Imagine getting a call that says you’ve won a free weekend getaway and asks you to collect a voucher with your partner. The pitch sounds enticing, but the pattern—unsolicited offers, pressure to meet in person, and requests for personal details—is a classic holiday scam. Never share ID, bank info, or payment unless you can verify the company through an official website or known phone line. Hang up, block the number, and report it to your carrier or the consumer protection agency. Keep a log of calls; repeated attempts often signal a telemarketing fraud operation targeting vulnerable callers.
Silence when returning the call
Offered a complimentary 5-night resort stay for providing reviews, with a promised SMS for pickup details that never came. Likely from 'Quality Vacations' or 'QVC'—typical timeshare sales tactic, ugh.
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As soon as you say you're not interested, the caller turns rude—I'm so over these telemarketers, for real.
Pushing holiday vouchers while probing into details like age and marital status? Likely a fraud attempt?
Le nombolo ingishayele manje futhi yathi ngiwine ivawusha yokuvakasha komndeni, konke okudingekayo ukuba ngihlinzeke imali yokohamba kanye nokudla. Ingabe lokhu kuyikhukhula?
Bafounel'umama wami bemnikeza izinsuku ezinhlanu zamahhala kunoma iyiphi indawo yokuphumula
Ngangishayelwa futhi ngenziwa isithembiso sokuya khefu wezimpelasonto, ngenxa ye-Covid bazama ukwandisa ibhizinisi, ekuqaleni bathi ngingaya ngqo endlini yasehhotela, futhi angidingi ukulanda amavawutsha, ngakho ngathi kulungile, kodwa bathi kungokungcono kimi ukulanda ivawutsha kusasa kunokuphuzile, ngakho babuza ukuthi ngingayolanda phi amavawutsha, e-Bryanston noma endlini yasehhotela ngokwako ngahamba njengoba ngaleso sikhathi ngabona ukuthi kuyikhwabaniso, ngathi ngingaya e-Bryanston, futhi ngokushesha babuza ukuthi ngingafika ngosuku oluthile nesikhathi esithile, ngakho ngathi angikwazi futhi ngingakhetha ngqo endlini yasehhotela ngilande amavawutsha ngesinye isikhathi bese behleka ucingo. Ngakho ngempela kuyikhwabaniso
Claimed I won some cash. Sounds too good.
Irriterende telemarketer
Khohliso
Bothersome phone call
Sales call for holiday vouchers – loud noise in the background. Block and disregard!
Banikeza ukugcina izinkomo ngokusebenzisa i-Vodacom
Told me to bring my spouse to grab the voucher, said it's standard procedure. Asked who sent me, but they wouldn't spill. Just show up with ID to swap it, though I skipped it.
Banikeza iholide yamahhala ngokushintshisana nokubonga okungapheli, Uma ungamukelela kuphela isibhedlela seLotus esiseduze nendawo yakho futhi unikeze umphefumulo wakho empumalangeni yokungenalutho
Offering so-called free vouchers
Bogus vacation offer. They want you to visit Pretoria from Johannesburg to confirm your reference code. Won't confirm it through email.
Fraudulent offer for complimentary vacations. Hung up on me as I asked questions. Woman on the line.
sales caller
Pestering ring that I skipped
inkampani yetimeshare yeholidi eFaerie Glen
Club for holidays
They proposed lodging for me to boost stays, as Covid hit the hotel sector hard
UMark ovela eqenjini lezokungcebeleka. Ngikhethiwe erholiwe yamahhala abantu abadala ababili kanye nezingane ezimbili ezingaphansi kweminyaka engu-18. Ukuziphatha. I-voucher izolutholwa e-CN r William Nichol noSloan. Nombalo ohlukile unikezwe 0763456998. Kufanele ngilethe umyeni wami lapho siya kuyolanda.
They rang me up claiming I'd won a complimentary getaway, so my partner and I needed to pick up the coupon.
Them
I was promised a complimentary five-night stay voucher at an Amanzimtoti resort. The caller insisted that my spouse and I pick it up personally at their Bryanston/Pretoria location on Tuesday during 09h00, 12h00, or 16h00 slots. I turned down the proposal with pleasure.
They pitched a no-cost getaway for me, my partner, and children. Just pick up vouchers at their office, only us two needed. They'd send the vouchers by mail. No way we're showing up
Ukubiza ngazo izaphulelo zokuhamba kwenza ngicabange kabili, kunzima ukwethemba le nombolo.
