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11-01-2008, 08:22 AM
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Is this a scam or not?
I got an email which read:
----- "YOUR CRUISE PACKAGE IS READY Hello %FIRSTNAME%, We met you at the %COMPANYNAME% for the %COMPANYURL% on %COMPANYLOGO% when you filled out an entry for our sweepstakes. We're thrilled to inform you that as a result of your entry you have been picked to receive a complimentary 3 night cruise on Royal Caribbean or Carnival Cruise lines from Sundance Vacations. You will depart from Florida to the Bahamas aboard a luxury cruise ship. Some travelers also qualify for round trip airfare for 2 passengers. The total value of the cruise vacation is ($1200). Call Now *the number* Helen Asst. General Manager Sundance Vacations" ----- A link was included... ---- It read, "Hello David, We met you at the Riverfront Park for the Kipona Festival on 8/30/2008 when you filled out an entry for our sweepstakes. We're thrilled to inform you that as a result of your entry you have been picked to receive a complimentary 3 night cruise on Royal Caribbean or Carnival Cruise lines from Sundance Vacations. You will depart from Florida to the Bahamas aboard a luxury cruise ship. Some travelers also qualify for round trip airfare for 2 passengers. The total value of the cruise vacation is ($1200)." ----------- I did attend the Kipona festival. I did enter to win something. A scam or not? 
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11-01-2008, 08:22 AM
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Is this a scam or not?
If you did attend and sign up for a sweepstakes, then I'd say that it mostly likely is not a scam. However, those contests that you enter can turn out to be scams. And while it may NOT be a scam, it never hurts to be safe. I heard of this young lady once that entered one of these contests and gave away all of this information and everything and when she gave her credit card number out to these people that claimed that she won a free, exclusive and paid-expense trip to Belfast, she got her identity stolen and lost nearly all of her credit, her job and the deed to her house. She brought these people to court, but not much was done about it I don't think and then I stopped reading about it.
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11-01-2008, 08:22 AM
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Is this a scam or not?
i would be careful with any email scam,you never know any more..there is so many rip offs con artists out there,,but it looks like they would have called you first,,instead of sending an email..
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