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Received the 540 call today and I even asked the woman how many people have "won" and if it was a time-share scam.  She claimed she didn't know.  When she said to call the 800 number right away I told her I would be checking it out on the computer first.  And I'm glad I did--appreciate all of the input!

This is the second time in the past few months that this type of thing has happened to us and both times it's the result of entering for a chance to win a "prize"-- once at a minor league baseball game and once at a model train show.  Lesson learned--we will never enter a drawing unless we are 100% certain it's legitimate and especially not at large public events.

I'm not as skeptical as my husband, but I was much more cautious this time. My first thought was to google the number.  I nearly fell out of my chair laughing!  Maria!!

I just got a call telling me I won prizes similar to those posted above and asked me to call an 800 an ask for Maria and provide her with a code.  It sounded too good to be true.  I have dealt with the Massanutten people many times trying to get me to go to their timeshare seminar and when I refused, they got really nasty.
I wouldn't waste my time with these people. Thank you all for posting this.

Tell them you don't make $35,000 a year and aren't married.  They hung up on us tonight!  We got a good laugh out of that.  Wonder if they'll call again????

How to punish this company, that any more did not take away our time

A lady called with a scam name and congurtulated me with guararanteed one of the following prizes:
-  $25,000 towards a new car
-  $20,000 Cash
-  Cruise
-  $500.00 Visa Gift Card
Congratulations the lady told me!  She stated that I don't have to buy anything or sign up for anything.  She said just call our Rewards Center and they will let you know which prize you have won.  I was given a "Rewards Code 30F" and told to call 1-800-797-3052 the next morning between 9:00 am - 8:00 pm.  I was also told to ask for APRIL.  So the next morning I called and talked to a couple of ladied one a time. The second lady proceeds to tell me that not only have I won one of the four prizes but I have also won a One week vacation for 4 to Florida and a $50.00 gift card to use for gas!  All that was left to do is figure out a time for me to come to the Rewards Center @ Wilderness Presidential to claim my prize.  While at Wilderness Presidential they will match my Prize Code S04173SVC42LM to see which one of the four fabulous prizes I have been so lucky to have won, while I get to go on a 90 minute tour of the place "Massamutten, 1822 Resort Dr., VA 22840.  To finalize her [***] buisness she came up with an idea by saying that I have to make a deposit payment of #25.00 (U.S. twenty five dollars) with check; VISA, or Master Card now.  She continuned by saying she will make a reservation rightaway. I have told her that I will discuss this with my wife and call you back. How many people are cheated like that? Is there an authority to control/ punish such kind of useless society enemies. Please give them a lesson once and for all to stop such kind of stupid robbery from inoccent people.

Same Schtick, Same Story.

What's more? I work in a fraud investigations role. I've already contacted the SCC, and BBB about this... hopefully they'll put a kabosh on this foolishness.

Same thing just happened to me! A call from a 540-885-3198 number and was told I was this lucky winner. Was told I filled something out over 1 yr ago and told to call 1-800-797-3052 and ask for Karen or staff. Was told to give my code #85L and I will be given an additional prize if call between 9am and 8pm. I am so glad I found this site bc None of that conversation sounded legit. Now I will block  my cell number from these ppl!

Just got the same call.  I went to Google and put in the number and this came up.  Thanks for sharing!

Ha ha ha, same deal, yadda yadda 25 Gs towards a car or 20 Gs cash, year long resort something or other, or a $500 gift card. Staunton, Va. Lucky me! They must make it up as they go along. Well, jobs are tough. Whatever.

Got the same phone call and i did remember filling out a form but i was still weary. I decided to give it a shot since my husband wouldnt let the thought of winning a car go. It was a time share pitch but after we declined i waked away with a 500$ visa gift card and a Fl vacation package. If you have 90 minutes to spare all in all i think its worth it.

Will block this number 540-886-2680 because they continue to call my cellphone. We did go to one of those awful timeshare presentations over a year ago and we told them at that time that we were not interested.

Did you have to pay a deposit to them first?

Won't bother repeating everything that everybody else wrote. Mine was at Massanutten Resort ... Exact same info.  I won't be calling Chelsea Moore when she's back at work tomorrow....but I had 2 Rep..the first one was giving me my Conf. number for the winnings..her name was Beth Hutchinson....

Just to add to what everyone is already saying, my story is similiar but i was told to give $75 up front because of the fees to have someone meet with me.  I was more worried that if i gave them a credit card, they would wipe me clean.  I asked why i had to pay to win all these great prizes...they responded it was for the cost of someone meeting me and their time.  Ok...so let me get this straight...if i dont show up, then i am basically saving them Thousands of dollars in vacations and other gifts...i think the time of one person for a day wouldnt matter.  They tried to justify it by saying they were acccreitiated by the BBB and part of Massanutten Resort center.  I said, well then, it shouldnt cost you any money to meet me since you work there anyway...then she admitted they were just a call center.

Basically they leave drawing boxes everywhere they can and offer some free prize...typically near a car that may be displayed.  They then have local call centers (in my case, some paint company that already has a secretary) to take the calls and set this up.  I actually called the massanutten resort center to confirm this, and they were not very helpful, but gave me some number to a promotional company on the other side of VA.  The lady knew exactly what i was talking about, but would not give any information...was very dissapointed.  Next stop is the mall to complain that they allow people to drop these things off and do this.

I also got the same call and paid $75. I should go there tomorrow. Should you guys suggest me going there or no?

Got a call from these nice folks to inform me that I won all kinds of unbelievable prizes. I would have to appear in person to reap the benefits of my good fortune. They had called earlier and I googled the number so when they called back I was ready. I let the nice lady go thru her script telling me how lucky I was and after having her repeat my winning code to me five times. (I kept pretending I was screwing it up when I was writing it down) She wanted to schedule a time that I could drive to Fedricksburg Virginia where I asume I would be greeted by the mayor and given the key to the city after the parade thru town. At this point I told her I was under house arrest and asked if she could hold my windfall for 18 months assuming good behavior. This is the point where everything went south. The demeanr of the nice young lady changed and she was ready to end the call faster than a bad habit. I pleaded and begged but she hung up. Had she stayed on the line I was going to tell her I was doing time for timeshare and telemarketing scamming. I don't think they will be calling back.

Listen it is pretty straight forward.  In a way it is a scam but they aren't going to steal your money ID or whatever any of you think they are trying to do.  It is pretty straight forward.  Give them the $75 deposit fee for the hotel.  They give that back to you plus a little extra on a legit suntrust visa card.  They gave me $150 to cover the deposit and "gas" even though it cost more then that.  The only real obligation you have is to sit through the 90 minute tour and timeshare speech.  It was more like 4 hours from me.  Do what I did pay the money to lock in your trip...spend the weekend there and have a little fun and stop thinking everyone is trying to rip you off.  The resort kind of sucks timeshare wise but it is a free vacation none the less.  Not everyone in this world is trying to screw you.  When they send you your packet of info it shows on the back of the paperwork that it is to sell you timeshares and get you to tell all your friends of the "wonderful" place.  I was told I won one of 3 prizes.  A car, $770 to the resort, or $500 cash...well if you look at the numbers 1 in 100000 win a car...10 i9n 100000 win a $500 gift card...oh and 99986 in 100000 win a gift coupon book...so I will probably go back in the winter to take advantage of the skiing and discounts but if you want a timeshare there are way better places to go.  Hope this helps the people who are actually in need of a free vacation and have half a day to waste listening to their speech.

Listen it is pretty straight forward.  In a way it is a scam but they aren't going to steal your money ID or whatever any of you think they are trying to do.  It is pretty straight forward.  Give them the $75 deposit fee for the hotel.  They give that back to you plus a little extra on a legit suntrust visa card.  They gave me $150 to cover the deposit and "gas" even though it cost more then that.  The only real obligation you have is to sit through the 90 minute tour and timeshare speech.  It was more like 4 hours from me.  Do what I did pay the money to lock in your trip...spend the weekend there and have a little fun and stop thinking everyone is trying to rip you off.  The resort kind of sucks timeshare wise but it is a free vacation none the less.  Not everyone in this world is trying to screw you.  When they send you your packet of info it shows on the back of the paperwork that it is to sell you timeshares and get you to tell all your friends of the "wonderful" place.  I was told I won one of 3 prizes.  A car, $770 to the resort, or $500 cash...well if you look at the numbers 1 in 100000 win a car...10 i9n 100000 win a $500 gift card...oh and 99986 in 100000 win a gift coupon book...so I will probably go back in the winter to take advantage of the skiing and discounts but if you want a timeshare there are way better places to go.  Hope this helps the people who are actually in need of a free vacation and have half a day to waste listening to their speech.

Shill alert. This is a scam.