me on a 90 minute tour than i chose my prize, is THIS REALLY?

Should i go is this some bs scam or did i really win idk?

thanks....

Answer 1

If you didn't enter....you didn't win. Read the fine print. You probably actually "won" a pen and pencil set or some other worthless prize.  

Answer 2

Sounds like a scam to me.  If you entered a drawing or contest and won, they wouldn't make you take a tour before you claimed your prize.  And if you didn't enter a drawing or contest (which I presume you didn't), then how could you win anything?

Answer 3

This is typical of the timeshare scam. Get the mark into the house for the 90 minute pitch. Usually your prize is standard vendor supplied merchandise, pens, hats, tshirts, maybe a $10 gift card to a local restaurant. If you think it's worth $10 to listen to a hard sell for 1 1/2 hours go right ahead.

Scott