2135371099

I just received a call 10 minutes ago (I'm in Brisbane), from John Aston (with a thick Indian accent) from Once in a Lifetime Holidays, same phone number, he had all my details apart from my credit card number, went through the same 'free' holiday to Cancun etc but then said there would be Govt taxes to pay of $599 blah blah, he then said he had done his part of the job and was going to transfer me to his manager, which is when I hung up. Same initial automated recording from 'Rachel' as well. I am a fairly suspicious person normally but was half convinced for a while so please be careful!!

I also had a call from Once in a lifetime holiday. But because he knew so much about my account address and name I fell hook line and sinker for his offer. Overnight I kept thinking about it and decided to ring Mastercard this morning. Much to my dismay $586 had been taken from my account at the time of the call. So my cards have been cancelled so the BBBs can't get anymore. I feel such a fool but I hope this will help someone else not to be silly like me. 22-8-08.

i just receives a call from Brian saying i had one a 2 week holiday to maexico. i am in australia. He wanted my expiry date on my visa card. When i said idid not have it i then asked for his nomber to call him back with the information and i got this telephone number. He wanted me to pay $599
SCAM

I thought you guys might find this info usefull in tracking down these A**holes trying to scam you with this fake holliday offer.

If you go to www.WhitePages.com and type in the these scamer's number you will get the following information. ( info gotten from www.WhitePages.com below )

(213) 537-1099
Type: Land Line
Provider: Tcast Communication
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Address : Platt Building 834 South Broadway,Los Angeles, CA 90014

( since I'm in america I'm not sure how much this will help you guys that are getting scamed outside the US but atleast this will help you all to some point )

www.WhitePages.com will also give you a digital Skycam picture of where these guys are calling from if you select "hybred" and then zoom in.

Cheers for the site,
I received a call today 23august in Australia. Same thing I had won a 14day holiday to Florida and Cancun. All I had to do was verify my security 7digit on the back of my m/c and my expiry date. Kept telling this indian if I have won, for supposedly using my mastercard, you tell me the digits. He told me in no uncertain terms that they were in front of him and he had to confirm them as I may not be the cardholder. I argued with him for over 48mins. Hope that cost them some money!!!! Sadly, I was half sucked in to doubt myself as mastercard does actually have promotions. I was told $599AUD and was told they would be putting me through to a verification/call centre. First, I was told it would be a 90second recording in which I was not to ask any q's to just answer. I continued to answer no, to the question" Do you agree to pay $599AUD for this Once in a Lifetime holiday. He put me through to his superviser who continually begged me to believe that this was not a scam, could I just answer yes, but they wouldn't debit my credit card until all details had arrived.He promised me I will see you in Florida sometime with your family next year. I promised him he would be waiting awhile then hung up. Yes, a quick phonecall to our financial institution and many expletives later we have cancelled our card. Can't believe I WAS SUCKED IN ENOUGH TO CONFIRM DETAILS!!!!! I am normally so anal when it comes to personal information.

I just recieved a call from Rachel from Rewards Department which sounds like a recording telling me that the entree form that I or a family member filled in has been picked and Iam a winner, To a all inclucive holiday for 6 DAYS at the white sands and blue seas of CANCUN and the recording ask me then to PRESS 1 to win my holiday.
IT IS NOTHING BUT A CON be carefull.
Iam in Australia.

i would like to let u know i have found out who lives at this address.... go to 'iveron materials' and u will find a man with a romanian last name. By the way romanians have a similar accent to indians!!!! Hope this helps you.

I just had these scammers on the phone. Won a holiday? Yeah? Well, I dont remember entering a comp... so they get my address to send their 'bumf'. You'd think that would be end of call right? Nope, they try to transfer you to their 'VISA' department. LOL!!!

When you say the word 'scam' they hang up. Before that they pass you to their mate though.

They try flattery, they talk bs about the places.

The main clue is this: I've WQON THE HOLIDAY. WHY ARE YOU TRYING SO DAMN HARD TO SELL IT ME!!!

We've been getting these calls during the daytime (UK) maybe a couple of times a week (maybe more - but I'm not always in during the day).  Normally I'd just hang up, but I listened to the entire message to see if I could get company details.

The recorded message starts "This is Rachel from the Rewards Department" and explains that "the form that you or someone in your family submitted" was selected.  We apparently have won 6 days on a beautiful beach in Cancun.  The message is played twice, each time asking me to press 1 to get through to an operator.

I was suspicious about how much it might cost, so I hung up and then did a bit of research before finding this site...  I then called +1 213 537 1099 from my work phone :)  I got through to a guy with an Asian (Indian?) accent and I asked the address of the head office.  He wouldn't actually give me the address, and instead passed me on to his "supervisor".  The "supervisor" told me the company was in Tacoma, Washington.  The address he gave me was a stroke of comedy genius - "354 Tacoma Street".  I started reading back the Orlando address, and he confirmed the same address as has already been posted previously.

I've reported the call to TPS here in the UK, but I'm not sure how much they can do about calls coming in from outside the UK...

i live in the uk and i have received over 100 calls from this company i have pressed 1 and have asked them to stop calling as i dont want a holiday. i have also told them i do not have a credit card, they still keep on calling. today i have received 4 messages on my answer phone which 2 of them are very abusive it seems (from a mexie calling me a fxxxing [***] and how he wants to fxxk me.) i have tried to stop these calls but i cant seem to do it i have been told to phone the police which i am going to do tomorrow to see what they can do. is there anyone out there that has 100's of calls like i have and if so how have you stopped them. i have phoned the above number as well and tried to talk to them but still am getting the phone calls.

hi midget,
        I have phoned police here in australia, they say there is not much they can do because it is international, however i can let you know that the people who live at this address are named cris ivanescu and cristian toma. They run their business "Iveron Materials" from this address, if u look up their website u will find their tel ph #.
I hope this has helped you.

HI ALL
I JUST GOT HOME FROM WORK PRESSED MY ANSWERING MACHINE AND RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE STATING THIS IS Rachel from Rewards Department which sounds like a recording telling me that the entree form that I or a family member filled in has been picked and Iam a winner, To a all inclucive holiday for 6 DAYS at the white sands and blue seas of CANCUN and the recording ask me then to PRESS 1 to win my holiday.

LUCKILY I WAS NOT HOME AT THE TIME AND THIS WENT TO MY MESSAGE BANK.

I AM IN NSW AUSTRALIA
THIS IS A CON SO BECAREFULL

Rachel from the Rewards Department
She calls me two or three times a day and her calls last about 4 minutes.  Even if I hang up on her she ties up my phone line until she is finished.  If I pick the phone up to make a call, or to dial 1471 to get the previous caller number, she's still there.

1471 gives different numbers each time I do it.  Today's was 01234567890 and yesterday evening was 001122334455.

Have spoken to the TPS but they want to know the name of the company and their phone number.

I just want her to leave me alone!

person offered a holiday to cancun for 6 days for somebody who entered a competion from this phone number.
No entries into any competion from here.
Left a message on the householders phone saying we had won.
Deleted message but decided this was definitely a scam so checked on internet and is exactly the same as reported by others on this site
BEWARE OF THESE SCAMS

15 Sept 2008 - they are still in business! How can this be? THey left a long(!!!)  recorded music segment on my answering machine followed in American accent by the usual HI THIS IS RACHAEL FROM THE REWARDS DEPARTMENT {no mention of the company}YOU HAVE ALREADY WON A TRIP TO CANCUN PRESS 1 TO CONTINUE. There was no return number on my calling number indicator so i checked here! TY all for your info about this scam!

American female voice introducing herself as Rachael from the Rewards Department and I had won a trip to Cancun.  The message played continuously on a loop.  I hung up and over 10 minutes later when I went to use my phone the loop was still playing.  I ended up pressing every single key on my keypad (including 1) to try to get through to someone so I could terminate the call to no avail.  I hung up and eventually they did too.  

I called the Do Not Call Register on 1300 792 958 to make a complaint.  They are aware of the issue and it is being investigated by the authorities in Australia, The UK and THe USA, but this is the first time that they have heard of them tying up phone lines for extended periods of time.

I would recommend that people continue to lodge complaints to the Do Not Call Register either by phone or online to keep reminding them that this is a serious issue and the phone calls are getting longer.  I'm just lucky that my keypad wasn't working to get through to someone.

By the way Romanians do not have similar accent to Indians at all, not in the slightest.

Just got one of these calls here in Australia hi this is Rachel from the rewards department you've just won a holiday for Cancun mexico, please press 1 one for an operator. So i pressed 1... the line was so bad i couldnt understand him anyway.. told whoever it was that it was a bad line and couldnt understand them... they hung up on me.

I am part of the Do not call register... guessing they dont care if it is international call coming in.

I live in Seattle, WA and this company isn't here. I used to live in Tacoma and I never heard of it while I was there...