I was lead to believe someone from the company who after speaking to took money from my visa debit plus card.Can I get refund back before they send the travel details. Can't believe that this is a scam !

I got a phone call from Astar giving me details of a trip I qualified for.
I was given all details such as 6 nights at the Radison, tour of Universal Studios, alternates such as 17 day car-rental, four nights in Fort Lauderdale and a 3 day cruise to the Bahamas.
My cost was to be the flights to Florida and an extra US$ 299 for the cruise.
I asked for all this to be confirmed to me by e-mail to which I was told that it would be send to me by post within 10 days.
All this to be used within 18 months with an option to extend this period.
I was then past onto a so called travel co-ordinator by the name of Dan O'Brien, corporate I.D. 9026, who then wanted my credit card details in order for me to pay a registration fee of US$ 498.-
All this without any written details or confirmation,
I gave him a run-around and he quickly got off the phone.
Do these guys think I close my pants with a pair of pliers?

Recently I too was the 'millionth person' to have logged on to a Google website and was lucky to be selected as winner of a 14 day vacation in Orlando, Florida plus a Bahamas Cruise and a bonus Las Vegas holiday too. Caller checked expiry date of my Mastercard but i didn't give him any other details. No mention made until well into phone call about USD998.00 'Booking Fee' having to be made on Mastercard there and then. When I reponded that I would need to consult my husband I was asked if I couldn't make decisions for myself! After hanging up, I checked on line and read all the complaints which mirroed my experience. Contacted Mastercard in New Zealand who immediately blocked my card so no deductions could be made.

Astar phoned me and advised me that I won a holiday to USA. But that turned out to be a lie as they wanted a credit card nomber to secure our holiday. When I asked why they needed it he insisted that its just to secur the booking. Once I (stupidly) gave it to him, I told him that I didnt want the holiday anymore but he said it had gone through already and he cannot cancel it. I then hung up and phoned my bank to stop the payment and they said they will see what they could do. But the payment went through and the bank said there was nothing they could do. they deducted 980 dollors.

These people sould be shot!!!
I cannot understand why they havent been cought as there are hundreds of us . I googled it!

Brad

I BROWSING ON THE WEB, I CAME ACROSS A WEB PAGE THAT I AM A ONE MILLIONTH PERSON TO HIT THIS WEB PAGE, FOR THAT I HAVE WON HOLIDAY FOR 4 PEOPLE TO FLORIDA AND BAHAMAS, I HAD TO FILL IN PERSONAL DETAILS AND CONTACT NUMBER, ON 12/08/09 S.A.TIME 2.30AM.ASTAR TRAVEL, MR. CURTIS SAID THAT I WON A TRIP TO FLORIDA &BAHAMAS FOR 4 PEOPLE, AND FOR TWO WEEKS.ALSO OPTIONAL TRIP TO VEGAS, IN ORDER TO REGISTER THE OPTIONAL TO VEGAS I NEED TO GIVE MY VISA CARD DETAILS FOR AN AMOUNT $9.98 WHICH WILL REFUNDED TO WHEN I AM IN FLORIDA TO COLLECT MY TOUR VOUCHER.

IT DID SOUNDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT, I GIVE HIM MY VISA CARD DETAILS, HE STARTED TO PESTER ME TO GIVE HIM THE SECURITY THREE DIGIT CODE AT THE BACK OF MY CARD, THAT IS WHEN I FELT VERY UNCOMFORTABLE, I DID NOT GIVE HIM THE 3 DIGIT CODE, I THOUGHT THAT AN AMOUNT OF$9.98, THERE IS NO NEED FOR 3 DIGIT CODE. TO MY HORROR I RECEIVED A SMS ON MY CELL PHONE THAT AN AMOUNT $998 HAS BEEN PROCESSED ON MY CARD, I STARTED ARGUING TO CANCEL AND REFUND MY MONEY, HE SAID TOUGH LUCK, HE CANNOT CANCEL OR REFUND, HE ALSO TOLD THAT I DID NOT WIN ANY COMPETITION, IT WAS DISCOUNT PACKAGE THAT I HAD TO PAY.

THE NEXT DAY I PHONE MY VISA CARD, WHY MY CREDIT WAS PROCESSD FOR $998 WITHOUT THE 3 DIGIT SECURITY CODE?
THEY REPLIED THAT THEY PROCESS MY WITHOUT THE 3 DIGIT CODE, AS LONG IT IS BELOW THE FLOOR LIMIT.

PLEASE SIR, I BEG YOU TO HELP ME RECOVER MY MONEY, HOW THIS COMPANY BE ALLOWED TO OPERATE FRAUDULENTLY, SCAMMING PEOPLE FOR THEIR EARNING MONEY, PLEASE CHECK ON WEBSITE"ASTAR TRAVEL"OF THE NUMBER PEOPLE THEY HAVE SCAMMED.I ALWAYS HAVE HIGH RESPECT FOR AMERICAN DOING BUSINESS, BUT AFTER THIS, I HAVE MY DOUBTS, I DO NOT KNOW WHO I CAN TURN TO, I APPRECIATE YOUR ADVICE AND HELP.

MY CONTACT NUMBER 082 771 4542, 011 6166349, [email protected]
SEE MY CRD/CARD STATEMENT WHERE THIS CO. DRAW FROM MY CARD

THANK FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION, SHOULD YOU NEED FURTHER INFO, PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO ASK ME.
HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON.

YOURS FAITHFULLY.

VICTOR SON