877-810-7899

Found this when searching for any info on this phone number:

"Travel lovers, Come experience the magic in Cancun for 7 Days & 6 Nights! For just $699 per couple you can choose from 20 of our Five Star, Oceanfront, All-Inclusive luxury resorts! Mention this ad and receive $50.00 towards your choice of a Pampering Spa Treatment or a Golf Lover's 18 hole dream. Incredible offer!!! Contact Rusti Shipman at 1-877-810-7899 Ext. 215 for more information."

Telemarketer, I guess.

Received a fax with a fake news article, and contacted the Vancouver Sun, who replied with:

Thanks for sending us this information - we became aware of this fake article late last week, but we didn't know it had made its way to Ontario!  

We are hoping that the grammatical error in the headline and the poorly written article will tip people off to the fact that we had nothing to do with the "article".  Our lawyers are trying to get the travel company to cease and desist faxing this out.  

Thanks again for bringing this to our attention!
News Research Librarian
Pacific Newspaper Group Library
200 Granville St, Suite 1
Vancouver, BC

Faxed a fake news article trying to sell trip. You can see it here: http://www.mytempdir.com/2037468

Same Fax I received! Is it a scam or can you really get good travel deals with them????

To:  All Corpate Employees
From:  Human Resources Dept.
Re:  EMPLOYEE VACATION TIME
Reply To:  1-877-810-7899 - ASAP

PLEASE BE ADVISED:
For all of you that have not taken advantage of the company vacation to Cancun Mexico, the price has dropped on the few remaining vacation slots.  Corporate Employees ONLY will save $3,200 of the regular hotel rate.

Please review the vacation details if you are interested.
Destination:  7 days - $309 pp
Dates:  Open dated valid for 1 YEAR
Included in package:
-Corporate Meal Plan - All Meals and Beverages included 24 hrs a day
-Free Oceanfront Resort Upgrade
-Children stay and eat for free
-Unlimited non motorized watersports and select tours

FOR REVIEW

Is this a good vacation deal, or a scam?

I am sick of getting these JUNK faxes, they're a big waste of time and paper. So, I called the phone number given 1(877)810-7899 and the voice mail suggested logging onto <www.merittravelcompany.com> which shows this same phone number.

However, when you Google "Merit Travel Company" you get a legit company in Toronto as the first hit.

It seems the "fake" Merit is riding on the coattails of the real company, hoping to accidentily get some of their business. They should be reported for their VERY misleading faxes.

And the fact that there is no number to send a fax back saying "Stop Faxing Us" is very frustrating, too!

To:  All Corpate Employees
From:  Human Resources Dept.
Re:  EMPLOYEE VACATION TIME
Reply To:  1-877-810-7899 - ASAP

PLEASE BE ADVISED:
For all of you that have not taken advantage of the company vacation to Cancun Mexico, the price has dropped on the few remaining vacation slots.  Corporate Employees ONLY will save $3,200 of the regular hotel rate.

Please review the vacation details if you are interested.
Destination:  7 days - $309 pp
Dates:  Open dated valid for 1 YEAR
Included in package:
-Corporate Meal Plan - All Meals and Beverages included 24 hrs a day
-Free Oceanfront Resort Upgrade
-Children stay and eat for free
-Unlimited non motorized watersports and select tours

FOR REVIEW

<i>Note: no other numbers provided for unsubscribing. This is most assuredly a scam - their mode of advertising is breaking all kinds of rules.<\i>

<www.merittravelcompany.com> is very obviously a scam. They provide no contact information other than their phone number. There is no address, no contact names, no indication of intelligence at all - misspellings galore, dead links all over their web site, and having searched the internet for more information, I found plenty of people that have already complained that they have been ripped off by this outfit.
My advice is "Do not respond to them".