Holiday Scratchie Tickets Scam: How It Works
In the last few months, a well-designed travel brochure with winning scratchie tickets has been hitting millions of homes. It has started in Australia a few years ago and now is in full blast all over the world. The last one comes from Sunny Rainbow Tours.
Watch the video below to see over 25 exposed fake brochure pages with winning prizes – did you received one of them?
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The publication contains lottery scratch tickets offering complimentary lottery prizes to celebrate a new investment opportunity. The scratch tickets reveal a prize of $266,000. The second price is listed at $166,000, as seen in the main image I posted for you in this article.
Since the winning is published in a nice and glossy magazine, several people really believe they hit the jackpot! Did they?
Not really.
The winners are informed there is a $7,000 government tax to pay before the proceeds can be released and the travel company will pay half. The recipient just has to send the other half by wire transfer, to Malaysia or Hong Kong.
The publishers of the brochure require the winners to provide a copy of their passport for authentication, along with bank account details. As you can imagine, the “winners” of $130,000 are waiting in vain to get their money after that, as there is no prize.
Here are a couple of more images of the fake scratchie brochure from Sunny Rainbow Tours:
How To Avoid The Scratchie Ticket Scam
Look at over the 1,600 comments on this page. Ignore the fact that is a well-designed travel brochure. It’s not a real deal. Scammers can make everything nowadays look official, especially with the advancement of technology.
Above and below you have real pictures of these fake brochures. As you can see they have similar design, sign that behind the scam are the same people. There are more pictures in the video.
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This endless scam must be quite profitable, as it’s still. going strong.
This week (Sept 2023), I received via registered mail, an envelope containing a glossy brochure purporting to be from “Sunny Rainbow Tours”, with two fake scratchie tickets included, one revealing “Thank You!” and the other “2nd Prize USD 166,000”.
The brochure design has been updated but the essentials appear to remain the same. The cited “platinum sponsor” is Benjamin & Ryan Holdings, and the web sites for both the fake tour operator and the fake sponsor company are (moderately convincing) boilerplate that were registered in July 2023.
I can’t tell whether there have been any efforts to shut these people down, but if so, they’ve been unsuccessful to date. Clearly they just keep changing the names of their fraudulent operations and registering new phony web sites.
In order to pay for printing their glossy scam brochures and scratchies, not to mention international registered mail, they must be fooling enough people to make it well worth their while (which is both sobering and a little depressing).
Thanks so much for the comment, Ray. Can you please send us a screenshot of the new brochure, at info at scam-detector.com? Thanks!
Sent.
I neglected to mention that I am in Melbourne, AU, and the registered mail they sent me appears to have originated in Kuala Lumpur. As with others’ reports, the “sponsor” for the non-existent 2nd prize is a fictitious holdings company supposedly located in Hong Kong.
I think the most insidious aspect of what these fraudsters are doing is that it is so elaborate. The glossy printed materials and corresponding web sites make it appear legit to anyone who doesn’t delve too deeply.
Their “it was sent to you by mistake, but our sponsor has agreed to honor your win as long as you don’t tell anyone” gambit is also a clever ruse to minimise the likelihood that their hapless victims will discuss their lucky “win” with someone who will point out that they are being scammed.
It’s very slick (and nasty). It seems the same person (or people) has refined and used essentially the same scam for well over a decade, just changing the fictitious travel “company” name, registering new fake web sites and printing new brochures & ‘scratch & win’ tickets several times a year. Interesting that in all this time (and with so many people having been scammed), law enforcement has yet to catch up with them…
Done.
I neglected to mention that I am in Melbourne, AU, and the registered article I received containing the fake brochure and ‘scratch & win’ tickets was sent from an address in Kuala Lumpur.
It’s interesting that the person (or persons) behind this scam have been operating according to the same playbook for over a decade, changing the fake tour company name and registering a new web site several times a year. It’s pretty brazen, but (apparently) law enforcement have yet to catch up with them.
I received my personally addressed letter in Sydney Australia on 18th Feb 2024, in this case from Nova Nest Tours, in an enveloped mailed from Malaysia on 1st Feb (2024). Mailing cost in real stamps was RM 8.90 = about USD 2.00. Brochure says it’s their 7th Anniversary Promotional Event.
I’ve been a bit busy and only just got to investigate. It seems that Nova Nest Tours is a recognised scam from back in 2017.
I can forward the whole envelope and contents if you wish.
I do not quite understand where/how they got my mailing address, but the mailing label includes my rarely-used landline number so perhaps it’s as simple as from a phone directory.
It looks like there are now 3 fraud sites left running
asiantravellegacy.com – Asian Travel Legacy
lakevilletours.com – Lakeville Tours
smartravelholiday.com – Smartravel Holiday
Watch out for those in your letter box.
We received one of these brochures with a 2nd place winning scratchy for USD $220,000.00.
The company is One Pavilion Travel, Malaysia.
The company was really excited for us when we phoned them, but cynic me, decided to do a little investigating before letting my partner send off any form of identifying documentation.
Thanks for the heads up everyone.
Most fraud sites reported here have been taken down. Most of them are registered with WebCC in Malaysia.
The remaining scams to watch out for are:
asiantravellegacy.com Asian Travel Legacy
astanaviewvacation.com Astana View Vacation
elegancetravelling.com Elegance Travelling
kingshillholiday.com Kings Hill Holiday
northernhilltour.com Northern Hill Tour
smartravelholiday.com Smart Travel Holiday
lakevilletours.com Lakeville Tours supported by Tucows in Canada
I won a prize of $220,000 on a scratch card that came in the mail to my address in Sydney. It looked like it was a promotion on the anniversary of a Malaysian travel company
called Northern Hill Tour. The mail had Malasian postage stamps and hte postage was franked in Malaysia.
I was suspicious, so to be sure I went to the web site mentioned on the promotional brochure at northernhilltour.com. It looked genuine, but did not have any refference to the anniversary promotion.
When I called them by phone the person who answered confirmed that I was a winner and wanted me to provide my details. So I decided to use Google to check them out first.
That is when I discovered that the governments in Australia and in New Zealand have been putting out public warnings about the Malaysian travel scam for years, and warnings have been broadcast on news reports on TV.
They didn’t catch me with their scam this time!
This is just like the story here. A glossy brochure looking very convincing from Astana View Vacation with two scratch cards. One of them wins me second prize of $220,000. They have a legitimate looking web page at astanaviewvacation.com and contact address and phone number in Malaysia. The envelope was addressed to me and had lots of Malaysian postage stamps. When I called the number they asked me to prove that it was really addressed to me. Before sending them my ID I decided to check them out using Google, and found enough warnings to prove it is all a big scam. It looks like they have been doing this for years in Australia and New Zealand. Nice try, but I am not going to be a sucker and send any money to these scammers.
My son received a very professional looking brochure complete with contact address (in Malaysia) and official looking website, calling themselves Crazyridetour.com
They had enclosed 2 scratch cards , one was a losing card and the other, you guessed it, a winning card worth $220,000!!! Ha Ha, ha ha ha….
Thankfully we had heard of similar scams via your website and naturally did not fill out the so called ‘winning’ card and return it as requested. So thankyou scam-detector.
PS..the old saying stands..if it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is!!!!
I have received a coloured brochure, two scratch tickets one saying Thankyou, and one saying I had won USD$220,000. from a Malaysian company called Red Sunshine Tour. I contacted them and they asked that I send photos of the front and back of the ticket, together with the front of the envelope it was sent in. Someone from the claims department said they would contact me on Monday. I fully expect that they willl ask me for money to send it which they won’t be getting.. would be nice to win, but I guess not meant to be.
Received a glossy pamphlet in the mail today from Red Maple Holiday. 16th Anniversary Scratch and Win. Two scratches. One says Thank You and the other – 2nd Prize USD 220,000. Even listed Brother, Trivago and others as official partners etc. Obviously another scam from Malaysia.
Thank you for your reports. The last two postings reported
* baybayvacation.com Baybay Vacation
* grandestvacation.com Grandest Vacation
These sites were registered with WebCC in Kuala Lumpur. They are no longer running. so all those expensive glossies, scratch cards and postal stamps have been wasted!
The current list of known live sites as at December 1 are:
astanaviewvacation.com Astana View Vacation
kingshillholiday.com Kings Hill Holiday
elegancetravelling.com Elegance Travelling
northernhilltour.com Northern Hill Tour
seanoramaholiday.com Seanorama Holiday
smartravelholiday.com Smart Travel Holiday
altistourism.com Altis Tourism
lakevilletours.com Lakeville Tours
Please report any other sites here so that they can be taken down
I have received this
I, like many other have also received the package for Bay Bay Vacation. Enclosed in a glossy pamphlet were two scratch its, one said Thankyou and the other claimed I had won $220,000USD for their 16th "Anniversary". I was skeptical to say the least because when something is too good to be true it usually is. However they are very skilled at creating what looks like a very ligitimate prize offer. The scratches are well made and the brochures are glossy and lengthy. I am so glad that after typing in their web address out of curiosity I was led to scam detector… TIA…. B
These were taken down this month
-* Domain Name *- * Site Name *
* affinitytourism.com Affinity Tourism
* alamrecreationtour.com Alarm Creation Tour
* ariamastravels.com Ariamas Travels
* casariaholiday.com Casa Ria Holiday
* deepbaytravel.com Deep Bay Travel
* emeraldwesttourism.com Emerald Tourism
* esplanadeholiday.com Esplanade Holiday
* goldencrownholiday.com Golden Crown Holiday
* grandcentratour.com Grand Centra Tour
* greatmoonvacation.com Great Moon Vacation
* greenwoodsholiday.com Greenwoods Holiday
* idamantravelling.com Idaman Travelling
* kepongvillagetour.com Kepong Village Tour
* montforttravelling.com Montfort Travelling
* onepaviliontravel.com One Pavilion Travel
* palmspringtravelling.com Palm Spring Travelling
* putramastours.com Putra Mas Tours
This are still live at Nov 25
-* Domain Name *- * Site Name *
altistourism.com Altis Tourism
asiantravellegacy.com Asian Travel Legacy
northernhilltour.com Northern Hill Tour
lakevilletours.com Lakeville Tours
starshinetour.com Star Shine Tour
Today we received :" Grandest Vacation Anniversary 16th" scratchies. 2 off, one with a thank you and the second prize $200 000.00 USD. So I guess you need to add that to the list of many as well. Bugger, could do with that amount of money right now….but as soon as I saw it I knew it was a scam… so obvious really.
Two more fraud Malaysian travel sites running the scratch card and glossy brochure $220,000 scam are
* elegancetravelling.com (Elegance Travelling)
* kingshillholiday.com (Kings Hill Holiday)
Star Shine Tour is another one where they offer a 220,000 dollars for the second price lol. There’s even a fake website
I also won $220,000 USD from http://www.smartravelholiday.com
I also ‘won’ $usd 220,000 on a 16th anniversary scratch card from Royal MAS Vacations
Yep, received a full colour brochure from Idaman Travelling today with 2 scratchies and a win for $220,000 with telltale 16th anniversary. Idaman Travelling does seem to exist, at least on the web, but I guess I won’t be hurrying in to claim my ‘win’.
received brochure and 2 complimentary scratchies,1 with a thank you and 2nd i won $220,000 US. this must be a new 1 as its from http://www.globalcrownholiday.com. they will try anything these days to scam anyone
These crooks have reinvented themselves and are deluging Australia and New Zealand with massive mail-outs of glossy brochures and fake scratchie cards that pretend to win you USD $220,000. These "promotoons" are currently running. I give the web site name and the fake travel site name:
altistourism.com Altis Tourism
affinitytourism.com Affinity Tourism
alamrecreationtour.com Alarm Creation Tour
ariamastravels.com Ariamas Travels
baybayvacation.com Baybay Vcation
casariaholiday.com Casa Ria Holiday
deepbaytravel.com Deep Bay Travel
esplanadeholiday.com Esplanade Holiday
goldencrownholiday.com Golden Cown Holiday
grandcentratour.com Grand Centra Tour
greatemporiumtravel.com Great Emporium Travel
greatmoonvacation.com Great Moon Vacation
greenwoodsholiday.com Greenwoods Holiday
palmspringtravelling.com Palm Spring Travelling
rainforesttravelling.com Rain Forest Travelling
smartravelholiday.com Smart Travel Holiday
srikemuningvacation.com Sri Kemuning Vacation
thetroikaholiday.com The Troika Holiday
lakevilletours.com Lakeville Tours
The first one (altistourism.com Altis Tourism) is registered in China with Online Nic Inc. and the last one (lakevilletours.com Lakeville Tours) in Canada with Tucows Ltd.
All the rest are registered in Kuala Lumpur with Web Commerce Communications Limited / WebCC.
Have I missed any?
Yeah I also ‘won’ $usd 220,000 on a 16th anniversary scratch card from Royal MAS Vacations
My in-laws received a scratchie from Casa Ria Holiday located at The Gardens Office Towers Lingkaran Syed Putra 5/F505 Mid Valley City, 58000 Kuala Lumbur Malaysia with 2 scratch & win card, 1 scratch or card says THANKYOU And the other scratchie is a winning 2nd prize of $220,000 USD on a "16th Anniversary Promotional Event"
Current live 16th Anniversary frauds in October 201
armaneeholiday.com Armanee Holiday
damansaravacation.com Damansara Vacation
lakevilletours.com Lakeville Tours
primabaytours.com Prima Bay Tours
springgoldvacations.com Spring Gold Vacations
royalmasvacations.com Royal Mas Vacations
theastroholiday.com The Astro Holiday
marinoxskytravelling.com Marinox Sky Travelling
They all show the tell-tale fingerprint of "16th Anniversary Promotional Event"
My father passed away more than 2 years ago.
But in the mail he received a scratchie from Casa Ria Holiday located at The Gardens Office Towers Lingkaran Syed Putra 5/F505 Mid Valley City, 58000 Kuala Lumbur Malaysiawith winning 2nd prize of $220,000 USD on a "16th Anniversary Promotional Event"
I don’t expect this to be of any value as I see it as a big fraud.
But I wonder what type of a hole do these worms crawl out off???
Suspended by hosting provider, September 2019
bountystartour.com
deroyaletours.com
dorsetttours.com
gorgeoustourism.com
greatstartour.com
harmonitours.com
impianatours.com
kasihsayangtravel.com
mycintatourism.com
orkidstours.com
richmoontour.com
sereniatours.com
tiarahillstours.com
verticatours.com
worldconnecttravelling-my.com
Not loading (under maintenance)
angelflyholiday.com
Six sites still alive:
REGISTRAR WEB WERKS INDIA
damansaravacation.com Damansara Vacation
REGISTRAR TUCOWS
klcompasstravel.com KL Compass Travel
lakevilletours.com Lakeville Tours
primabaytours.com Prima Bay Tours
rivervilletours.com Riverville Tours
seaqueentravel.com Sea Queen Travel
Add Spring Gold Vacations to the list
Avoid angelfly holiday.com. A scratch it offering US$ 00,000s Looks great but SCAM
Latest additions to this fraud are
refreshingdaytour.com Refreshing Day Tour registered with WEBCC dba WebNic.cc in Malaysia
travelexpressholiday.com Travel Express Holiday registered with WEBCC dba WebNic.cc in Malaysia
mycintatourism.com My Cinta Tourism registered with TUCOWS DOMAINS INC. in Canada
atlanticworldholiday.com Atlantic World Travel is suspended
astanaviewvacation.com Astana View Vacation.com is currently not loading
pronteratravelling.com Prontera Travelling.com is suspended
novaacetourism-my.com Nova Ace Toourism is suspended
travelexpressholiday.com Travel Express Holiday is a new live fraud site (Sept 1)
mycintatourism.com My Cinta Tourism is a new live site (Sept 1)
you need to add " astana View Vacation " Tho the list of scam names.
Haven’t been duped but worth adding to the list in case somebody is looking.
Claim I have won one of two prices for USD $220000
I just received my scratchies and brochures in Australia and won USD$220,000. Honestly, if people fall for this crap, i’m not sure who’s more stupid???
The latest newcomer is novaacetourism-my.com – Nova Ace Tourism registered in Kuala Lumpur with WEBCC dba WebNic.cc
Address: Menara Genesis 1/F, 102, Jalan Sultan Ismail, 50200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Tel : +6011 – 5194 0334 / +6011 – 5194 0335
Email : [email protected]
Web : http://www.novaacetourism-my.com
Same old scratch card fraud "16th Anniversary Promotional Event" – no, you have not won 2nd prize of $200.000.
The latest two reported here have been taken down
skyridgetravel.com Sky Ridge Travel
fanaltravel.com Fanal Travel
Some remaining fraud web sites, all registered with Canadian registrar TUCOWS who accept money from Malaysian criminals and refuse to protect victims ("We are only the registrar and not responsible . . .")
* Domain Name * – – – – * Site Name *
bountystartour.com Bounty Star Tour
deroyaletours.com De Royale Tours
dorsetttours.com Dorsett Tours
gorgeoustourism.com Gorgeous Tourism
greatstartour.com Great Star Tour
harmonitours.com Harmoni Tours
impianatours.com Impiana Tours
kasihsayangtravel.com Kasih Sayang Travel
klcompasstravel.com KL Compass Travel
lakevilletours.com Lakeville Tours
orkidstours.com Orkids Tours
primabaytours.com Prima Bay Tours
richmoontour.com Rich Moon Tour
rivervilletours.com Riverville Tours
seaqueentravel.com Sea Queen Travel
sereniatours.com Serenia Tours
tiarahillstours.com Tiara Hills Tours
verticatours.com Vertica Tours
worldconnecttravelling-my.com World Connect Travelling
Other registrars have acted responsibly. If you think this registrar should hear from victims and potential victims, here’s how
Main telephone: 416-535-0123.
Main fax: 416-531-5584.
Toll-free North America: 1-800-371-6992.
Toll-free international: +1 800 3716 9922.
General email: [email protected]
TUCOWS DOMAINS INC CEO is Elliot Noss
12/08/2019
VIC AUSTRALIA
just got this SCAM
Atlantic world holiday
http://www.atlanticworldholiday.com
Email:[email protected]
I got 2nd Prize Cash USD 220,000.00
SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM
Fanal Travel is another one
Another Malaysian travel lottery scam.
Sky ridge Travel – posted to my name and address – scratchy showing USD 220,000
Burn it
Received winning scratchiest from Fansl Travel. Whole thing looked suspect so just putting out there for others to be aware
These have just been created and launched on unsuspecting victims this month (July)
atlanticworldholiday.com Atlantic World Holiday
kingswayvac.com Kingsway Vacation
massapphiretravels.com Mas Sapphire Travels
masterpiecevacation.com Masterpiece Vacation
perdanapealingvac.com Perdana Pealing Vacation
rosevalleytours.com Rose Valley Tours
kingswayvacation.com Kingsway Vacation no longer has their web site.
paramounthol.com Paramount Holiday no longer have their web site
So all those expensive glossies and scratch cards are wasted.
Newcomers just set up this week are
fanaltravel.com Fanal Travel
marinaflytra.com Marina Fly Travelling
royalasiantourism-my.com Royal Asian Tourism
greatstartour.com Great Star Tour
I received 2 scratch card from Kingsway Vacation .Malaysia to my Australian address. One was a 2nd prize . It is a scam so am reporting it
I received today a brochure with two scratchies from Paramount Holidays Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. I believe this to be a scam so I am reporting it.
These new sites have been set up to continue this fraud. They are registered in Malaysia on the service provider Web CC also known as WebNIC. It’s the same phishing fraud, designed to separate the unwary from their money.
rainbowcleartour.com Rainbow Clear Tour
tophilltourism.com Top Hill Tourism
piscesstarvacation.com Pisces Star Vacation
miracletimetours.com Miracle Time Tours
newdreamtourism.com New Dream Tourism
skyridgetravel.com Sky Ridge Travel
Six recently discovered 16th Anniversary Promotional Event fraud sites:
greatmastravelling.com Great Mas Travelling
wonderlandworldtra.com Wonderland World Travel
overnightholiday.com Overnight Holiday
miracletimetours.com Miracle Time Tours
newdreamtourism.com New Dream Tourism
skyridgetravel.com Sky Ridge Travel
There were 2 more, but they have been shut down the the registrar, Realtime Register B.V.
littlehulutravel.com Little Hulu Tours
marinaflytravelling.com Marina Fly Travelling
Superb Seven Holidays is also shut down, which may result in a waste of their mail-outs!
I don’t know who the fake Hong Kong financial sponsor company is with these. Please be sure to report these if you are sent one of their glossies and second prize winning scratch cards.
Six more fraud sites:
blingseatra.com Bling Sea Travel
domaintravelling-my.com Domain Travelling
sakuratra.com Sakura Travelling
superbsevenholiday.com Superb Seven Holiday
damansaravacation.com Damansara Vacation
cherryblossomvacation.com Cherry Blossom Vacation
Watch out for these latest scams.
These ones have just started mailing out glossy brochures and 2nd prize winning scratch cards. The same fraud, with the domain names registered with the same crime companies (Tucows, WebCC, PDR).,
novaacetourism.com Nova Ace Tourism
kingswayvacation.com Kingsway Vacation
perdanapealingvacation.com Perdana Pealing Vacation
superlimovac.com Super Limo Vacation
trulylovetr.com Truly Love Tour
We have just received a nice glossy folder, and scratchy second prize winner of $220,000 from Super Seven Holidays.
We of course were surprise and happy, but also a bit suspicious.
After doing further research into this, we found out that this is a scam.
If you or anybody receives this from Superb Seven Holidays, best thing to do is ignore it, and destroy the information.
You can add to the list:
Top of Glass Tour
Main sponsors:
Max and Maya
Thunder Match Technology
Shopee
Old Town White Coffee
Received one today Damansara Vacation
Another 16th Anniversary Promotional Event fraud is younglivingholiday.com Young Living Holiday.
Like all the others it comes with a glossy brochure and 2 scratch cards, one of which results in 2nd prize.
You can contact them via the web site or the unique phone number. These crooks funnel calls and emails to a central location that does a good job of trying to convince the victim that it is genuine, and that you need only send a few thousand dollars to collect your prize. You will never see your money again.
June 4 2019:
Here is the list of 28 current live "16th Anniversary Promotion Event" frauds. All but two are registered with TUCOWS in Canada. The last two are with WEBCC in Malaysia itself.
D Celestial Travelling
De Royale Tours
Dorsett Tours
Fabulous Travelling
Genesis Travelling
Greater View Tour
Great Star Tour
Harmoni Tours
Impiana Tours
Kasih Sayang Travel
KL Compass Travel
Lakeville Tours
One Spiritual Tour
Orkids Tours
Prima Bay Tours
Real Life Tourism
Rich Moon Tour
Riverville Tours
Sea Queen Travel
Serenia Tours
The Trinity Tour
Tiara Hills Tours
Twisty Thrill Tour
Vertica Tours
World Connect Travelling
World Tree Tour
Glorious Sky Tour
Kuching Holiday
They scammers target Australia and New Zealand as a test-bed, but are likely to spread to other countries soon, if not already. If reporting here, please indicate the country and state where it has been found.
tucows.com in Canada also hosting anew website for the same scam: dreamuniontravel.com. Haven’t tried to claim my USD220k 2nd prize but given that their "platinum sponsor" of the prize MArley & Jarrell Holdings does not exist, and the company is celebrating their 16th anniversary despite registering their website in 2018, I don’t think replying to them would improve my chances.
I’ve just received a beautiful brochure from Desa Sri Travel from Malaysia, along with two scratch tickets. One said I had won USD220.000. Must cost them a fortune in printing and postage but obviously some people fall for these scams.
I got one last week from : Greater View Tours. Malaysian has phoned me a total of 7 times(Iscamdetect_m counting) So I transferred the money through :"Transferwise" Sent him a copy and then canceled the transfer(To Hong Kong) He does not know this yet.Ill play them at their own game.Cost scamdetect_em loads of time and wasted phone calls. If you get any type of scratch tickets in your mailbox.DONT be tempted.You will lose $US3740 They pay(What?) their share -half of the 3.4%. You pay 1.7% Of my "Winnings"$US2220,000??
On 30 May desasritravel.com was shut down. It is delightful to learn that thousands of glossy flyers have been printed and sent out to potential victims in Australia and New Zealand by these Malaysian crooks pretending to be a "Desa Sri Travel" agency, only to have the fraud come tumbling down around them..
More fraud domains have been registered with sponsoring registrars TUCOWS (11) in Canada and WEBCC (5) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. If you get a glossy brochure and a winning scratch card, be aware that this is a total fraud.
bountystartour.com Bounty Star Tour
dorsetttours.com Dorsett Tours
fabuloustravelling.com Fabulous Travelling
greaterviewtour.com Greater View Tour
kasihsayangtravel.com Kasih Sayang Travel
klcompasstravel.com KL Compass Travel
onespiritualtour.com One Spiritual Tour
rivervilletours.com Riverville Tours
rivervilletours.com Riverville Tours
seaqueentravel.com Sea Queen Travel
thetrinitytour.com The Trinity Tour
tiarahillstours.com Tiara Hills Tours
gloriousskytour.com Glorious Sky Tour
kochitravelling-my.com Kochi Travelling
spectrumtravelling-my.com Spectrum Travelling
trulylovetour.com Truly Love Tour
wonderlandworldtravel-my.com Wonderland World Travel
bountystartour.com Bounty Star Tour
dorsetttours.com Dorsett Tours
fabuloustravelling.com Fabulous Travelling
greaterviewtour.com Greater View Tour
kasihsayangtravel.com Kasih Sayang Travel
klcompasstravel.com KL Compass Travel
onespiritualtour.com One Spiritual Tour
rivervilletours.com Riverville Tours
seaqueentravel.com Sea Queen Travel
thetrinitytour.com The Trinity Tour
tiarahillstours.com Tiara Hills Tours
gloriousskytour.com Glorious Sky Tour
kochitravelling-my.com Kochi Travelling
spectrumtravelling-my.com Spectrum Travelling
trulylovetour.com Truly Love Tour
wonderlandworldtravel-my.com Wonderland World Travel
Just received a whole brochure publication from Truly Love Tour Malaysia. I won $220.000US 2nd prize !!! It’s the second time I’ve been sent something like this. Too good to be true !!
Brian
greaterviewtour.com for Greater View Tour was registered April 16 in Canada with TUCOWS DOMAINS INC.
It was hosted via Cloudflare, with the hosting provider being identified as NODISTO – Nodisto IT, LLC, US
Nodisto has been notified that they are hosting an illegal web site. There is scant information on this service provider.
Jennie
trulylovetour.com for Truly Love Tour was registered in Kuala Lumpur with WEBCC in Malaysia.
It was shut down by the hosting provider Exabytes.com.my about May 30.
Darin S
dreamuniontravel.com for Dream Union Travel was registered October 2018 with Canadian company TUCOWS DOMAINS INC. It has been shut down by the hosting provider Exabytes.com.my
Marley & Jarrell Holdings – marleyjarrellholdings.com is registered in Kuala Lumpur with WEBCC, and hosted via Cloudflare.
The web site exists and lends credibility to the scam. Surprisingly, the phone number is answered by "Marley & Jarrell Holdinga".
Ian
superlimovacation.com for Super Limo Vacation was registered October 2018 and was suspended by the registrar Realtime Register B.V. on May 31 2019.
floraannaholdings.com for Flora & Anna Holdings is registered in Canada with TUCOWS, and hosted via Cloudflare.
I’m embarasses to say I’ve just been scammed by Flora and Anna Holdings via Super Limo Vacations. I had many conversations with them and they were so convincing. I never thought of looking up this scams site. I feel so stupid. I only looked up this site when they continually asked for more money. GRRRR May 28 2019
Prima Bay Tours is the same fraud. The domain name primabaytours.com is registered with TUCOWS Ltd in Canada. It is hosted on CloudFlare. It was created on April 16 2019. It has the recognizable finger-print banner – "16th Anniversary Promotional Event" (Google that to see countless other examples). Under no circumstances should anyone who receives their convincing looking glossy, scratch cards and the inevitable winning card, bother contacting them. AS explained above, they will take your payment of "taxes" and leave you with no winning prize.
Received a brochure and winning scratch card from http://www.primabaytours.com and it looks very similar to these. Can anyone confirm if its a scam?
Indian registrar Web Werks has shown a wonderful display of ethical integrity. They have suspended all 5 of the frauds registered on their service: It would be wonderful if their example could be followed by TUCOWS and WEBCC
rafflesiaholiday.com Rafflesia Holiday
holidayguardiantourism.com Holiday Guardian Tourism
niveaholiday.com Nivea Holiday
purplemoontravel.com Purple Moon Travel
utopiatourism.com Utopia Tourism
Two of these fraud Malaysian Travel scratch card scams have been suspended thanks to prompt action by the registrar, NetEarth One Inc.
droyaltravel.com (D Royal Travel)
precisionholiday.com (Precision Holiday)
So if you get a glossy brochure and fake winning scratch card, you won’t be able to contact them on their extinct web site.Scam thwarted!
Chinese registrar OnlineNIC does not take kindly to these Malaysian scammers. Upon receiving a complaint, they shut down all of these 8 fraud sites. It would be wonderful if other registrars would follow suit, instead of being part of the problem.
ampangparkholiday-my.com Ampang Park Holiday
bluemarinetravelling-my.com Blue Marine Travelling
centarasholiday.com Centaras Holiday
fairylandtravelling.com Fairyland Travelling
flyingsifutourism-my.com Flying Sifu Tourism
jayaselatantravel-my.com Jaya Selatan Travel
kuchingholiday.com Kuching Holiday
nusentralholiday-my.com Nusentral Holiday
Every one of these fraud web sites rely on the registrar of the domain name not cancelling themwhen they receive complaints.
One registrar who does not support this kind of blatant criminal behavior is Public Domain Registry.
When they received a com-plaint, they rapidly closed those fraud web sites down:
These four frauds are no longer in business.
brightstarholiday.com Bright Star Holiday
kochitravelling.com Kochi Travelling
royalasiantourism.com Royal Asian Tourism
spectrumtravelling.com Spectrum Travelling
The registrar with the most web site domain names registered with them is located in Canadda, and called TUCOWS. Unfortunately they are not showing the same intolerance of crime, and refuse to act.
Frauds that they support incliude
blingseatravel.com Bling Sea Travel
dcelestialtravelling.com D Celestial Travelling
gorgeoustourism.com Gorgeous Tourism
grandeurtravelling.com Grandeur Travelling
greatstartour.com Great Star Tour
harmonitours.com Harmoni Tours
impianatours.com Impiana Tours
lakevilletours.com Lakeville Tours
mascreationtravelling.com Mas Creation Travelling
reallifetourism.com Real Life Tourism
richmoontour.com Rich Moon Tour
rivervilletours.com Riverville Tours
topplanningtravel.com Top Planning Travel
verticatours.com Vertica Tours
worldconnecttravelling-my.com World Connect Travelling
worldtreetour.com World Tree Tour
Anyone can bring this to their attention at abuse[at]abuse.tucows.com
Here are the latest detected Malaysian Travel frauds, all alive on April 28 2019
DOMAIN NAME & SITE NAME
aquariatourism-my.com Aquaria Tourism
awesomeflytour.com Awesome Fly Tour
bestlifeworldtravel-my.com Best Life World Travel
centarasholiday.com Centaras Holiday
dcelestialtravelling.com D Celestial Travelling
domaintravelling.com Domain Travelling
geoventuretravelandtours-my.com Geoventure Travel And Tours
gorgeoustourism.com Gorgeous Tourism
greatphantomholiday.com Great Phantom Holiday
greatstartour.com Great Star Tour
harmonitours.com Harmoni Tours
impianatours.com Impiana Tours
kochitravelling.com Kochi Travelling
kuchingholiday.com Kuching Holiday
lakevilletours.com Lakeville Tours
littleindiatours.com Little Indian Tours
niveaholiday.com Nivea Holiday
precisionholiday.com Precision Holiday
purplemoontravel.com Purple Moon Travel
rafflesiaholiday.com Rafflesia Holiday
reallifetourism.com Real Life Tourism
richmoontour.com Rich Moon Tour
rivervilletours.com Riverville Tours
royalasiantourism.com Royal Asian Tourism
sakuratravelling.com Sakura Travelling
summerlovertravel.com Summer Lover Travel
superlimovacation.com Super Limo Vacation
thecreativetravel-my.com The Creative Travel
utopiatourism.com Utopia Tourism
verticatours.com Vertica Tours
wonderlandworldtravel.com Wonderland World Travel
worldconnecttravelling-my.com World Connect Travelling
worldtreetour.com World Tree Tour
Awesome fly tours sent the standard 2 scratchies ,one a thank you, the other $220,000USD 2nd prize.
This was for their 16th anniversary, but their web site is a poor imitation of a travel company/ The contact this time was Gordan Tan. No further action taken with with this repeat scam.
This is a list of current travel frauds in April 2019. Please add any others not listed here.
alltimetravelling-my.com All Time Travelling
amazingflytourism-my.com Amazing Fly Tourism
ampangparkholiday-my.com Ampang Park Holiday
beyondyourdreamstour-my.com Beyond Your Dreams Tour
blingseatravel.com Bling Sea Travel
bluemarinetravelling-my.com Blue Marine Travelling
brightstarholiday.com Bright Star Holiday
clubfourvacation.com Club Four Vacation
droyaltravel.com Droyal Travel
fairylandtravelling.com Fairyland Travelling
fareasttravelling.com Far East Travelling
flyingsifutourism-my.com Flying Sifu Tourism
gemilangcitytours-my.com Gemilang City Tours
grandeurtravelling.com Grandeur Travelling
holidayguardiantourism.com Holiday Guardian Tourism
homeclubvacation.com Home Club Vacation
jayaselatantravel-my.com Jaya Selatan Travel
klflytravelling.com KL Fly Travelling
kluniversaltravel.com KL Universal Travel
landmarktravelling.com Landmark Travelling
mascreationtravelling.com Mas Creation Travelling
newwingholiday.com New Wing Holiday
nusentralholiday-my.com NU Sentral Holiday
seasonsrockvacation.com Seasons Rock Vacation
spectrumtravelling.com Spectrum Travelling
starlighttravelling.com Starlight Travelling
theinsighttour.com The Insight Tour
topplanningtravel.com Top Planning Travel
twingalaxyholiday.com Twin Galaxy Holiday
Yep got the glossy brochure with 2 scratchie cards in the mail. one card said Thank you but other said 2nd Prize of USD 220,000 from Awesome Fly Tour located in Malaysia. Contacted them via email as per the website and received a call from Rex Lee and wanted me to send scan copy of the card together with ID doc. He did not advise any taxes to be paid, but I am sure he would have asked after I have sent all the details. Just not sure where he got my home address with my full name.
The latest list of domains used and their titles is here
Malaysian Travel Fraud
blingseatravel.com 16th Anniversary Bling Sea Travel
topplanningtravel.com 16th Anniversary Top Planning Travel
brightstarholiday.com 18th Anniversary Bright Star Holiday
spectrumtravelling.com 16th Anniversary Spectrum Travelling
droyaltravel.com 16th Anniversary Droyal Travel
holidayguardiantourism.com 16th Anniversary Holiday Guardian Tourism
bluemarinetravelling-my.com 15th Anniversary Blue Marine Traveling
amazingflytourism-my.com 15th Anniversary Amazing Fly Tourism
gemilangcitytours-my.com 15th Anniversary Gemilang City Tours
newwingholiday.com 16th Anniversary New Wing Holiday
New version of the scratchie scam operating in Australia as Rex Lee from http://www.kochietravelling.com and Peter Tan of http://www.vincentmessilimited.com.
Got 2 tickets from Top Planning Travel. Did some research and found they were a scam. Wanted personal ID etc. We did not send any.
Megan & Eric LTD was the fake company in our case.
Scammed my elderly mother of $18,000 which she can’t afford. Scratchie scam, $200,000 USD second prize.
Main contacts were – Aiden Lee and Moses Kong. Very authentic and polished scammers.
Their website – http://meganericlimited.com/english_version/background.html
Mine received yesterday was from Holiday Guardian Tourism with 2nd prize of $US220,000 sponsors Carter & Faymann Limited, Jaring and Mydin. Well made glossy brochure, nice envelope, pretty Malaysian stamps and apparent Selangor postmark. I googled Malayasian lottery scam and here I am.
Mine received yesterday was from Holiday Guardian Tourism with 2nd prize of $US220,000 sponsors Carter & Faymann Limited, Jaring and Mydin. Well made glossy brochure, nice envelope, pretty Malaysian stamps and apparent Selangor postmark. I googled Malayasian lottery scam and here I am.
Found it! Until the deposit figure popped up I didn’t bother searching for this forum. Exact same story as David on 15th of Jan. Very professionally handled. Fake! hoax! prank! scam!
OMG. I was wanting to believe I’d won US$200,000 second prize from DRoyal Travel in Malaysia. This time the major sponser is John & Stanley Holdings – also ZTE, Fuji Xerox and Royal Selangor!
I have had multiple calls from Gavin Fung – apparently the major sponsor will ring me soon so that I can claim my prize after signing a non disclosure statement!
Latest list of scam web sites. These fraudds are all registered with the same company in Kual Lumpur, Malaysia. It is called WebNIC also known as WEBCC. They are profiled at https://fraud-reports.wikia.com/wiki/WebNIC
The whole fraud is exposed at the site https://fraud-reports.wikia.com/wiki/Malaysian_Travel_fraud.
Up to date lists of these fraud web site names and their non-existenet finance company sponsers can be found there.
Also received $200,000USD scratchy prize from Stardream Tourism. As far as I can see this company hasn’t been mentioned yet. But all the other posts on the process of the scam are very similar/ almost exactly the same. Contact was Jayce Boo as previously mentioned by a few people. When I suggested that he was trying to scam hi he immediately became very angry and hung up on me. I even got a follow up email from him saying what a nice guy he was and how dare I accuse him of scamming. How do these people sleep at night?
What a dummy. Received the Botanic Travel brochure in the mail, scratched the "Anniversary 15th’ scratchie and won USD$200K. Cool. Odd though that their email address was wrong. Chased them down (believing there may be some legitimacy in this game) and spoke to Rodney Tan (seems he’s a very busy man reading the many messages below.) He checked my serial number and I was a bona fide winner. Woo hoo. Oh, but wait, there’s a hitch. After a series of calls (from different numbers every time) Rodney tells me that I was not supposed to get this particular ticket, so I am lead to believe that I must sign a non-disclosure agreement so that word does not get out about this among the legitimate clients of their sponsor (George & Cora Holdings – very dodgy website.) Got suspicious tonight when he said I’d have to share "certain personal details" to verify my prize. Bullshit. Apparently the sponsor’s Operations Manager "Dayton Lee" will call tomorrow to have a chat. I expect this is when they’ll put the hard word on me to cough up some cold hard cash for something as dodgy as the rest of their story. Ummm, nah.
Well this time they are Botanic Travel out of Malaysia and it is their 15th anniversary and I got two scratchies in the mail. One scratchie just said thank you and then Wahoo won second price $US200,000 aren’t I lucky? So out of curiosity I rang and guess who I spoke to – Mr Rodney Tan. He is a busy boy. Next I spoke to Damien Lim, another name that sounds familiar? I had to sign a non-disclosure sighting George & Cora Holdings as the sponsor. Then Austin Boo told me to send money to cover the costs of a letter of authorisation from the Hong Kong court to send money out of Hong Kong. They wanted 3% – 1.5% to be paid by me and they would pay the other 1.5%. Totally refundable less $US100 kept by the court as their fee. Yeah right! These guys are really smooth operators so beware.
Global seeker tourism for me. Same M.O. 15th anniversary and won 2nd prive US$200,000
Always telling friends and relatives to beware of scams and got sucked into this myself. Luckily alarm bells went off when they asked me to pay a fee to release funds. Like earlier posts 2 tickets from Ocean Pacific Tours with 2nd prize win of USD 200,000. Good old Norman Wang was the contact. Many phone calls over 2 weeks before finally my winnings had been approved but had to pay half of a USD7000 for Letter of Authorisation to release funds. Everything looked so professional, even the websites easy to see how people are sucked in.
We also have recently received the Tanjung Alam Tour competition in South Australia.
Just got ours from Meridan Travel.Lovely brochure,same old story.
Rodney tan strikes again. This time he worked for Gemilong city tours. He had me going there for a while, really thought I had won $200,000 US. Then I found this website and realised all a scam. Will ignore his emails and calls from now on 🙁
Also using the name
……. Gorgeous Travelling …….
15 years Anniversary
2 Tickets, 1 winning 2nd price USD 200,000.00 .
But what did I win ??? Grammar Matters, I was thinking maybe 200,000 urinary spinning devices???
And if you study the bar code on these you will notice the numbers are different but the if you hold the
2 tickets together you can see that the code its self, is a duplicate.
And the T’s & C’s lure you into Tax’s and Transfer fee’s. This is the softening part buttering you up
to hand over some money. DON’T .
Rule #1, "If you didn’t enter to begin with then you didn’t win."
GORGEOUS TRAVELLING
Chulan Tower Menara Chulan 7/F, 712,
Axa Affin Life Insurance, Jalan Conlay
55100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
+6011 – 3602 3530
+6011 – 3602 3531
[email protected]
http://www.gorgeoustravelling.com
Nate & Zara Holdings
ZTE
Fuji Xerox
Royal Selangor
These scams are currently running. The domains are registered in Malaysia with Web Commerce Communications Limited (webnic.cc)
airflytravelling.com
asianfocustourism.com
dreamishtravelling.com
eternalmastourism.com
fantastikatravelling.com
goldenagetourism.com
goldenpacifictours.com
The frauds all run on web servers located in Malaysia.
Each brochure and scratch card names a fake finance company, supposedly in Hong Kong, as a sponsor.
If yoiu get a brochure, you will see the variables in red – the country, the fake travel company, and the fake sponsor.
Please list them here.
Examples of fake sponsors
Sabrina & Rachel Holdings – sabrinarachelholdings.com
Zoe & Logan Holdings -zoeloganholdings.com
Jack & Victoria Holdings – jackvictoriaholdings.com
10th December. Malaysian brochure from Tanjung Alam Tour. Same as below with 15th Anniversary win scratchy tickets – 1 thank you and one second prize of $200,000. Great brochure though. Thank you to all who have posted below.
Our "$200,000 winning ticket" is from "Meridin Travel Anniversary 15th". All the same details as per everyone else below.
Now scammers are operating as Pioneer and Spirit Holiday. Beware!!!!
And another Scam to add to the list The Dazzling Holidays, i have checked on the Companies Commission of Malaysia it is not a member and the same for the Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA)
But I will play along until my contact Norman Wang gives up phoning, have emailed their sponsors with copies of the tickets and thanked them for their generous gifts etc
I just received one of these from best life world travel won the 2nd prize 200,000 USD woohoo its the 15th anniversary draw. The card includes supported by fuji Xerox and Royal selangor. I bet these genuine companies don’t even know about this fraud maybe their lawyers could work at getting it shut down in Malaysia.
Latest company name they are using is Star Light Travelling. (also Malaysia) Same deal with glossy brochure and 2 tickets with one being 2nd prize of USD 200000. Coincidentally it is also their 15th Anniversary!!. Hope these guys get shut down soon.
200000 USD 2nd prize.
http://hotspringtravelling.com/anniversary.html – site up since April 18
Sponsored by – http://amandaaidenholdings.com/english_version/index.html – Up since Aug ’18 same content as http://cadenliamholdings.com/english/index.html
I recently won 2nd prize of USD 200,000 in Club Four Vacation’s 15th Anniversary lottery. (I wonder how much the 1st prize was??) Strangely enough, this is the second time I’ve "won". Lucky me.
Last time my son scratched the ticket and was so excited, that even though I told him it had to be a scam, he insisted on calling the number listed on the ticket. The man on the other end, Jonathan Khoo, sounded so genuine, it was hard not to be convinced. The story was the same as all the others posted here, scratchy was sent to me in error. After some tense negotiations by Mr Khoo on my behalf, the sponsors agreed to honour it. NDA to be signed and then the clincher, taxes had to be paid prior to settlement. Yeah, right.
I’d like to think that these sort of scams don’t fool anyone, but the sad truth is, they do. Always do your research people. Good luck to all.
Just ‘won’ 2nd prize in the Best Life World Travel Anniversary 15th scratch and win! Woohoo….Interestingly I can tell where they got my address details from – sadly it would appear from a charity database (Cancer Council Queensland no less). I can confirm this because this charity database has my name incorrectly listed in a unique way.
I received similar tickets as the others commented here. The "company" is named Butterfly Travelling from Kuala Lumpur, Menara MIDF, 2/F, 202, 68 Jalan Raja Chulan, 50450 KL Malaysia. The brochure said "Celebrating 15th Anniversary. In one ticket is written "Than you" the other one is written 2nd Prize US$200,000". Phoned them and the guy named Dylan Khoo asked for my passport or drivers licence (even expired ones) for identification. After searching the internet found this comments below.
This scammers should be in jail. I hope no one fell in his smooth talk.
Good luck to all.
I received similar tickets as the others commented here. The "company" is named Butterfly Travelling from Kuala Lumpur, Menara MIDF, 2/F, 202, 68 Jalan Raja Chulan, 50450 KL Malaysia. The brochure said "Celebrating 15th Anniversary. In one ticket is written "Than you" the other one is written 2nd Prize US$200,000". Phoned them and the guy named Dylan Khoo asked for my passport or drivers licence (even expired ones) for identification. After searching the internet found this comments below.
This scammers should be in jail. I hope no one fell in his smooth talk.
Good luck to all.
Reading through some other postings, I find it interesting that the second prize has risen in value from US$190,000 to US$200,000.
One can only wonder. I cannot, however have any sympathy for those who have been gullible enough to provide bank account details,etc. to what is an obvious rip-off. Keep alert for more of these get rich quick schemes. As many have pointed out, if it seems to
good to be true, then it probably is . Good wishes to all.
These scumbags are now operating under "Far East Travelling", same scam as others report – Travel brochure in the mail containing 2 scratchies from Far East Travelling Anniversary 15th, one scratchie was "Thank You" and the second was "2nd Prize USD200,000.00". Emailed them my phone number and was called back by "Mr Rodney Tan" who asked me to email him photos of both sides of "winning" ticket along with a photo of my driver’s license for legal ID purposes. I emailed him ONLY the photos of the winning scratchie and he phoned me the next day asking why I hadn’t yet emailed my ID?
I told him that proof of my ticket should be enough and that now I would like proof of legitimacy from HIM before I emailed my ID. Instead of going out of his way to reassure me of his company’s legitimacy, he began getting angry and short with me saying I simply won’t receive my prize money and that it’s my loss. I told him it would ONLY be MY loss IF the actual prize money existed, AND that if his company was LEGIT, two things he, "Rodney Tan", had FAILED to convince ME!!!
I did a search for their company and NOTHING. I did a search for RODNEY TAN and found this website confirming him as a scammer under many Travel Agency names from Malaysia. The only thing I will be emailing him with now, is the "link" to this site!!!
Just received one fro "MY PACIFIC TRAVEL" … $200,000 USD for me too, think I’ll give it a miss … straight to the bin !
River Valley Holiday Anniversary 15th, scratch and win, 2nd prize $us200,000.00.
Adress Wisma Nusantara 7/F,710, Jalan Puncak,
50250 Kualur Lumpur, +6011-3108 6056 / +6011-3108 6057.
contact called himself Aldien Lee.
The address is real enough, pity the scratchie isn’t!.
Now they’re calling themselves Club Four Vacation celebrating their Annivertsary 15th and yes, I got a winning USD$200,00.00 Scratch and Win and one that just said Thank You.
Received a letter from FLY HIGH TRAVELLING 15th Anniversary and won on 2nd prize USD 200000, it is now in the rubbish.
I’m from Melbourne, Australia
Yep as i thought as soon as i opened this lottery ticket i knew it was a scam. And yes i am also the winner of 2000000 USD also. In the bin it goes. Fly High Travelling SCAM brochure and scratchy from malaysia all the signs of a scam . Be aware
Landmark Travelling is another scam lottery brochure and two scratch & win cards they sent to me.
Address: Academy Etiqa 2/F, 207, Jalan Melaka,
City Centre, 50100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Claim Manager; Jayce Boo +6011 – 3641 9703
That is stamped in the provided brochure.
As already mentioned, received 2 scratchies and glossy brochure from Castell Holiday. This is the 2nd attempt, just using a different name, but both Malaysia post stamped. if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Take care everyone.
Received two scratchies from KL FLY. The thing that concerns me is the fact that they have my name and address. Do they just scrape phone directories for this or is their modus operandi even more dodgy? So people, if you get scratchies from KL FLY, they are a scam and you should bin them.
Just had one from Fly High Travelling. 15th Anniversary no- less!! First prize USD 300000
Received a brochure and two scratch & win cards from "Amazing Fly Tourism". It looks and feels very similar to what is being reported here. I am determined to advise others not to be conned by this vendor.
Just received brochure and scratchies from KL Fly Travelling and, guess what, I’m $USD200,000 richer. Pretty much figured it was a scam so won’t be claiming my prize. Hope this costs them a lot in printing and postage and no-one falls for it
Just received two scratchies and a brochure from KL Fly Traveling. So apparently I’ve won $200,000 USD so I gave them a call just for the sake of it. Turns out they wanted my Photo ID and ticket to be scanned and then sent to their address. Not a chance I’m falling for it and after seeing all the other ‘Winners’ in the comments I picked it for a scam.
I’ve just received one of these with a very professional looking pamphlet and scratch tickets from High Roller Holiday posted from Malaysia. They have a website, email and phone number. Going by Coral Stanton’s comment here, it’s the same scam just a different name. Same 2nd prize at USD200,000
they are at it again with the scratchi tickets the prize has increased to $200,000.00 US they are calling themselves Castell Holiday same well set out brochure
Glamour Tourism sent me a winning scratchie worth US$2T0,000. Dammit. I wish.
Received $200,000 scratchie from Glamour To
Scam from Republic Tourism 15th Anniversary Lottery, I had won 2nd prize of 200,000.00 US, the brochure was almost exactly like the one above in it’s layout only a different name.
Their address is
Chulan Tower Menara Chulan 6/F
Axa Affin Life Insurance. Jalan Conlay.
55100 Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia.
I binned the lot.
My 88 year old father received a "winning ticket", and although I told him it was unlikely to be real he still wanted me to research it. Now, my Dad is pretty sharp having had a life top management, but at 88 still thought this was worth pursuing. I emailed TROPICANA TOURS (here is a new one) and received a call from JAYCE BOO (funny, his name came up from another post here!!!). Could I scan the front and back of the winning scratch ticket with envelope to him PLUS DAD’S ID. Sure. Scanned and sent the ticket and envelope WITHOUT the ID. Received a call from Jayce Boo tonight. I very calmly told him that I have discovered this is a scam through a "police" website, his name is even mentioned. Oh, he said, "I’m sure if I looked up "Karen Scam" your name would come up as well". Hmmm, rather unlikely. He asked me to send the link to him so he could alert his management that there was a problem. Not so interested in receiving the link though when I read out the names of companies and individuals associated with the scam, including his. I obviously must have hit a nerve when reading out a name he recognised, and he hung up. Funny that. I did at least get to tell him that the Australian Police and Fraud Squad are on to him. He may not sleep too well tonight. Stay safe people.
I got 2 letters from Glamour Tourism containing a glossy brochure & 2 scratch cards in each
Each letter had a Winning 2nd Prize scratchies –. both serial number ZS68269872
Woohoo
keep alert
Craig
Basically same scam as Colleen. Fantastika Travelling. 2nd Prize $ 200,000.00. Jayce Boo and Mason Yap are names they use this time but scam is identical to all below. Try and suck you in and then send money for bogus court fees. You never get something for nothing.
Yesterday (31/5/18) received beautiful travel brochure from "FANTASTIKA TRAVELLING" based in Malaysia with 2 scratches. OMG! We won 2nd prize of US$200,00! ‘FANTASTIKA"!!!!! I knew straightaway that this was a scam as it was too good to be true, but my son (22) was ecstatic and couldn’t believe our luck! Unfortunately he is not financially savvy and is very naive when told or reads something that is unbelievable. I had to convince him by showing him the "Scam Websites" and the reviews of these scams, even then I still think he had doubts. These people should be tracked down and sent to jail after repaying the vulnerable people that they have ripped off and never let out. They target the people in this world who can least afford to be taken advantage of. The address of these rip off merchants is as follows:-
Menara Safuan, 7/F, 80, Japan Ampang,50450 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Phone: +6011 – 5174 2190 & +6011 – 5174 2191
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.fantastikatravelling.com
The more these fraudulent people are exposed the less chance of people being ripped off. Please make your friends and relatives (particularly the elderly and naive and less financially savvy people) aware of these scumbags and hopefully no one will fall into the SCAM trap.
Regards …… Colleen
On May 16 2018 I received 2 scratch tickets from Passionate Rose Travel I contacted the company as 1 of these tickets said i’d won 200,000 USD, i was put through all the same bullshit as the others on this site , Malaysian Phone calls having to phone Hong Kong all that shit , I discovered this site and these posts this morning thank you for showing these arse holes up for who they really are
I received 2 scratchy tickets from Blue Marine Travelling in Malaysia, and was delighted to learn of a 2nd prize win of US$200,000. Had interesting conversation with agent who said that there had been an error in posting me the stuff as it was meant for companies not individuals, however he came back to say their sponsors were embarrassed and to avoid any bad publicity they would honour the prize with provisos. I then searched this site and consequently cancelled all contact with them (and the $200k!!)
Same again from Pristine Travelling.
I received a brochure and 2 scratchies (apparently winning USD 200.000), from a supposed travel agency called Sabahan Travel in my mailbox, obviously the first thing i thought was ‘this is a scam’, still i was curious about the whole thing. I search the agency and i saw they had a website and the phone number on the brochure matched, still i wasnt buying it, I decided to email the company (i wasnt gonna spend money on an international call), they replied to my email very quickly and told me they needed a phone number or i should contact them. I decided to give them my phone, they called me and i explained everything. This guy Rodney Tan told me he needed pics of the stuff i received plus and ID, i did sent all of that but i didn’t sent any important ID(my student one), he then called me later and told me everything was perfect, congratulate me, gave me advice on how to spend the money, told me they were having an event next year in Gold Coast, told me he was gonna send me tickets for me and someone else he then proceed to tell me he needed my bank details and they were gonna send the money in 2-3 working days.
before doing that i did a deep search on the company, looked up the address on google maps, called ‘the sponsors’, and lastly i found a scams website and i saw some scams like this one but different companies with even the same words on the brochure i got, so obviously i stopped the communications.
I won $200k US! Scam
Airfly Travelling brochure by mail with the 2 scratchies. Cut and paste website. Did not make contact.
What scares me is they can afford to make a kind of but not decent color brochure and scratchie tickets and send it to me in Australia.
Hope people are not caught by these guys…
I was super lucky I won two lots of US$200,000 from two different travel companies LOL – Mistika Tourism & Little Bit Vacation
I received a brochure and 2 scratchies, from a supposed travel agency called Sabahan Travel, supposedly in a building called Menara Prestige, in a street called Jalan Pinang in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I found out that the building is real, but could not find Sabahan Travel listed as one of its occupants. One of the 2 scratchies was 2nd prize 200,000 US dollars. It sounded too good to be true, but I called the number and spoke today (Thurs 12 Jul 18) to one who calls himself Jayce Boo. He told me to send a scanned copy of the winning scratchie, the envelope and my passport, to prove my id, and other personal details. When a few hours had passed and I hadn’t done so yet, he called me in a concerned tone to say he hadn’t received my email yet, asking when was I going to send it. He sounded anxious for me to hurry. That’s what made me suspicious and so I started searching the internet using his name and landed on this website, which describes the actions of scammers. Thanks for your good work. I will not be emailing him. May he be traced and caught. I believe my phone provider can trace him if they can catch him on the phone to me. I hope to be ab le to set this up.
[email protected] from Australia
I will share my experienced too. Received my brochure 23/04/18 from Lord Stars Tour Malaysia for thier 15th Anniversary scratch & win.
Same got two tickets, the other says thank you and the other I won USD 200,000 for the second prize. I can’t believe that I won that prize, my mind says where did they got my name and address. I called Lord stars tour and spoke to Rodney Tan very nice guy and conversing efficiently in english that I was really convinced that I won. Even at the time I was on my holiday he kept calling me and updating of my winning. He asked me of my client no. which I can not provide him then he has to tell the sponsor which the Ernest & Ken limited if they can give my winning prize even I’m not their client only guest. So, after a couple of hours, he ring me back and said yes the sponsor agreed that they will give me the winning prize, so on and so forth. They sent me a confidentiality and non-disclosure agreement to sign for both parties that i will received that winning prize, so I did signed. I still have no skeptical about it. Mr. Dayton Lee the operation manager of Ernest & Ken limited told me that I need to put a secure deposit of 3.7% based on the winning amount and that would be paid by both parties. My share of payment will be $3,700 USD and then it will be refunded to me after we received the letter of authorization from Hongkong government court…Then when I arrived from my holiday 15/05/18 back here in australia. I did called Rodney Tan from Lord Stars tour how to collect my winning prize. He told me to call Dayton Lee the genaral manager of the sponsor of the winning prize, so I did. Then Dayton sent me an email where I can deposit the money. When I openned my email it did not appear to my inbox. I’ve waited for couple of mins and then I realized I’ve got 2 mails in my spam from Mr. Dayton Lee. Now my suspects came to my brain that this is really a scam. Its too good to be true, right. Then when I read the letter of transactions, the name of the bank ; Industrial and Commercial Bank of China. Bank Address: No. 10 Guangwei road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou City, China. Beneficiary’s name: Low Shau Wee and with account no. and a swift code for the bank, beneficiary address and beneficiary contact no. He told me to go to my bank and deposit the money today. After we talked, then, so, I think and think twice again that why will i deposit money to them. Just beleive in your instinct, my mind says this is a scam. I am so close. Then I search again the website of Ernest & Ken Limited its all in chinese words. I come to this website and I am soooo glad and thankful that I found this scam-detector.com. I read all these comments OMG its everything the same except they all change their names and sponsors name and their telephone nos. They are unbelievable…I hope KARMA will come soon to these people around whose work is just to scam and to fraud the ordinary & innocent people. Thank you that I had read these site…..
I will never again & again entertain their calls.
moonshine vacation 15th anniversary 2nd prize USD $200,000, Mr Boo at work again in KL. same deals supply details etc, conjucture over no client number but sponsor agrees to honour prize but requires DOB, passport,etc to verify ID. Asked Mr Boo for full email of everything required. Assume the payment of fee will come but probably more concerning is the risk of ID fraud. In mean time every time he rings, act interested but busy and ask him for bit more info. Like others already no skin off my nose and happy to give our Mr Boo the run around for a bit yet and keep him interested
Be aware of travel lottery scam from northern miracle travel Malaysia
Another lucky winner according to Moonlight Kiss Holiday 15th Anniversary . After scratching 2 cards I won 2nd prize of USD 200,000.
Looking good until I did a search for this company & found out the true facts , another SCAM.
In the mail yesterday from Sutera Mas Travel, 2 scratchie cards… Whoopie, I won 2nd prize of US$200,000. So far it has cost them 3 phone calls to my mobile. Just waiting for the next one requesting payment of the taxes. Website looks genuine, I got a reply to my email as well.
Now using the name Little Creamer Tourism. Could see people getting sucked in – convincing web site.
Mine was from Moonlight Kiss Holiday 15th Anniversary . Surprise, surprise I won 2nd prize of USD 200,000.
OK, I received the beautiful brochure 2 weeks ago including two magnificent scratchy cards from a non-existant travel aagent in Malaysia. I did smirk a bit thinking this would be a scam but the card I scratched told me I’d won second prize of USD $200,000. Whoopee, thought I! Hahahaha! Their ‘phone number and email address on the cards are duds. I did telephone one of ther "supporters" listed which was FujiZerox and learned that they (Fuji) were in Malaysia. The helpful bloke I spoke to said he was unaware of the company running the scam and would investigate. I’ll stick to my pension!!
Thanks website. Our lucky ticket was from Lord Stars Tours…..US $200,000. In the bin now, but sadly read of person that lost NZ $2,200 chasing the scam.
Mine was from "Misty Moon Tourism" 15th Anniversary. As with Tracey’s comment, surprise, surprise I won 2nd prize of USD 200,000.
Have sent an email requesting more information – no response…
Other keywords: "Robin & Elaine Holdings", "427 Jalan Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur", "Integra Tower Akar Solutions".
I received a Jelly Belly Tour most professional brochure and 2 scratchy tickets and like others I won 2nd prize of $200,000. US and Mathew & Ella Holdings were the sponsor for 1st, 2nd & 3rd prize. They are professional these thieves, my goodness they came very close to sucking me in. I hope they rack up extremely large phone bills for their trouble. Malaysia and Hong Kong? I spoke to Norman Wang from Jelly Belly Tours and then Mason Yap Operations Manager of Mathew & Ella Holdings in Hong Kong. Watch them they are so smart with conning people. They are extremely professional and very clever with their website and promotional adds, yes they have gone to a lot of trouble to scam us.
Could’nt believe my eyes when i was sent this in the mail, it all looks so real with the web sites also so convincing.
Don’t be fooled, the intresting thing is the lottery tickets dont tell you how to claim your prise, even on their official web ste its says nothing about how to recieve your prize.Cleaver little bastards but not that cleaver lol.
Same old scratchie scam , 200 k ,2nd prize.15th anniversary for Miharja Travelling in Malaysia.
I’m in New Zealand and seen this here before. Don’t fall for it.
ME TOO/
The scam I received was forestrunnertourism.com
Very nice brochure and yep I won 200,000USD
They wanted about 3,700USD for Chinese Gov fees before they could pay me.
Another player was
Contact: +852 – 60497871
Website: http://www.fionacaysonlimited.com
Operation Manager: Mr. Moses Kong
Supposedly in Hong Kong
a very sharp talker.
Danga Bay Holiday sent me two scratchies and of course I won 2nd prize which is now $200kUS. If you look up Danga Bay it is a formerly quiet bay now ruined by massive residential housing development. The brochure was nonsense. Clearly not written in English but translated. The website looks dodgy because none of the so called holidays can even be purchased and other obvious faults. According to Danga Bay Holiday it is their 15th Anniversary promotion. The big giveaway is "prize winners may be obliged to submit taxes or any other mandatory charges as a result of the award."
Other Terms and Conditions are nonsense. I looked up the owner of the Danga Bay Holiday site which is obviously fake. He is Name: Louis Lee
Organization: –
Mailing Address: 36G, Jalan SS 22/25, Damansara Jaya, 47400 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Petaling Jaya Selangor 47400 MY
Phone: +60.166192300
Ext:
Fax: +60.
Fax Ext:
Email:[email protected]
Obviously a variation on advance fee fraud. Apparently Malaysia is famous for this kind of scam.
I just got a glossy brochure and scratchie tickets from Grey Cloud Tourism.Malaysia. Very professional looking. Surprise surprise.!!ONE ticket showed 200,000 winning..I would like to know how they get names/addresses also. Hope they dont get any suckers. I threw mine straight in the bin, then went straight to this site You do have to give them A for ingenuity. all the work that has gone into printing, mailing, etc (btw my envelope has five beautiful stamps on it lol)
My reply to the SCAMMERS
Hi Jayce Boo (or whatever your name really is) and Boo to you.
Almost sucked in by the scam but a bit of research via this website is enlightening
https://www.scam-detector.com/article/malaysian-lottery-brochure-fake
I have spoken to my Bank, Police and Internet scam people and are saddened that some of us work and some have to suck money up from other’s hard work.
The Common Sense thing took me a while to kick in – brochure very good, Flaming Glory Holiday Internet site OK but lacking guts, (especially the so called Taiwanese link).
However the fact I win but only with my financial strings attached, finally set my inSTINCS in process with ‘STINKS’ being the operative word.
One – if it seems too good to be true it probably is, but my guard was down having been to Japan and Hong Kong.
Two – if a professional company gives prizes the company does so because it wishes to promote itself. Definitely not via some CRAP story of ‘through a Sponsor’.
Three – A Sponsor my fat arse!!! Just a fancy term for a ‘fleecing agent in cahoots’ Why would a Sponsor need to verify exactly what I’ve already told you??? You know it, he has a copy of it, so he already knows who I am. The ‘Sponsor’ should have been interested in what I was going to do with the money to promote ‘the Business’ he was purportedly supporting (FLAMING GLORY HOLIDAY) – more like Flaming Losers Holidays – But no such questions from the dead head ‘Sponsor’.
Fourthly – Any Business that can’t give away it’s prizes without first sucking money from the beneficiary is not a Business that should be dealing with the Public and I guess that’s why your Business will FAIL.
Fifthly – The RAT began to stink when I was given the option to fly over and pay the required $3700 to release the $220,000 US – not an option at all. And that’s when my Internet search and lawyer support sprang into gear!!!!
Lastly – Requirement of a Client Number – complete and utter Bulldust. You have no clients therefore they can never be numbers. What you might have numbers for are the suckers who can’t see through you.
Finally – Why tell me a Client Number isn’t important when later in conversation you say it is important, SO IMPORTANT in fact that I must sign a confidentiality agreement so as not to offend your clients. Incidentally, these clients (Doctors and Lawyers who pay you $80,000 US for membership) are pure figments of your imagination. If you can’t make money out of people paying that sort of money for membership then it proves exactly what lowdown scumbags you are to attempt fleece hardworking Aussies.
MAY YOUR ASIAN ANUS EVENTUALLY MOVE UPWARD SO AS TO ALIGN WITH WHAT’S CURRENTLY IN YOUR BRAIN.
Your no ID phone numbers are currently being traced and the Hong Kong numbers I have no doubt will not align with anyone in the SUN Building.
DO NOT BOTHER TO CALL ME AGAIN OR EMAIL AS YOU ARE BEING MONITORED – AND OTHER WHEELS IN MOTION, SO EXPECT A VISIT SOON.
I couldn’t work out where this brochure got my name and address. I received it from Eternal Mass Tourism, Malaysia – in it were 2 tickets, one for US$200,000. Straight away I thought scam! Its going in the bin.
Thanks for site and I’m ME TOO and mine was from FLAMING GLORY HOLIDAYS. More like Flaming BULL****
Can I suggest you need to offer a second comment box for anyone who can offer guidance on sticking it to these scumbags. MR BOO IS REALLY Mr Poo and swapping from Malaysia to a HONGKONG BANK really stinks like Hong PONG. Malaysians behind these scams are really MAL ASIANS (malformed!!!). Very professional brochures, very good salesmen but ABSOLUTE IDIOTS TO THOSE OF US WHO CHECK AND EVENTUALLY GET ONTO THIS GREAT SITE. I’m sorry for those who can’t see through them. Fancy running a raffle (regardless of fund size) and asking the receiver to pay over their money first?????
Look forward to a ‘FIX EM’ section similar to what we do for the Indian Internet guys – you simply say you’ll get the boss and leave the phone off the hook for an hour. They’ll never ring back because time in money to them and they lose $$$
Thanks for site and I’m ME TOO and mine was from FLAMING GLORY HOLIDAYS. More like Flaming BULL****
Can I suggest you need to offer a second comment box for anyone who can offer guidance on sticking it to these scumbags. MR BOO IS REALLY Mr Poo and swapping from Malaysia to a HONGKONG BANK really stinks like Hong PONG. Malaysians behind these scams are really MAL ASIANS (malformed!!!). Very professional brochures, very good salesmen but ABSOLUTE IDIOTS TO THOSE OF US WHO CHECK AND EVENTUALLY GET ONTO THIS GREAT SITE. I’m sorry for those who can’t see through them. Fancy running a raffle (regardless of fund size) and asking the receiver to pay over their money first?????
Look forward to a ‘FIX EM’ section similar to what we do for the Indian Internet guys – you simply say you’ll get the boss and leave the phone off the hook for an hour. They’ll never ring back because time in money to them and they lose $$$
I have just received one from Secret of Life Tourism. 2nd prize USD 190,000, just like Doug on comment 23/11/17. Address details almost identical to the Afternoon Delight Tourism 13th anniversary lottery promotion mentioned by Roslyn 12/11/17. All very professional looking – even lists Trip Advisor as a partner/sponsor!
BaiHong 20th Happy Anniversary Congratulaations 3rd prize $160,00 USD SCAM.
OMG!!! We were like hours away from losing our $5000. Thank God I saw this site the night before we were planning to transfer the amount. They are so convincing that anyone will be tempted. I was in a strong preception that it was a scam when I got the letter. Still I called them to find out what’s going on. They convinced me to believe them and it was all set to go next morning. Then I was searching for the tax details for the money I was going to paid from them. I somehow came into this page. Thank you everyone for sharing their experiences. You saved our $5000.
New scam just received today with my name and address, a very fancy brochure from Everning Mist Tourist Kuala Lumpur Malaysia with two 13th Anniversary scratchies, one of course was "a 2nd prize win" of USD 190,000.00 and so on. Nice stamps though.
New scam received today in Qld Australia, addressed to me. A fancy travel brochure from Everning Mist Tourist Malaysia with two 13th Anniversary Scratchies enclosed. Of course one of the scratchies "won 2nd prize" $190,000.00 USD. Nice stamps though if you’re a stamp collector!
Lucky, I found this site almost become victim of scam from Burgandy Rose Tourism in Malaysia..received 2 scratch card which has USD 190,000 then call +601151625807 have chat with friendly professional Jonathan khoo then being told to call +85295089907 Operation Manager Hudson Tan in Hongkong tomorrow morning
And he asking for USD$3610 to pay transfer becoz Hongkong government law,etc…
Being given 2 day to pay if not he will closed the case,blablabla
Below the emai i received:
First of all I would like to congratulate you. I’m extremely happy when our sponsor agreed to honor you the prize after several consideration during the video conference. Congratulations to you!!!
Please find file attached of the Non-disclosure agreement for your personal perusal. Please read it, sign and forward back to me.
Regards,
Jonathan Khoo
Claim & Event Management
Burgandy Rose Tourism
Received 2 scratch tickets in the mail from Eagle Eye Holidays.com, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. Hit the 2nd price Jackpot, containing US$190000. The scratchies look authentic, however the Price money seems to be as inflated as the US$ really is. No further action taken.
sadly I paid nz 2,200 to sweetestgift holiday.com malayasia for second prize looked really authentic thou. said the prize money would be paid by parker cook holdings limited hong kong.
Aces Diamond Tour with events manager Roman Tan and Alfred & Mayson Holdings in Hong Kong with operation manager Rinky Lok are at it again with their USD$190,000 second prize. Same story and request to pay into China Agriculture Bank for a letter of authorization to transfer the funds. Thanks everyone for sharing and saving us from falling into this almost-believable scam.
I was excited to see that someone posted me something (other than a bill) today. Then I was confused when I saw the postage stamps from Malaysia. Then I was more confused when I saw a brochure from "Brave Heart Holiday", thinking it was somehow related to travelling I did in South East Asia last year. Then I saw the scratchies…that’s when I knew it was a scam.
Got to give it to them though, they did a great job of the brochure etc.
My "winning ticket" of 190,000 USD is in the recycling bin.
Scam very well done this time Ebony Rose holiday broacher mine was. I’m Ne spelling mistake on the back and knew the $190,000USD was fake. Get a life you worthless scammers.. Wrong address and sent from Malaysia..
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A good friend of mine was scammed $ 10,000 usd. Wish they had found out about this site first. Very believable.
Received two scratch cards with a winning amount of 190,000 USD. I did send the passport copies as requested by them and then saw this website. Many thanks. Wish I could kick their ass. Is there any risk in sharing the passoport details.
I just received 2 scratchies in a broucher from Afternoon Delight Tourism for their 13th Anniversary. One was just a thank you the other A Winning Ticket of US $190,000.00 (woohoo) apparently from their Platinum Sponsors Lindsey & Nicole. Official IT Partner is Jaring and supported by Mydin and Special thanks to traveloka. Not sure if these companies know about it.
Prize winners may be obliged to submit taxes or any other mandatory charges as a result of this award.
Address: Menara IMC,
19/F, Jalan Sultan Ismail,
50250 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tel: +6011 – 5162 5816 / +6011 – 5162 5817
Email: [email protected]
Web: afternoondelighttourism.com
Just received exactly the same scan from airbornemagicvacations or "Airborne Magic Vacations" – second prize, USD190,000 and so on. I only emailed, smelt bad. "If it’s too good to be true, it probably is!"
Received a promotional brochure from Berry Blitz Tours of Malaysia with 2 scratchies of which one was for a second prize win of USD190,000. Contacted them by email for further details and they requested me to ring their Claims & Event Management department for further assistance. I then checked this site to find it was a con. No further action taken.
I received one from Secret of Life Tourism. 2nd prize USD 190,000. Beware!
Gary Lau at it again, 10/1/18 Beware Brave Heart tours brochure, 2 scratches (one 190,000 usd) 2nd prize. Same story as others here, constant contact, refer to operations manager, non disclosure as not correctly entered but still awarded money after supposed conference with sponser’s (Craig and Michael Holdings). supposed to call Malaysia with further proof of I.D. tomorrow. Photo’s of seniors card and name,age, and winning ticket sent already. Glad i found this page.Why hasn’t the Australian Gov’t got an updated page on this? and other scams.
We received a glossy brochure from “Dream BelieverTour’, in an evelope with 4 Malaysian stamps. Inside were 2 Scrach cards, one with “Thank you” and the other “2nd Prize USD 190,000’. The company name is different, but the prize information is identical to other fake companies listed below. I actually emailed them, but did not get a reply yet. Then I googled and found this website. Thank you everyone for sharing. The scammers really catch that place inside that dreams of a windfall of money, making life’s finances easy.
Under the rainbow.com scam
Received the Under The Rainbow Tour broucher in mail, currently being posted throughout NZ with 2 x scratchies othering prizes, be aware of a person called Grayson who will award to be professional.
They will ask you to scan and email confirmation of winning ticket and envelope that was posted to your home address, this scam is another out of Kuala Lumper Malaysia, they have a website promoting their travel agent details http://www.undertherainbowtoir.com, don’t be fooled, it is a scam.
Another scam:
Matthew Keh of Another Chance Holiday .com
$190,000 US second prize scratchie. Wants ID and details.
there is another one that the very polite Gary Lau works for it is called afterglow tourism with a new sponser….Gary Lau <[email protected]>
I have your appointment details with the platinum sponsor in Hong Kong.
Please remember to give a ring to Alonso & Penny Holdings Monday
morning(Australia) and look for the operation manager in charge to claim
your prize. Don’t forget to give him a big "THANK YOU" because he is the
one who decided honouring the prize back to you during the conference
meeting.
Below are the details of the appointment tomorrow:
Manager In Charge : Mr. Hudson Tan
Appointment Date : 23 October 2017 (Monday)
Appointment Time : 10:30am (Australia),08:00am (Hong Kong)
Contact Number : (0011)852-66859473(Alonso & Penny Holdings)
Website : http://www.alonsopennyholdings.com
it is exactly he same as the comments below
Another one from a very polite Gary Lau at Candy Apple Tourism
I have your appointment details with the platinum sponsor in Hong Kong.
Please remember to give a ring to Marcelo & Layla Limited on Monday
morning(Australia) and look for the operation manager in charge to claim
your prize. Don’t forget to give him a big "THANK YOU" because he is the
one who decided honouring the prize back to you during the conference
meeting.
Below are the details of the appointment tomorrow:
Manager In Charge : Mr. Ethan Lim
Appointment Date : 23 October 2017 (Monday)
Appointment Time : 11:30am (Australia),08:30am (Hong Kong)
Contact Number : (0011)852-66856843(Marcelo & Layla Limited)
Website : http://www.marcelolaylalimited.com
Received in post Friend like me holiday scratch and win .2 tickets ,one stating 2 nd prize of USD $190,000.00. Rang the Malaysian number and was put through to a Gary Lau. He requested my info via email and copy of winning ticket. After researching on the net ,found scam info every where. Very hard to spot the scam in the brochure and web site. But generally if it’s too good to be true – it usually is.
Now scammers are acting as Get it On Holiday, beware!
Well where to start except to say i wish so very desperately i had been aware of this site before i parted with $10000!! So you know how it goes Rapid technologies holidays, the glossy brochure the scratchies the $190000 USD the sponsors in Hong kong called Ken & Kennedy Holdings, the taxes, the fees, the set up fees (exactly). My god i feel like such an idiot. Not working as a result of a motorcycle accident thinking maybe just maybe my luck had finally turned and then a passing comment from a trusted friend, whom i should have sort out earlier and then i find this site and well, now i am truely stuffed. I even borrowed from a dear friend after inventing some wild arse story….my god please just kill me now. Please people get this out there before more of us get duped.
I got one from "Little Sun Vacation" with two scratchies, one telling me I had won second prize of $190 000 USD. I was suspicious as the destination was Dumfries and the Galloway, Scottland – spelling mistakes/grammatical errors always raise alarm bells for me as I deal with a lot of predatory publishers in my line of work. My kids were disappointed to realise we hadn’t won money but it was a great way for me to show them how to figure out the authenticity of communications they receive. I feel bad for the poor people who fall for these scams. In this day and age though if something seems too good to be true then it usually is!
Scamming still alive and well – don’t be conned. Mine was from Feel So Close Tourism with 2 scratchies to celebrate their 13th anniversary. I too, ‘won’ USD 190,000. Given the Malaysian stampss, dodgy address label, outdated street address, and the use of a former surname, it had scam written all over it. A 5 minute google search produced several very professional websites, as well as this one confirming my gut feeling that all was not as it appeared. This group listed Hunt & Jones Holdings and Pensonic as sponsors, Seagate as an official partner, with Special Thanks to TripAdvisor.
I received one from Morning Dance Vacation 13th Anniversary- 2nd prize of $190,000. Was told I received this in error and not sure if I could claim. I laughed. Then called back to say they would grant me the prize winnings. He was from Malaysia, and the people who were sponsoring were Taylor & Wilson Holdings in Hong Kong. And Trip Advisor is a sponsor too. When you google 13th anniversary prize (or something simlar) there are many companies offering same thing.
They try to suck you in and make it sound convincing.
I just got scammed today. From Love Found Tourism. Was very professional called Mayalsia and spoken to Mathew Kew and later on referred me to Hong Kong Edmund Tang. I fell for it but after a guy instant. I actually sent the money and 6 hours research later on the net. I realised I got scammed. I called the bank straight away to cancel the transaction.
Gary Lau is at it again and Jack Goh got mention. Friendofminetour advertising US $190K with two scratchies. He has licence details but nothing else. When researching Jack I ended up 6 pages down on Google with this site.
Both my partner at different addresses ‘won’ USC 190,000.00. Mine was from Take My Hand Tourism 13th Anniversary. Same scheme. Two scrathies one the ‘winner’. Very professional Boucher and website with Malayasian stamps and interestingly printed address labels hand glued to the envelope after the stamps were attached. I have only been at my new home a few months so I wonder which of my regular merchants sold them my address. September 2017
It’s happened again. A few years ago someone tried this on and, like many others, I followed web addresses etc to check on it’s vailidity.
It all looked fine, but I became very suspicious when they asked for money. So much so that I didn’t. It all sounded fine, even talking to the CEO who rang me at home. Guess what another one has just arrived, and you wouldn’t believe that I have won second prise again!!
This time they are calling themselves JUST CRUISE HOLIDAY. Be warned, it looks very professional, but don’t touch it with a barge pole.
They have also tried to scam us. Second prize winning of USD $190,000
The website is http://www.spinitvacation.com
Spoke to numerous people on the phone but our main contact was Teddy. They are very believable and even make you send through a copy of your ticket so they can verify. They then set up a phone meeting so you can speak with the upper management because you’re not a member and to see if they’ll still award you the money.
It sounded too good to be true and when they asked us to deposit money into an account in Hong Kong we knew for sure that it was a scam.
Biggest waste of time. They build a relationship and pretend they’re on your side.
I genuinely look forward to these people receiving their karma.
Just received unsolicited travel brochure and 2 lottery tickets for One Wish Tourism in Malaysia. And I won 2nd place US$190,000 on one of the tickets. SCAM!
yes I have received so called great win! second prize $195.000 must admit very professionally done! i received so far 3 calls from a Mathew and is playing the game as his best! little does he know who he is stuffing around with? so far he is asking me why dont i sound very surprised??? told him was waiting for the catch part? said no such a thing bla..bla..bla… so far all hescamdetect_s got is my bsb bank plus account number which is no good to them its only for people depositing money in useless other wise! anyhow expecting another call today i was ready to play on the game but now that I read this i`ll tell him when he calls go get yourself a real job!!!! or just some wasting my time this game getting to damn boring!!!!
I’ve just won 2nd prize, USD$190,000 via a scratchie sent to me from Be Prepared Holiday in Malaysia, with sponsors Cox & Robertson Holdings, Seagate, Pensionic and ‘special thanks’ to Trip Advisor. BPH have a fancy website, the scams are becoming very elaborate! Thanks to the commenters below I can save my time.
Yippie…Won USD190,000 from One Wish Tourism….
This scam is still live and running in Australia. Same scam only the names changed. I won second prize of USD190,000 through Robo Here Vacations in their 13th Anniversary draw, to be paid by the "main sponsor" Betty & Bobby Limited. Contact name was Matthew Keh in KL Malaysia followed by Rinky Lok in Hong Kong. They made a lot of effort to stay in contact, coaching and encouraging. when I called I was told I would need to send proof of ID (had supply photo ID) and bank account details. When they ‘discovered’ I had no association with Betty & Bobby I needed to sign a confidentiality agreement and be interviewed by their Operations Manager Rinky Lok. During my interview he told me I needed to deposit USD 3610 into the account of the Hong Kong High Court, when the deposit account details arrived by email it was to the China Construction Bank in Guangzhou City China. As soon as money was mentioned I pulled the plug, but they got my personal details. I had to speak to both the bank and the police to protect myself from future activity.
We’ve received a glossy brochure from Hong Kong claiming that we’ve won $160,000 with their scratchier. When my family called, the person on the other line passed us along to the "manager." The manager claimed that they have a lawyer who will help us with the winning money. When my family told them they wanted to wait to double check if this is legitimate, the manager got furious and questioned why we wouldn’t want to accept the winnings. He seemed rushed for us to accept the winnings and flustered that were questioning this SCAM.
Hong Kong
20th Happy Anniversary
http://www.baihong-to.hk
+852 30717733
+852 30717734
We received a brochure in the mail from BaiHong, but the website address was direct to http://www.baihong-to.hk with phone number +852 30717733 and +852 30717734. This was a Hong Kong brochure scratch off as well claiming that we won USD 160,000.00. When my family called, the agent said he was going to pass it along to his "manager." When my family said they would think about this to make sure they’re legitimate. the manager got furious and claimed why would you need to think about this. He seemed rushed and flustered at the fact we would question if this was real or not.
I received a USD $190 000 second prize scratchie from one wish tourism. Spoke with Matthew Keh in Malaysia and Mr Hudson in Hong Kong from William and Millers LTD (sponsor). Asked for USD$3610 and recieve USD$3510 refundfor legal and admin fees. They took so much of my time. Total scam.
i received a broucher from take my hand tourism.. with 2 scratch tickets, 1 of them say USD$190,000.00 I spoke with Matthew Keh in Malaysia today, he asked me to scan the ticket with my photo id and email it to him. I did this, he said he will call me on Monday.. knew it was too good to be true… I had a phone call a while back, survey questions, they said I would be in the draw to win some money.. when i received this broucher I figured it was from them.. I am super sceptical of anything that says I win anything.. I have never been lucky enough to win anything.. lol
I have been scammed. A company, Rapid Fly Holiday, in Kuala Lumpur, sent a letter to me with a glossy brochure and 2 scratch vouchers. One said I had won 2nd prize of USD $190,000. I rang Teddy Goh from Rapid Fly Holiday on the telephone number in the brochure, who asked me to email to him a copy of the winning ticket and then confirmed that it was the winning ticket. He said the sponsor, Larry & Tom Holdings, would need ID, which I did. Then I had to pay a bank fee of USD $3420 that I had to pay to a Chinese man in Hong Kong who would pay it to the bank. I was told by an Ethan Lim, the supposed operations manager at Larry & Tom Holdings that the Chinese man was the accountant at Larry & Tom Holdings and that it was all above board.
I was then told there was a problem as I was not a member of Larry & Tom Holdings and the prize was only for the members. I said I still had the winning ticket and they then said they would honour the prize as long as I became a temporary member for USD $8,000 which I was told was refundable after I received the prize money and then a further USD $8,000 for the annual fee.
Finally, I was telephoned by someone claiming they were from the bank in Hong Kong that I had to pay some further fee of USD $12,000. Larry & Tom Holdings have a very professional website that looks like it is a substantial company. I found out later there were over 20 companies with different names but all with the same website, photos etc. The same went for Rapid Fly Holiday. Once someone has been scammed they close the telephone number and then reuse the business model using a new company name, address and telephone number and, no doubt, new names for themselves so that the scammed person cannot contact them.
I ‘won’ the same 2nd prize of $190,000USD through Light the World Vacations. Again, a very professional job. The contact name was the same as mentioned below (Roman Tan) and the contact in Hong Kong was Edmund Tang from Loraine & Laura Holdings. Same as below. Have to be a tax in HK before the money can be released.
Latest name is lifetimeadventuretour. New names Grayson Cheah, claims manager, and Ethan Lim, Hill and Walker Holdings, Hong Kong. Same scam!
Received from Malaysia two scratch tickets from "Be Prepared Holiday" one valued at USD190K. Can’t find them or their sponsors on the internet. Bank advised me of the scam before it went pear shaped.
I also "WON" USD $190,000.00 from Million Reason Holiday, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, very little information on the scratch card and hardly any on the web site. Received 2 tickets in the post little, sent them an email but again if its too good to be true it normally is! I wonder if the sponsors they listed on their scratch cards know they are being used for a scam MARTIN & WOODS HOLDINGS SEAGATE, PENSONIC and TRIP ADVISOR
Yes I won 190,000 USD in a Scratch & Win lottery too – Strong Vine Travel.
I have just recently been to Malaysia so thought someone from there sent it to me – ha ha
Just won usd190,000 NOT!—disguised as Strong Vine Travel now!
Classy looking Misty Moon Tourism brochure, with two scratchy cards, one worth $200,000, arrived in the mail today. Oh well, I had fun mentally spending the money for about two seconds before the penny dropped. At least I can pass the pretty stamps on the envelope on to the lady in the local RSPCA who collects them.
watch out for stone talent travel same thing $190.000 USD winnings and they require information and ID. tell you what though the website and brochure looked the part. including trip adviser as a sponsor …… Oliver Lim is apparently the contact name.
Almost got sucked in they are now Stone Talent Travel
Just received a glossy brochure from Spin It Vacation- Looks the real deal, but I was suspicious from the start.
The Brochure has the same format as others I have seen here, but the photos are different.
We won $190,000 USD – really!!!!!
The brochure lacks do much in the way of information that one would think is necessary for a legit lottery or giveaway.
Its a pity they are in Malaysia, otherwise I would string this along and let the Government catch the b………….ds.
I would really love it if I could ‘Spin’ It to them
WOW just won 2nd prize USD 190,000 on a scratchie from VOICE IN HOLIDAY in Malaysia. Pity it’s a scam, oh well one more for the bin.
Winner winner chicken dinner $190k usd from Starline Travelling, whos a lucky boy. How they got my info I dont know but who cares im rich. Gary lau is my new favourite person and I think when I get my winnings im going to go pay him a visit and shout him a beer.
Maybe scum but got to give them credit great looking brochure, scratches and just enough on their website to be convincing. Had ticket for weeks but bored today so thought Id have some fun. Found a website to make a free international call and spoke to Gary in claims. Very professional sounding on the phone, can see why been at it for sometime. Got my ticket information and had to confirm so called back 10 mins later. Next step was to take pics of envelope, scratches front and back with details filled out and of course they want photo id (which I sent just a little modified lol) to [email protected].
Going to string them along for as long as I can.
Stay safe peps.
Received a similar letter from Bright Edition Travel with 2 scratchies, one offering 2nd prize of USD 190,000. Spoke to Roman Tan and googled his name and found this site. Had to be a scam!
ignore!
Its a scam.
I also won $190,000 but the website rapflyholiday does not look legit at all.
I emailed for further details on how to claim, I suspect it will tell me to pay taxes in order to receive the imaginary money.
hope nobody actually falls for this, its everywhere!!
As below 2 scratchies and guess what I won $190000.
Same scam different name "bubble edition holiday".
Googled website ,looks professional but nothing like a legitimate travel website.
I’ll buy a lotto ticket instead the odds of winning will be better …
beware of the SuperCell Holiday!!!! Scam!
yes we got well nearly sucked in by bobby chong two years ago when they asked me to send the money i told them to send it and i promised to send it back didnt happen and after a lot of back and forth from us trying to make them pay i let it go. funny because we won again earlier this month nearly the same details so we laughed i am going to frame the tickets because it really the nearest we get to winning. bloody tossers
Same scam new name .. this time Top One Vacation, and Mark and Melvin Limited as the sponsor .. Contact no.: +6011 53519242 and
+6011 53519243 Email: [email protected] web: http://www.toponevacation.com
I’ve received a variant of this, with the name "technology rapid holiday", and website http://www.technologyrapidholiday.com
The scratchie claims to be a 2nd prize of $190,000
Yeap just got the same thing. Track your travel is the name of the company. Won 2nd prize 190,000 USD. If only it was real hahaha
Add Roman Tan @ Technology Rapid Travel – http://www.technologyrapidtravel.com. 13th Anniversary, won 2nd prize of USD190k. Thought it looked fishy when nothing came up on a google search. Then searched ‘scam holiday malaysia’. Just looked too good to be true – and it was..
Just received 2 fake scratch cards and glossy brochure from a company called Starline Travelling and yes I got second prize of $190,000 US!…contact in Kuala Lumpur was Roman Tan. Knew pretty much from the word go it was a scam and sure enough was told I needed to pay court fees to get my prize money released, please pass it on. Holding company in Hong Kong who were going to pay me were Kyler and Keaton, the number I was given to contact them was the same as advertised on their website and the contact there was Mr Samuel Khoo.
PLEASE put this up on your site to warn others!
I too have just received a seemingly legitimate letter and brochure from Osis World Holiday – and ”one of two second prizes’ ; US $ 190,000. The little trip advisor emblem also pulled me in. Both Trip Adviser and King&Ken, legitimate Hong Kong based financiers who are named as sponsors need to be aware that they are being used for this scam.
I just won!!! 2nd prize USD190,000 with Osis World Holidays, It does kinda pull you in a bit, because on the back of the card one of the sponsors is Tripadvisor. An app I think I used last year whilst travelling. Never mind, thank God for these scam alert webs sites!
Take care, everybody!
Same scam July 2017 – OSIS WORLD HOLIDAY – Second Prize US$190K – very professional website
I received one of these scams yesterday. It was a scratchie for second prize of USD$190,000. The name of the "travel company" was "Underworld Holiday" .. a funny-peculiar name since these folks do inhabit the underworld of the internet. Looking critically at the website, it is intially impressive with lots of quality scenery photos, an animated display of more pretty prictures, and quite a few pages of the holidays on offer as well as lengthy sales blurbs that read fairly well at a glance but actually have no real information. ALl the tours advertised have no details – only the line "contact us for more information" . There are no detailed itineraries, dates or customer reviews. The cash prizes are allegedly sponsored by a firm called "Nick & Johnson Limited" which is actually a bona fide financial company in Hong Kong which I suspect has no real connection to the scammers and perhaps is not aware that their name is being used to give the appearance of legitimacy to the scam. The scratchie cards and the accompanying brochure are of a professional quality. Applying the principle that "if it looks too good to be true then it usually _is_ too good to be true", I searched for scam reports and found this page.
Just Cruise Holiday (Malaysia), same scam as others.
Wheatland travel is the latest, same story as everyone below. Only got to the stage of talking with ROMAN TAN to send copy’s of winning ticket, envelope and ID. Thanks to this website
My thought is if there is someone that can send him a virus to say thanks. his email address is [email protected]
Fun Garden Travel from Malaysia, 2nd prize USD190,000. When you go to their website, the address and phone numbers are matching, they seem to be a travel agency offering various trips within Malaysia.
Another Festira Holiday scratchie winner! USD190,000. Scammers are so low. I just wish they would get caught and jailed.
The latest is Wheatland Travel. Same MO as all previous comments. Targeting Australia out of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Scary thing is that they must actually score off of some poor believing souls. Be wary of calling them as the numbers can also be a rip. Refer Aus Gov site: https://www.scamwatch.gov.au/types-of-scams/unexpected-winnings/unexpected-prize-lottery-scams. Re. To claim your prize, you will be asked to pay a fee. Scammers will often say these fees are for insurance costs, government taxes, bank fees or courier charges. The scammers make money by continually collecting these fees from you and stalling the payment of your winnings.
Alternatively the scammer will collect a premium rate on the phone number you are asked to dial (usually starting with 190). They will try to keep you on the line for a long time in order to clock up a hefty charge, and may even ask you to call a second premium rate number.
It’s a foul swamp out there.
It looks like Gary Lau is a busy man. He’s also working in the Claims Dept of Fancy Flight Tourism who have generously sent me a winning ticket to the value of 190,000USD. Maybe the fact that he’s working for so many companies explains why he’s too busy to reply to my recent emails which I may or may not be sending to string him along and tie up his time.
I am so glad I found this site. Just another add-on to the list of fake travel agencies: Island Dream Holiday.
Same story, received 2 scratch-and-win tickets in the mail. One of them claiming I’ve won USD 190,000.
Festira Holiday, fake scratchy Roman Tan & King & Jerry Holdings lol Joseph Chong, how low can these guys go.
Now the scam operates as "Like A Bird Tour" brochure, beware!
Supercell holiday, is their new name….
My dad "won" on a $190,000 scratchie from Rush Hour Tour (with Denzel & Blake Holdings). Same "13th anniversary" BS.
Now posing as Get A Way Tourism
US $190,000 sctatchie prize .
Haven’t bothered to go any further as not a genuine Malaysian registered travel agency.
Goes by the name of Gary Lau.
His e-mail – gary.lau@ getawaytourism.com
And another name, received from ELITE TRAVELLING, Malaysia for their 13th Anniversary. Special complimentary scratch & win tickets. Platinum sponsor Mathew & Melvin Holdings. Had to smile at that name as it must have come from the same person who thought up Jack & Jones Holdings. I received 2 envelopes and both surprise surprise had a winning 2nd prize tickets for $190,000 USD. Same serial/bar codes on both tickets ie: ER12351232 and 9 122860 564754.
Received from RUSH HOUR TOUR, MALAYSIA their 13th Anniversary Scratch & Win complimentary tickets and guess what, I won US$190,000! All very professional I must say and had me thinking! But after doing some research, came across this website and as suspected, a scam! Can’t believe how professional the flyer and tickets are including Even Rush Hour Tour website! Bernard, you can Rush Hour Tour to your list!
Similar story to Rosy, 29 May 2017.In this case ‘Travel company’ is Airborne Travelling Kuala Lumpur (Claims Manager Gary Lau.). Hong Kong sponsor link is Eden & Ken Holdings (Carter Lee). Require personal details plus money for Hong Kong Government to release prize. Glossy brochure, 13th Anniversary etc, opening office in Sydney
These scum bags bank details are:
1) Beneficiary Name: Yap Kar Chun
Address: lakefront apartment, 11/F, 11-02, Tonghe Lu, Baiyun District, Guangzhou City, China
Bank Name: China Merchants Bank
Account Number: 6214832018318993
2) Beneficiary Name: Ong Sze Mei
Address: castle peak apartments 26/F, 2601 Huating Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou City, China
Bank Name: Agricultural Bank of China
Account Number: 6228480086822270772
3)Beneficiary Name: Ting Chong Chung
Address: royal harbor apartment, 17/F, 1708, Linjing Da Dao, Zhujiang New Town, Tianhe District, Guangzhou City, China
Bank Name: Agricultural Bank of china
Account Number: 6228480086826899576
4) Beneficiary Name: chong kai shien
Address: Xin He Pu, 15/F, 156 Meihua Lu, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou City, China
Bank Name: Agricultural Bank of china
Account Number:6228480086755070371
5) Beneficiary Name: Barnabas Wong kah hui
Address: Dan Executive Apartments 12/F, 1203 Haian Lu, Zhujiang New Town, Tianhe District, Guangzhou City, China
Bank Name: Agricultural Bank of china
Account Number:6228270081229104678
i received a letter from Malaysia from a so called company called Urban Oasis Vacation. The so called sponsor is called Carter & Scarlett Limited based in Hong Kong.
The scum bags names are Jack Goh, Simon Fong, Jonathan Khoo and Johny Tong
These guys are based in main land china and they bank with The Agricultural Bank of China.
i received a letter from Malaysia from a so called company called Urban Oasis Vacation. The so called sponsor is called Carter & Scarlett Limited based in Hong Kong.
The scum bags names are Jack Goh, Simon Fong, Jonathan Khoo and Johny Tong
These guys are based in main land china and they bank with The Agricultural Bank of China.
the exact the same scam that Steve described
was tried on me. Roman Tan from water flow tours and Ethan Lim from Jessica and James Holdings. Luckily my daughter found this site.
Thanks Jan for all that info. I thought this is just too good to be true but it looked very professional. Dominic Chock is supposed to ring me today. This is the lowest of low when they target people who are really battling and try to rip them off.
I just attempted to compile a list from the comments below and gave up. They are relentless!! If enough people are aware of the scam – the money they outlay to look so ‘professional’ will hopefully send them broke. Here’s a portion of the list to make the search easier for future victims…
FAKE TOUR COMPANY NAMES
Frozen Heart Tour
Blue Silk Tours 13th Anniversary
Life Support Vacation
Little Talks Vacation
White Winter Vacation
White Hunter Vacation
Humble and Kind Holiday
Fancy Flight Tourism
Like a Bird Tour
Royal Union Holiday
Safari Island Travel
Raise Your Glass Tourism
You Was Right Tourism (…this one made me laugh!)
Carefreeness Always Tour (…so did this!)
Moon River Vacation
Lovely One Vacation
Make Believe Holiday 13th Anniversary
Pearl Legend Holidays
Perfect Sunshine Holidays
Oriental Fantasia Travel
Jumbo Happiness Holiday
Altagreen Vacation
The Rise Holiday
Glory Sunshine Holidays
Urban Oasis Vacation
Cristallo Vacation
Garden Vista Holiday
Tribal Glory
Tropika West Holiday
The Cascadia Tour
Royal Succession Tour
Amazing Dolphin Tours Malaysia
One Achiever Holiday
Platinum Empire Holiday
Top Hills Vacation
Tribal Glory Tour
Cheerful Star Vacation
Eastern Surprise Tour
Great Leap Vacation
Top Act Holiday
Spirit Star
Marine Blue Tour
Ripple Bay Vacation
Treasure Crest Travel
Principal Garden Travel
Flamingo Valley Travel
The Metropolitan Travel
The Minton Holiday
SO CALLED INVESTORS / SPONSORS
Jessi and Robin Limited
Jack and Jones Holdings
Calvin and Gates Holdings
Pearson and May Holdings
Watson and Gray Limited
Walker and Kelly Holdings
Leonard and Harrison Limited
Jason and Victoria Holdings
Carter and Scarlett
Hunter and Lilian Limited
Ben and Watson
Cody and Lance Holdings
PROFESSIONAL-SOUNDING, FRIENDLY SCUM
Dominic Chock
Victor Chock
Gary Lau
Matthew Keh
Ben Keh
Roman Tan
Joseph Chong
Desmond Chong
Bobby Chong
Cater Lee
Simon Fong
Rinky Lok
Jack Goh
Oliver Lim
Kelvin Doo
Alexander Ma
Morgan Choo
Henry Tan
Peter Lee
Jack Pru
Chong Jia
Lai Jooean
Tan Sze Yan
Wong Kim Soon
Low Kar Wai
Watson Lui
Look out for Frozen Heart Tour as well. Two scratch tickets, one with US$190.000. Funny how they all seem to be 13th Anniversary prizes. Almost got us too. Lucky I found this page. We had the very lovely Dominic Chock as well. Be interesting to hear what he has to say when he’s supposed to call tomorrow.
Similar story,,,glossy brochure 2 scratchies 1 winner $190,000 usd,had a laugh but decided to pursue the matter.Very impressed with the work these crooks do,brochure believable,the website bluesilktours seemed genuine,even the promotion guy name roman tan was pleasant to chat with..but too good to be true.I sent a pic of the ticket plus the envelope also my drivers licence but covered the number just in case.Was waiting for the penny to drop,a reqeust for a payment..tax..processing but this was never asked for.The last i heard ROMAN? was finalising paperwork for a cheque to be sent,i am not maxing my credit cars in the meantime.Very clever these scammers,but they assume we are dumb and greedy,i am neither,but it was an interesting week dreaming of my new found wealth.
Like Garry and Rosy, I too received a US$190,000 2nd prize winning ticket from a Malaysian travel company called "Blue Silk Tours" celebrating their 13th Anniversary. It also came in an envelope with a Malaysian stamp on it. I had been to Malaysia so my initial thought was that it was sent to me as a past client. I also left the ticket for a couple of days thinking it was too good to be true, but at the same time it was too good to ignore and all looked very professional. I checked out the website which looked above board (I’ve since looked again, and realise now how little depth it has to it), then I emailed the address provided. I was also asked to contact the claim department or provide a phone number and they will call me. I spoke to a guy called Donimic Chock who also confirmed the promotion was genuine and that I didn’t need to purchase anything, but needed to verify the ticket before he could process a claim for my winnings with their sponsor company "Jack and Jones Holdings". He then asked me to scan the winning ticket, the envelope and ID and email them to him. He told me upon receiving the documents, he would get the IT department to verify the ticket and call me back. At this point my daughter did a thorough check and revealed the hoax on several websites. I kept it going for a few days with emails and phone calls to see if I could get more information to report but got jack of that today and told him what I had found out and that he disgusted me preying on people like that. He denied it for a while so I told him he has my address… feel free to send the cheque, then he told me I was confusing him before I heard a voice in the background and he hung up. Good riddance Dominic Chock, Gary Lau, Matthew Keh or whatever fake names these crooks use.
Another one! Beware of Little Talks Vacation!
Now it’s Life Support Vacation. Beware of these scammers!!!
I’m so pleased to have found this website.
I too received a nice US$190,000 2nd prize winning ticket from a Malaysian travel company called White Winter Vacation. It came in an envelope with Malaysian stamp on it about 4 weeks ago. I was puzzled to see the envelope as I had nothing to do with Malaysia so far in my life. Anyway, when I revealed a winning ticket, I thought this was too good to be true – I had done nothing to win such a big prize?! I left the ticket there for a couple of days and then decided to send an email to the address provided. I was asked in the reply to contact the claim department which I did. I spoke to a guy called Gary Lau and asked him if this was genuine. He confirmed it was and congratulated me. He then asked me to scan the winning ticket, the envelope and a non-sensitive ID and email them to him. He told me upon receiving the documents, he would get the IT department to verify the ticket and call me back. I did all that and thought for him to ask me to send a non-sensitive ID, it might not be a scam??
The rest was similar to Christine’s post. I wasn’t a client of the sponsor (Jessi & Robin Ltd in HK), I was mistakenly sent the wrong ticket, he and his manager were to have a conference call with the sponsor and fight for me, bla bla bla. After many phone calls and me promising to keep everything secret, we started to explore some details, eg appearing at the opening ceremony of their new office in Sydney, and the method of receiving the prize etc. The last thing to be done before the money is wired to me is that I need to speak to the Operations Manager from the sponsor to do the last bit of verification and provide some details. He was to make an appointment for me with the manager and call me back and I had to call the manager during the appointment time as he is very very busy!
A week passed, Gary didn’t call me back. I called and was told he had emergency leave. Another week gone, I called again and Gary said he was still trying to make the appointment for me. He’d call me when he had one. One more week later (yesterday), I called Gary again, I was told he had resigned from the company. When I asked to speak to someone in his office, I was put through a number and it just kept ringing for 2-3 minutes without being answered. When I called again, there was no answer.
I do not think I will ever hear from Gary and his company again but I don’t understand what they spend so much time and effort for. As so far they haven’t asked me for any money. The only thing they asked from me about me is the non-sensitive ID which is my union membership card.
Here is another one "Humble and kind holiday 13 anniversary 2 nd prize $190000us
Just got sucked in by this today, thankfully a friend found this site for me, we were offered a family trip to Malaysia in lew of 2nd cash prize "because unfortunately we were wrongly sent out the tickets, we are not a client of the sponsors" who are now by the way Calvin and Gates Holdings.
This brochure is from Little talks vacation
And the good old Matthew keh is my on stop pain in the arse , I can’t understand him 80% of the time anyways. I asked him every phone call if he was scamming me. Bastard… anyways,same story as the rest of you, had a conference call with sponser and I fought for them to honour it blah blah blah. Discreet, sign an agreement to never speak of it. Get back to you tomorrow to organise paper work etc.
How the hell do they make money off the scam with spending 5 days ringing back and forward before they hit u up for money. Well I think I’ll just let it ring out till he gets sick of calling ????
Same deal,different scam name.’likeabirdtour’,13th anniversary glossy promotional package with 2 scratchies,one a ‘thank you’,the other a US190K ‘2nd prize’.Matthew Keh’s name comes up again .
Envelope posted 12/5.I checked some some scam websites,but my search was too specific,using the
‘likeabirdtour’,rather than Malaysian travel scam,I found nothing to indicate this was a scam,other than
the voice of reason going ‘if it looks too good to be true,it probably is’,I managed to suspend disbelief
long enough to get really excited,and send a copy of my drivers license.My biggest concern now is they now
have my name,street address,verified email address,2 phone numbers,occupation,and license information.No
money or banking details,but more than enough for identity theft.Fuck them.
And another one. "Raise Your Glass Tourism", 13th anniversary. Nice brochure in the mail, addressed to me personally, posted in Malaysia. Two scratch tickets inside, one of them winning me 2nd prize of US$190,000. Yeah, right!
Yesterday I received a scratch card from Royal Union Holiday in Malaysia. Won 2nd prize USD 190 000 .Yes no starting or closing date and requested to send copies of ticket and drivers licence.
After reading all these comments they will not be hearing from me again.
Im in Australia and just received this scam. The company was Fancy Flight Tourism. Two scratch tickets, one winning USD $190,000. Got excited even though I knew it was a scam haha. Website was well done. All looks semi legit, but prize pool too big for the number of tickets. And all unsolicited. So I went searching and found this site, thanks. I emailed the company via the website. Got an email back saying call the claims department or give them my number they will call me. Debated having a bit of fun then decided why bother, marked the email as spam and will post my winning ticket on FB for kicks.
Received "winning ticket" this morning (18th May, 2017) for Safari Island Travel 13th Anniversary in Malaysia. 2nd prize USD 190,000.00. No starting or closing date. Must pay taxes or other mandatory charges. If I’ve won they can deduct the charges from my cheque. I don’t think I’ll be hearing from them again.
Another one to add to the list, and to watch out for is " You Was Right Tourism". Same deal as other posts on this site!
Same scam Moon River Vacation 13th anniversary – 2nd prize 190,000,00 contacted via email re prize replied asked me to call office or provide a contact number for them to call. received call from Matthew Keh with email [email protected]. told to scan winning card and send licence id for verification.
Decided to search for scams and found this page
Another one not sucked in
These people are the scum of the earth – if it sounds too good to be true it is don’t be a victim
Couple of weeks back i came home from a long days work to find a fancy envelope that looked rather convincing thought id open it to see what it was about. I came across phrases which were intriguing so i read on till i saw a phenomenal outcome of $190000 usd winner. I figured thoroughly and tryed to understand how to this accomplishment came to be so i called the number provided as there were two different numbers. The receptionist answered and i told him about the prize with a puzzled tone he responded "oh yes. I will put you on the line, please wait sir". I waited patiently and came across an broken english Malaysian or what ever. So i went along they asked for my details and ect i reluctantly gave my details away. They told me that i wasnt a qualified client and told me that they dont know how i got the ticket. As i formed a suspicion they told me that they are going to provide the prize therefore id have to be completely and utterly discrete about it. So i did what they said the following they i had an appointment with joseph chong in regarding the winning ticket. The things that joseph chong said were completely different to the malaysian. I said to myself maybe its because they arent the same company. Joseph chong told me that id have to pay a deposit to the government of hong kong in order to obtain my prize this ammount was $7000 usd half was to be paid by the operator. So i asked them why do i have to pay deposit when im the winner of $190000 usd he said its a part of the hong kong law to give out lotteries that surpass 1 million hong kong currency i said fair enough so i looked for the money asked my friend to give me the amount and he gave it gladly. The next day i didnt go work because i wanted to claim the money and move on. I had a meeting with my mate and i discussed this topic he was interested untill i said they want a total deposit of $5000 aud at that moment he replied with "its a scam" i didnt want to believe him because didnt want a fortune to slip by. We went to a fishin chips shop he told me to research it and i did only to find it being a scam then the perpetrator called me again to see if i got the money at that moment i lost my senses and i went ballistic for about 22 minutes i told him if we ever breath the same air be sure that i would slit your throat and pour acid over it.
I got 2nd prize in the Lovely One 13th Lottery prize too.
Yay…these guys are very good and convincing! I looked on scam websites, did a google search for their address and phone number. Yep All came up Kosher.
Many, many phone calls later, with no mention of money being sent, they had me almost sucked in.
I spoke to Desmond Chong of Lovely One Vacation …..a lovely polite caring man…..he assured me it wasn’t a scam. So I followed instructions and sent copies of the tickets, envelope and my D/L to clarify I was the qualified recipient. Name and Address matched etc.
Great …yep I was the winner.
Had to ring their sponsor in Hong Kong Mr Cater Lee. Once again very pleasant man.
He rang me probably 5 times over the course of the day because we kept getting cut off.
Still no mention of me sending any money!
Had to sign a disclosure statement from a company calling themselves Watson and Gray ( http://www.watsongraylimited.com) because they were awarding me the prize even though I was not a member or investor in their financial company. He told me that I was sent the ticket by mistake but they are still honouring it. Still no mention of me paying anything. I queried the disclosure letter as there was a spelling mistake consistently all the way through and that was their name Gray. It was spelt Gary. He said he was not aware of that so he will send me another one.
Then came the next phone call telling me that lottery payments over 1million Hong Kong dollars have to be cleared by the courts and that his company and myself have to pay $3,186 usd to lodge the application to release the money to my bank in SA.
I told him I did not have that money and he told me that that was law.
He also told me it would be quicker and easier if I went to the court myself in Hong Kong and lodged the fully refundable fee on payment of the lottery monies in person.
I told him I could not come but my son in law who is an International Lawyer ( yes he is), could come on my behalf. Well he embraced that suggestion and said he would be welcome to meet with their lawyers before going to court.
I was constantly checking to see if this was a scam , but everything he was telling me kept coming up trumps.
I was so excited , until I got a call from Desmond Chong in Malaysia on Saturday saying ,Mr Carter in Hong Kong said Me or my son in law, had to come to Hong Kong next week as the courts had been booked.
When I told him I couldn’t he said well if you don’t your prize will be forfeited.
Warning bells started REALLY ringing then and so I kept putting differen questions into Google and that is how I came upon this page!
These guys are real good because they sucked me in to 99%. I always had a nagging feeling that it was just ‘too good to be true!’
What I don’t understand is that all the phone calls must have cost them a fortune. They must be making money some how! Friggin scumbags.
Lovely One Vacation looks the same
Similar problem as Loris and Joy: Ridiculously named "Carefreeness Always Tour" sent me sent me two scratchy ticket — one a "Thank You", and the other (second prize USD of $190,000). I emailed the sponsors, Pearson & May Holdings, Phihong, GIONEE, and Dimho, and none of them have emailed me back to tell me whether they are sponsors. It’s an elaborate scam — All their websites are set up to make the whole operation look legitimate and believable.
Same brochure and scratchies, different name – Make Believe Holiday 13th Anniversary. Wow we’ve won US$190,000!!!! Would be fantastic if only it were true.
Pearl Legend Holidays apparently sent me a scrathy ticket (2 actually), a thank you on the first and second prize of $190,000 USD on the other, nice brochure, clever website like all the comments, website got me wondering when there was no way to book any of there holidays and they used other peoples travel videos as promotion. Another clever con. Watch out.
I received a glossy Brochure from Perfect Sunshine Holidays it has 2 scratches in it one saying I have
2nd prize USD 190,000.00.from Kuala Lumpur.
I’m in Australia very glossy brochure SCAM warning to everyone in Australia
Another glossy fake brouch from Kuala Lumpa claiming to celebrate it’s 13th anniversary, under the name "Jumbo Happiness Holiday" with two scratchies. One of them was a second place winner of $190,000USD!
Dominic Chock from Orientalfantasiatravel Tel +6011 2677 0013 and +6011 2677 0014 almost had me conned with his bullshit ticket mailed to my house in Australia for US190,000 second prize from major sponsor Walker & Kelly Holdings Hong Kong, as part of their 13th year anniversary………..bullshit. Seeing how I wasn’t a client they wanted to keep it quiet and he wanted me to speak to Simon Fong from Walker & Kelly Holdings +852 9497 8067. Mr Fong (Mr Wrong) wanted me to pay US3,600 to transfer the money. I played along, couldn’t believe the crap the guy was talking. Be careful of low life dogs like these guys that reinvent themselves all the time. I hope their parents are very proud of them…………*&^%$# scumbags
Got a glossy brochure with the winning second prize ticket this week. From altagreenvacation.
190000usd. Their still scamming and leaving lots of similar website out there. Be on the look out for Matthew Keh and his Hong Kong partner firm Rinky Lok at Leonard and Harrison Limited.
Just received a very glossy travel brochure from Kuala Lumpur from a mob calling themselves Oriental Fantasia Travel. The 2nd scratchie enclosed reveals I have won $US190,000. What a scam!!!
There is a new one out. I have just received it today, nearly a year after the last very "beautifully" made scam. This one is GLORY SUNSHINE HOLIDAYS & 2nd prize is USD190,000.00. AEON AU2 Shopping Center (which actually exists but not the company) Kuala Lumpur Contact: 6011 -2676 3324 & 6011 – 2676 3325 (telephone number has changed). Basically it is the same as last year for White Hunter Vacation but with a few details changed.
I received a glossy brochure by mail and scratch lottery tickets and "won" $175000 US. It was posted from Malaysia.
Add"the rise holiday" travel company to the list and a guy called Matthew Keh, supported by their platinum sponsor "Jason and Victoria Holdings, all nice, expensive and well constructed web sites, glossy brochures and the like.
Beware of a new one, Urban Oasis Vacation from Pulau Penang in Malaysia. Same thing, winning scratchie for their 12th fake anniversary. I sent my bank account like a stupid person, but I don’t think they have all the details to make damage – I hope.
Just received a very professional travel brochure with two complementary lottery tickets from The Cristallo Vacation. One of the tickets had a 2nd prize of USD $180,000.00. I did email them with my details, but didn’t call them, as I have found this page, and they have not called me back. I have reported them to these guys:
https://www.scamwatch.gov.au/
If it looks too good to be true, it probably is! Very slick operation by the look of it.
Seems like they’ve changed their name to Urban Oasis Vacation and the principle sponsor is Carter & Scarlett. Who seriously receives $180,000.00USD from a scratchy prize.
I have received 2 scratch & win tickets from Garden Vista Holiday. One is a winning ticket. Is this a scam?
Yeah…just got it all today…now they are going as The Cristallo Vacation with principal sponsor Hunter & Lilian Limited. In hong kong ofcourse. 2 nice glossy tickets one of the US $180,000.00. Rang them & call details are as I have been reading…almost to last detail. I got sucked in…gave them a few details…BSB & Acc no. & my drivers instructions Lic. No real damage done. They are very very convincing. Scumbag fuckers..can’t believe I almost got sucked in…but too good to be true & found this site. I’ll call good ol Jack Goh (operations manager at Hunter & Lilian) on Monday at 11.30…must be 11.30…very busy man you know. Gunna have some fun with…good ol Jack.
Contact name from claims depth. is Oliver Lim…very convincing but same scam as I have been reading..was a non member but we’ll bend the rules as long as u sign a non disclosure doc. very hush hush because mailing dept. made a mistake…apparently I’m not a member but I am a guest…I should have only got the glossy brochure…lucky me eh.
Can’t believe I fell for this…fuckers
I spoke to a man called Desmond Chong on the phone congratulating me on winning 180K USD. And i emailed him a copy of the winning ticket along with the enevelop Address to me and my drivers license (identification).
I feel silly now I found out this is a scam.
Yep! Same scam (different names).Arrived today; winning scratchie tickets for US$180K under the name of ‘Principal Garden Travel’…maybe more appropriately ‘Unprincipled Garden Path Tours’! Why can’t these vermin be trapped and put away?
Yeah….now there’re calling themselves "The Cristallo Vacation" sponsored by Hunter & Lilian Limited in hong kong..very smooth operaters. 2 tickets 2nd prize $180k US wow…I’m rich. NOT
Going to ring this scumbag (Jack Goh..operation manager) on Monday. ..Gunna have a bit of fun with the scum…got to admit…almost sucked in. Bunch of low life fuckers…trust no-one EVER
[Quote]Spirit star scam physical cruise taproot cards spirit star scam[/quote] May be incidental post. Got the Tribal Glory, too! Definitely be on the lookout for these. SCAM ALERT!!
Hi guys Is there any place to report this crime in Australia? Ohh my god it looks like I’ve been trapped by those scams
Tribal glory is a scammer together with the clifford beware everyone
Spirit star scam physical cruise taproot cards spirit star scam
SCAM WARNING: Just received two very professional looking lottery tickets that after scratching revealed that I had won US$180,000. The company was Marine Blue Tour.
Yes…… I have supposedly won US$180,000. Received brochure and 2 tickets from Ripple Bay Vacation some 3 weeks ago. Alarm bells rang and I held off calling them until this morning. Rang and spoke to a Kelvin Doo who asked me to send a scanned ticket to confirm it was genuine and the Envelope plus my identification to confirm my identity. Asked for my mobile number as well. Just as well that I checked on your website. I am not sending them any information. Will wait and see how far they go with this! My motto: If it is too good to be true, chances are you are right!
We are P.A. Associates International based in HK and would like to link up with Garry. We have our.own Mainland investigators and would be more than happy to liaise with you on how bes to put a stop to these scam artists.
http://www.hkinvestigators.com
2nd prize 180k
From kuala lumpur to darwin
http://Www.themetropolitantravel.com
Agents ben snd watson
Beware aussies
Treasure crest travel
Victor Chock
Feeling stupid ……. fortunately alarm bells rang before I gave them any info
Yep Ive been scammed !!!!!!
By mail A ben keh flamingovalleytravel (VERY PROFESSIONAL BROCHURE ) I recieved 2xscratchie tickets looks very authentic but is not also i supposedly won US$180000 very clever by not asking for money but wanting me to go to a store opening in Australia in Melbourne 2017.
Had to authenticate my ticket and verify who I was AND TO WAIT FOR THE SPONSORS TO CALL ASKED ME TO BE DISCREET KEEP MY TICKET IN A SAFE PLACE BLAH BLAH ETC ETC Would have been wonderful seeing that im in financial hardship like many other Australians but stay grounded everybody too many scams trying to rip off the little people .
I just received one of these in the mail in Australia. Putting the details here so hopefully if someone else googles it they realise it’s a scam. I "won" $180,000 USD.
Mine came from Tropika West Holiday , apparently it’s their 12th anniversary….
Address details on this one are:
Address: No. 2 Jalan Burung Pcung Bukit Maluri, 52100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tel: +6011 1437 5215 / +6011 – 1437 5216
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.tropikawestholiday.com
Yesterday I received the glossy brochure with 2 scratchy cards from Flamingo Valley Travel, sponsored by Felix & Clayton Holdings, of course, I won USD $180,000. I did not send money or make contact. Address given: Flamingo Valley Travel, No. 32, Jalan Padang Belia Off Jalan Brickfields, 50470 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Contact: +6011 2620 5681 / +6011 2620 5682
Email: info@flamingovalleytravel.
Web: http://www.flamingovalleytravel.
I hope you catch these bastards!!!!
I received the ‘winning’ scratch ticket [$180,000 second prize] from ‘The Cascadia Tour’ and when I made the phone call was put on to Morris Cheah [[email protected]]. He made several calls to me, [he would never send/reply emails], asking many questions relating to my ID, ["to make sure they are paying the money to the correct person"]
I think I gave too much info, but not my bank details nor passport copy/info. After I told him that his name appears online reporting what he is doing as a scam, he denied it all and said he would never ask me to pay money. He has not phoned me since, [155h December 2016]. Very convincing scam-artist. I’m really lucky he was exposed on the internet.
Alastair Henderson
INTERNATIONAL FRAUD ALERT!!!
Australians are receiving packages in the mail from Malaysia and being victimised. The package contains a well-designed “Ripple Bay Vacation” travel brochure and two 12th Anniversary scratch and win tickets offering complimentary lottery prizes to celebrate a new investment opportunity. The scratch tickets reveal a “Thank You" and a "2nd prize of US$180,000". DO NOT BE FOOLED, this glossy travel brochure and barcoded tickets look legitimate, but I can assure you they are not! The fake travel agent “Ripple Bay Vacations” even have what appears to be a legitimate website (www.ripplebayvacation.com) and so does their platinum sponsor “Cody & Lance Holdings” (http://codylanceholdings.com/english_version/index.html). These scammers change the name of the travel company and sponsors constantly, so it doesn’t appear initially on a google or scam search; some of these include: Ripple Bay Vacation, Tropika West Holiday, The Cascadia Tour, Flamingo Valley Travel, Royal Succession Tour, Amazing Dolphin Tours Malaysia, One Achiever Holiday, Platinum Empire Holiday, Top Hills Vacation, Tribal Glory Tour, Cheerful Star Vacation, Eastern Surprise Tour, Great Leap Vacation, Top Act Holiday etc.
NOTE: These con artists insist that you are to be discreet and confidential about your prize-winning/claiming as they do not wish to receive any complaints from any of their clients about them sending a major prize to you. You are told NOT TO DISCUSS THIS WITH ANYONE, even your family members or close friends.
The scam proceeds as follows:
• Winner contacts company via phone (+6016 361 1342) to claim their prize – call answered by a travel agent and transferred to the claims department and speak to a consultant “Ben Keh”.
• You must provide them with the barcode number on the winning ticket so it can be verified. They call you back on a private number.
• Winner is to provide a copy of their drivers licence and a photo of the winning ticket for authenticity.
• They claim that you are not a member of their company and you shouldn’t have received the tickets.
• They create time delays to supposedly negotiate your unique situation between the travel company and the operations manager “Alexander Ma” from the sponsor Cody & Lance Holdings.
• They offer to give you the 4th prize of the Star Cruise in consolidation. The representative from Ripple Bay supposedly fights the decision in a number of “meetings” and eventually they decide to honour the prize.
• The sponsor does not require you to sign up as a member in order to claim the prize. You are told that after the operation manager has verified you as the second prize winner the sponsor will release the prize to you by wire transfer/direct transfer.
• You are then required to provide them with your bank details (NOTE: These scammers have not asked you for any money at this point).
• After five days of scheming (usually on a Friday), the winner is informed there is a US$3,600 government tax (4% security deposit) to be paid by each party for a “Letter of Authorisation” from the Hong Kong Court before the proceeds can be released. The recipient just has to send the other half by wire transfer to China.
• Supposedly after the transaction is made, the Letter of Authorization is issued and you will receive the funds within 24-72 hours.
DO NOT RELEASE ANY FUNDS TO ANY INTERNATIONAL COMPANY UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE AS THIS IS FRAUD!!!! YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE ANY MONEY!!!
Here are some names of the con artists in most these scams:
• Ben Keh – Travel Consultant
• Victor Chock – Travel Consultant
• Alexander Ma – Operations Manager
• Morgan Choo – Operations Manager
• Henry Tan – Subordinate
• Peter Lee – Financial division
• Jack Pru – Lawyer
• Bobby Chong – Promotions Manager
• Chong Jia Rong – Chartered Accountant
• Lai Jooean – Chartered Accountant
• Tan Sze Yan – Chartered Accountant
• Wong Kim Soon – Chartered Accountant
• Low Kar Wai – Chartered Accountant
• Watson Lui – Chartered Accountant
WE NEED TO STOP THESE CRIMINALS!!!
I’ve received two 12th Anniversary scratchie tickets and an accompanying brochure from The Minton Holiday. I have supposedly won $180,000 USD on one of the scratches. The address for the company is No.3 Persiaran Ara Kiri Jalan Bangsar, Lucky Garden, 59200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. They also have a web address: http://www.themintonholiday.com; and an email address: [email protected]. Their telephone numbers are 6011 5125 6542 and 6011 5125 6543. The scratchies are sponsored by Daryl & Clifton Limited, Reliance Communications, KDK and Solar JinKO.
I haven’t contacted the company as I didn’t think it was legitimate.
Further to my comments below, I now know that the scam is headquartered in Guangzhou China. Hong Kong police cannot help anyone that has sent monies as the transaction takes place in mainland China. If you send an email to the following addresses it will be investigated.
As all your money were remitted to the bank accounts opened in the Mainland, there were no offence taken place in Hong Kong. Please report your case thro’ the following website.
The website of Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department (GDPSD) thro : http://www.gdga.gov.cn or email via email address [email protected] OR the website of Shenzhen Public Security Bureau thro’ : http://www.szga.gov.cn or email to them via email address [email protected].
Also email the bank to where the funds were sent. In my case the Agriculture Bank of China. Give as much information as you possible and rest assure you will get an answer.
I and my investigation team are in China at the moment and have all the support of the local police and security. We are slowly closing in on the scum of the earth.
I received a "12th Anniversary" scratch it ticket and lovely brochure and won USD 180,000. This one is from the "Royal Succession Tour" company "www.royalsuccessiontour.com"
Things didn’t seem right when I google Watson Lau and Mr Sunny Khoo and the search came back with SCAM, gee I thought I was getting a lucky break, hope these cunts get caught
Address:
112-G, Jalan Prima SG 3/2, Prima Seri Gombak, 68100 Batu Caves, Selangor, Malaysia.
Garry and Everyone,
Unfortunately, I was scammed into sending x amount of $$$ to these "professionals" that pray on innocent people in order to claim the prize money and are VERY goog at what they do. They are nothing but lying, cheating, stealing sewer rats that do not belong in todays society!!! and I to am working very closely with the Australian Federal Police (C.I.B division) and Foreign agents to bring these clowns to justice and to give me and others back what they owe.
Below are the cons names; (Please feel free to share this information to authorities)
"Campbell and Parker Holdings Hong Kong, China"
Switchboard: 0011 852 9323 2715
Criminals names:
"Alexander Ma" "Operational Manager"
"Henry Tan" "Subordinate"
"Peter Lee" "Financial division"
"Jack Pru" "Campbell & Parker Lawyer"
"Bobby Chong" "Promotions Manager" 0011 3613 4845 / 0011 3613 4846
Merchant Bank of China
They will be caught!!! It’s only a matter of time….
Hi I received similar this week from Amazing Do;phin Tours Malaysia and surprose surprise scratched USD 180 000 2nd prize Alex and Ronnie Limited are the sponsor company.
just been scammed by victor.chock@cheerfulstarvacation .
did not get anything
Here are some names of the con artists in most these scams.
1. Morgan Choo – Gary& Daniel Limited Aaron & Julian Limited
2. Victor Chock – Mr nice guy from the travel agents all in Malaysia
3. ViNcent Kong – Cheif conman
4.Lai Jooean – Personal Deposit Guangzhou China – Favorview Palace Apartment 18/F 1808, Hujing Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou City, China. +86-13202509086
5.Tan Sze Yan – Personal Deposit Guangzhou China -Starry Winking 12/F 126, Jin Sui Road, Pearl New City, Tianhe District, Guangzhou City, China. +86-13202533152
6. Wong Kim Soon – Personal Deposit Guangzhou China -Jumeirah Living Apartment, 22/F 225, Xiancun Road, Zhujing New Tow, Tianhe District, Guangzhou City, China. +86-15625035879
7.Low Kar Wai – Personal Deposit Guangzhou China – Personal AddressThe Yijing Apartment 26/F 2607, Jiangyue Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou City, China. +86-13202510881
8. Watson Lui – (Lie for sure Name suits him) Lawyer for financial Company ??????
I am personally persuing this matter and have employed an investigative team. Trust me we are close to capturing these low down scum of the earth. They can run but they cannot hide. Two can play the same game and my game ends not in the hospital but the place these scum belong. Hell. Rest assure we will get as many as we can.
Hi all I have got the same scam and I transferred them 3500 usd to their personal bank .can I get my money back. Pls help me out.
I received a "12th Anniversary" scratch it – and won USD 180,000. This one is from the "Royal Succession Tour" company "www.royalsuccessiontour.com" Web site only created in the last 3 months so has a real stink of SCAM.
Address:
112-G, Jalan Prima SG 3/2, Prima Seri Gombak, 68100 Batu Caves, Selangor, Malaysia.
Received one today from Tribal Glory Tour (www.tribalglorytour.com) very nice little brochure with one winning ticket for $180k USD !! (yah for me !!) their major sponsor is an ‘investment’ form called Clifford and Oscar (www.cliffordoscar.com) and their website looks like it was designed by my 10 year old daughter. I’m surprised that they’re using reputable companies logo’s and names on the tickets and brochures (Jinko solar and Reliance communications). Anyway .. please beware and keep your eyes peeled !
Here are some names of the con artists in most these scams.
1. Morgan Choo – Gary& Daniel Limited Aaron & Julian Limited
2. Victor Chock – Mr nice guy from the travel agents all in Malaysia
3. ViNcent Kong – Cheif conman
4.Lai Jooean – Personal Deposit Guangzhou China – Favorview Palace Apartment 18/F 1808, Hujing Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou City, China. +86-13202509086
5.Tan Sze Yan – Personal Deposit Guangzhou China -Starry Winking 12/F 126, Jin Sui Road, Pearl New City, Tianhe District, Guangzhou City, China. +86-13202533152
6. Wong Kim Soon – Personal Deposit Guangzhou China -Jumeirah Living Apartment, 22/F 225, Xiancun Road, Zhujing New Tow, Tianhe District, Guangzhou City, China. +86-15625035879
7.Low Kar Wai – Personal Deposit Guangzhou China – Personal AddressThe Yijing Apartment 26/F 2607, Jiangyue Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou City, China. +86-13202510881
8. Watson Lui – (Lie for sure Name suits him) Lawyer for financial Company ??????
I am personally persuing this matter and have employed an investigative team. Trust me we are close to capturing these low down scum of the earth. They can run but they cannot hide. Two can play the same game and my game ends not in the hospital but the place these scum belong. Hell. Rest assure we will get as many as we can.
Now it’s ‘One Achiever Holiday!’ $180,000 US!
If they wanna scam us, get some less suspect names for crying out loud…
Seems the only thing they are really creative with is the names, Top Hills Vacation, from whom I received a 12th Birthday brochure and scratch cards, seems I won $185,000 USD woo hoo. I guess twelve must be their lucky number. I haven’t bothered to call them as yet, I’m still debating whether to have a little fun with them or not.
The details on the brochure are as follows;
Address 25, Lebuh Kurau 5,
Taman Chai Leng, Pulau Pinang.
13700 Prai, Penang Malaysia.
Contact
+6016 469 8593
+6016 469 8594
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.tophillsvacton.com
Same here as all the others!
Unsolicited mail, nice glossy brochure with 2 scratchies and I’ve now won the famous USD180,000 2nd prize from Platinum Empire Holiday! (I wonder what 1st prize is?)
Me too! But they now have a new name,Cheerful Star Vacation. Ditto second prize of US $180,000. Have to admit to a few moments of excitement!
Royal Bubbles Travel. 12th Anniversary. Thank You & USD 180,000.00 scratch & win tickets. Came in an envelope with my name and address stuck on with perkins paste, totally opposite to the glossy brochure inside. Also spotted a type-o in the brochure: "Royal Bubbles Travel would like to our platinum sponsor Gary & Daniel Limited…". Looked up the address in Google street view, hehe, run-down old shop in the middle of what looks like a bit of a slum district. Scam.
Avoid lottery scam, Top Act Holiday gloss brochure with vague info from alleged Malaysian travel company included scratch card with $180,000 usd win. Lucky me? Catch is you have to send them all your personal info. Warning bells. Check online to see it is a familiar scam. Dont be scammed. Hope Oz or Malaysian authorities catch up with these con artists at 80 Jalan Sultan Ismail Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia. Ph 6016 4698805..Bad look
I received the same holiday group scratchies – and had the same 2nd prize winning ticket for $180k USD. Mine was for ‘Eastern Surprise Tour’ and their 12th anniversary ‘giveaway’ promotion.
Different address / phone to other recent posts though. Watch out for:
Jalan Tengku Ampuan Intan Zaharah, Kampung Wakaf Tembesu, 21300 Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia. Tel: +6016-469 8613 / +6016-469 8614 e: [email protected]
i won 180000. shit first time i won money. sent by happyclassmatetravel in malaysia. good actor Ben Keh
Yep, received a "Delta Wing Vacation Brochure" today with two wonderful 12th Anniversary scratch tickets…I won, I won $180,000…Yahoo!! Of course I jumped on the net to investigate legitimacy as it seemed a little fishy……Damn shame it’s a scam…thought I was rich….Hahaha..not likey!
I received this in the mail from "Great Leap Vacation" and "won" USD 180,000 too. My sceptical side kicked in as soon as I opened the envelope. Still wondering where they got my mailing address from as it’s not in the white pages which is where I think most scammers are getting my details.
received same "12th Anniversary" scratch it – won USd 180,000. This one is "happy classmate Travel"
Got one today from "One Achiever Holiday" for my old late partner (died 5 yrs ago, so am wondering where they got her name). One card for 2nd prize win of $US180,000. Thanks to Andrew and Nathan Ltd for sponsoring first, second and third prizes. Seems to be an ongoing thing that the authorities of Malaysia haven’t yet caught up with. Addresses, tel numbers (2),Email and web site. Even a board of "Directors", been supposedly going for some 12 years now.
Got one yesterday that I haven’t seen posted online yet: Eastern Surprise tour. Two scratchies, one of them won for $180,000 USD. Seems like the same format as the others, quality brochure, professional looking website.
Crimson Call Travel. $180,000 USD 2nd Prize. Jordan Tan leads the scam. Jason and Jordan Holdings is fake supplier of prize. Very convincing ticket plus process. Wanted to believe that I had actually had some good luck in what had been a year of unfortunate events…perhaps things had changed for me : ( Looked up the sites – Crimson Heart Travel appeared to be a legitimate travel agent – as did Jason and Jordan Holdings. Clicked that is was 100% a scam when the bait and switch phone calls started happening (hey – a guy can hope, right?). These trashbags change the name of the travel company constantly, so it doesn’t appear initially on a scam search. Poster before me is the first other Crimson Heart Travel I had seen. Appears to be run out of China, using Malaysia as a proxy to obfuscate national base. Ongoing persistence and infrastructure combined with process lends itself to being state-sponsored (i.e. data collection activity). Notional gain that scam might obtain of $3500 seems petty in comparrison to the logistical effort required to sustain the scam (i.e. multiple tickets/brochures, individual website, multiple call numbers for each travel agent, multiple call respondents). Perhaps its a feint for social engineering, asian-style. Just my take on it…and when you read the hundreds of permutations of this scam in the comments below, the effort doesn’t seem worth the payoff. But hey – I don’t know what a scammer pulls in over time…but I’d expect confirmed identity data combined with financial vulnerability positions each individual in a taxonomy of suggestion/corruption/gullibility. I think that is worth quite a bit to a nation state actor in future cyberwar scenarios. My 2 cents (and second prize) 😉
Some more details to benefit other Google searchers. Gold Brew / Watson Lau phone number 6016-469-8607 and 6016-469-8607. Aaron Julian Limited 852-9502-1907. It seems like these people must rely on "winners" offering the $3600 payment over the phone during the call to Morgan Choo. Any resistance at all sees everything go very quiet. This is an email "explanation" from Watson Lau:
As on our phone conversation earlier, I will re-explain to you about the Letter of Authorization. First of all, I believe a lot of countries around the world, when a huge amount of money is leaving a country to another country, you would need a black and white document.
It’s because the sponsor have pre-registered the total amount of US$180,000 used for prizes to their Inland Revenue Taxation. Thus, this letter of authorization will be a proof that the prize amount declared will be deductible from the company taxes at the end of the year when they submit their taxes.
This is an international transaction, therefore this Letter of Authorization is to safeguard both parties. For your end, after you’ve received the amount of US$180,000 in your account, the sponsor will mail you a hard copy of this Letter of Authorization, if any authority in your country were to question you where this money comes from, you can show them this Letter of Authorization that these funds are coming from a legal sources instead of money laundering or illegal trading money. Its to proof legal funds from legal sources going to you.
It’s also a declaration to the sponsor’s company that they have sent the full amount out over to you. With this Letter of Authorization, if you receive a single dollar lesser, you can take legal actions against our sponsor’s company with this letter of authorization.
The management did have several discussions in regards to your case and also the letter of authorization, but we’re unable to proceed with any transactions without this Letter of Authorization. This letter of authorization can be only obtained directly from the Hong Kong Government Court whereby we will need to send their house lawyer down to the court and there are conditions needed in order for the Letter of Authorization to be issued.
Basically the Hong Kong Government Court have a contract, There will be have 3 subject in this contract. First subject that will be the sponsor as a legal sender because they are the company who send out this amount of money. For the second subject, Yourself will be register as the legal recipient because you are the person who will receive this amount of money. For the third subject that will be the prize wining money registered as the legal amount.
In order to bind both parties, whereby they will need a legal sender and a legal recipient participating in a security deposit of 4% of the total amount and this must be bear by both parties in order to be bind into the contract. The sponsor’s will bear half of that which is US$3,600 and you yourself will need to bear US$3,600. Once the lawyer bring both of the funds, company’s document and a proof of participation from you down to the court. Once the court sees that both parties are bind into this contract, they will issue the Letter of Authorization in 2 original copies. Then, the sponsor will have the green light to order the bank to release your transaction after the Letter of Authorization had been issued. You will be receiving your funds of the US$180,000 within 24-72 hours after they obtain the letter.
Once you receive the prize money, You need to inform Mr Morgan and he will order the lawyer go to High court again to process your secure deposit refund back to your account.But however there will be a US$100 deduction, so you will only get US$3,500. This S$100 dollar is a processing fee and the court will send you a hard copy of the letter in the end of the day. This is the only amount you will need to pay.
On behalf of Aaron & Julian Limited, we do apologize whereby will need you to bear this security deposit upfront. It is because, if you’re aware of this, previously all the major prizes were reserved for our regular clients, and they will need to participate in this security deposit as well, but under the client’s authority, we can deduct their part of the secure deposit from the investment account and print a statement to prove that they are participating in this, but the difference is, because you are not a client, and you don’t have any investment account with the sponsor, that’s why we need you to come out with this amount upfront by yourself.
If you wish to proceed, please do let me know in advance as I will need to inform our sponsor to arrange their international accountant to receive the funds on your behalf and their house lawyer to head down to the Hong Kong Government Court to obtain the Letter Of Authorization as well as to check the availability of the court for you.
Hope this will help explain to you clearly about what we’re facing. But if you are not clear with this process, I STRONGLY suggest you not to process this Letter of Authorization. Our company had invested so much money in this promotional event, I don’t hope that there is any misunderstanding between you and the good name of our company as well as our sponsor.
I hope to hear from you soon and I am quite excited to meet you on next year January.
Got one yesterday from "crimson heart travel", amazing the quality of the brochure etc. $180,000 USD scratchie prize of course.
Now it’s Gold Brew Holiday goldbrewholiday.com represented by Watson Lau of the claims department. Morgan Choo now works for Aaron & Julian http://aaronjulianlimited.com/
Otherwise it’s the same story as all the others below, down to the non-disclosure agreement.
I haven’t let Watson know yet that I’m onto him, as he keeps telling me that Gold Brew Holiday is expanding to Australia in January and hosting a function at Double Bay. I wonder what he will come up with next.
Interestingly the other "sponsors" on the ticket seems to be bona fide – Reliance Communications and Jinko Solar. I wonder what they would think of being associated with this.
"Delta Wing Vacation"
Yup, received two glossy tickets in the mail (Australia) and won $180 000 US! I originally believed it was a legitimate company (Delta Airlines) but a scam running off it. Called them up and was put through an incredibly dodgy phone line and sent to the, "claims department." Very sneaky, something felt off about the brochure, one sentence stating, "as one of the leading organisation in the tourism industry" and "we are incorporated in the year of 2004."
Warn your family and peers!
I received the same obvious scam by snail mail today … this time the high quality brochure is from "Silver Image Holidays" based in Malaysia.
Top Act Holiday got the letter today , good scam everyone seems to be getting second prize and a thank you ticket
Same deal as below received a glossy brochure and scratch tickets in the post addressed to me. I had won 2nd prize of $US180,000.The company is now called Energy Act Holiday. I have been dealing with Victor Chock. To get my money he wants me to ring Mr Morgan Choo from Xander & Easton Holdings an investment company in Hong Kong and supply my bank details. Victor is very charming. Beware!!!
my partner received the same tickets from twin delight travel malaysia same story as everyone else names used ben kuh morgan choo first person he spoke to was bricen ong hopefully these guys slip up and get caught feel bad for those who do send the money people need to get the word out to friends family anyone horrible people
Star Sense Tour LOTTERY !!!!!!!!!? No way. IGNORE IT. PURE RIPOFF.
I have also won US$180,000 WOOHOO!!! 12th Anniversary Mirror the Moon Tour! Spoke to Watson in Malaysia……they are bloody good at sucking you in!!!! Whats next??
Scam presumably still as described on the scam-detector webpage here, but the ticket I received in the mail (in Australia) was for the "Whitegate Holiday 12th Anniversary", and the prize was "2nd prize" of USD180,000. The brochure and tickets were faultlessly produced, excellent English grammar and spelling, excellent layout and high quality printing. Very convincing but unbelievable at the same time. Warn your scam-illiterate relatives, this one looks a bit dangerous.
Okay, the newest scam uses the name Invention Master Vacation! Beware!
Yep they sent me a scratch won second prize of 180,000 US, not sure how they got my name and address. I rang him and he refereed me to his website, I knew it was a scam but it did kinda feel good until I saw this website. its called " Energy Act Holiday" was sent to my address in South Australia…
Malaysian scam sent to my home address, not sure how they got it. got to point they sent a non-disclosure agreement not to discuss with clients as i am member and shouldnt have been sent the major prize. websites and addresses add up so they are pretty good at sucking the average person in
"Metallic Heart Tour" sent me two lottery tickets, read the terms and conditions: Winners are obliged to proved information for further verification, prize winners may be obliged to submit taxes… And smiled. Googled "Metallica Heart Tour scam" and look what popped up. Then I found out I won $US180,000.00 wow lucky wish.
I guess they get our information from property data, addresses and owners are public information and wouldn’t be hard to post to a few randoms to get a small percentage of people who have recently been to Malaysia and are a tad optimistic.
Scam is still operating. I have been stringing along a Jordan Tan from Travel Successor Travel. My scratchie told me I have won $180,000 USD. He has rung me a few times so just waiting to hear back from him and then I suppose I will be told about the taxes and payment required. They have certainly gone to a lot of trouble with their brochures.
Thanks to you all. Much the same thing, My 180 000.00 US 2nd prize is from professionally printed (http://onlyyouparadise.com/) i have searched on maps for the office , and then the shopping centre and the G 48 address is a mobile phone shop. Note on this web site the shop is listed as a phone shop and the list of prizes has 28 iPhones , pay stations x 36. if any one needs more information i will hold on to the envelope and the information
i have been having fun stringing along a Mr Jordan Tan who surprisingly has put me in touch with Mr Morgan Choo who wasnt happy when he asked me to paY $3600 as my half of the government requirements when i refused he cut me short and told me to get back in touch with jordan tan who acted very surprised that mr choo had asked me for money to proceed with the processing of the prize so mr tann rang mr choo and mr tan rang me back and told me he no realises its a government formalaty and i would later recieve $3500 back as $100 would be deducted as a legal cost i am now waiting for a e/mail from mr tan as to whee and how i pay this $3600
Our brochure was from Great Talent Tour 12th Anniversary, with the same two scratchy tickets as others describe with one revealing a prize of US$ 180,000. The same fine print saying ‘Prize winners may be obliged to submit taxes or any other mandatory charges as a result of the award’. It’s tempting to pursue it with them just for the entertainment of seeing how far we can string them along before they give up on us. The lack of any solid details in their brochure was a pretty good indication that it’s all a scam – surprising that for a travel company they don’t seem to offer any travel options!
I received the same from Oscar Miracle Holidays. Contacted them and have been speaking with Morris over the last week lovely guy and so excited for me winning all of this money now that the Sponsor has agreed to paying up. They take a great deal of effort to build trust and a relationship by going through the whole charade of getting the sponsor to pay up. I am going to lead them right down the garden path by providing them with dodgy details other than what they have. I checked their address and it is a run down building. The sponsor is also dodgy. The websites are done well especially the one for the sponsor Logan and Chloe in Hong Kong. I have passed all of the details to the authorities in Australia but there is not much they can do as these guys move around so much to avoid being caught. If you interested I will post again with the next exciting episode. 🙂
I’ve just received a scratch ticket awarding me $US180,000 from Mirror the Moon Tour. Their website checks out, their sponsors check out but I am not the dumb blonde I appear to be. My next step was to come to this site to have my suspicions validated. Scam! I feel sorry for the people who will be fooled by the professional looking blurb.
I’ve just received a scratch ticket awarding me $US180,000 from Mirror the Moon Tour. Their website checks out, their sponsors check out but I am not the dumb blonde I appear to be. My next step was to come to this site to have my suspicions validated. Scam! I feel sorry for the people who will be fooled by the professional looking blurb.
This is a copy of the email that was sent to me.
From: "Sunny Khoo" <[email protected]
Details of the transaction
Good morning. I am here to guide you as how to send the remittance to
our accountant. As shown below are what you need to facilitate the
transaction.
Name of the bank : China Construction Bank
Bank address : No 50, Tao Jin Lu, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou City,China.
Swift code for bank : PCBCCNBJGDX
Beneficiary’s name : Lee Khai Ming
A/C Number : 6217003320046433978
Amount : USD 3600.00
Purpose of transfer: Personal deposit
Beneficiary’s address : Central Park View Apartment 19/F 1903,3 Huacheng
Da Dao, Zhu Jiang New Town, Tianhe District, Guangzhou City, China.
Destination Country : China
Beneficiary’s Contact Number : +86-15625166959
Remarks:
Kindly scan a copy of the transaction receipt back to me as it will need
to be submit to the court as your proof of participation.
Let me know if there is anything you do not understand about the email.
Warm Regards,
Sunny Khoo
Operation Manager
Yup got this scam also. Appears to be using the name of Top Act Holiday.
Adding to this forum so that it will appear in someone else’s google search.
I won $US180k from Whitegate Hokiday Malaysia. Knew it was a scam, just wondered how they profited from it. No i know????
The scammers dumped us on 8 Sept 2016. It was based on a prize of US$180k.
The tickets were sent to Aust in a plain white card envelope addressed to me personally, They called themselves Daring Hearts Travel. They create time delays to supposedly negotiate your unique situation. Then the nice guy who takes your calls ( ours was called Jordan Tan ) gets very pushy. They want your id and cash if you comply. Slick and very nasty.
I just won $180K in Travel Successor Tour lottery I didn’t enter. http://travelsuccessortour.com/
Wow!! I have just won USD $180,000 from a Malaysian travel mob calling themselves…"Twin Delight Travel". I am a pensioner living in South Australia and I started to get all excited upon seeing this "Prize" when I scratched a grey panel. All the glossy professional guff with the letter (personally addressed to me) looked convincing; but being the skeptical old bastard that I am I did a few checks online..including this website…and quickly realised I was stuck with my pension for a little longer! The scammers must be making a bundle in order to pay for all their printing, scratch tickets and postage. The fine print said…"…may be obliged to submit taxes or any other mandatory charges as a result of this award." ….Scam!
Cheers!
I’m also in Australia and won $180,000 in the Malaysian Oscar Miracle Holiday 12th Anniversary Competition. It’s frightening that scammers go to this much trouble to set up a scam.
Beware of Travel Successor!!!
I had the red apple scam very conservative person I was fooled
Great Talent Tour 12th Anniversary scratch & win – yet another scam from Malaysia. As if I could win $180,000.00 just like that.
Got 2 lovely stamps at least.
They also call themselves "Harbour Master Travel" with a web site at http://www.harbourmastertravel.com and email address [email protected] . I got sent their brochure last week. Same deal – 12th anniversary scratch cards, one of which reveals USD 180,000 prize. I sent them an email to see what would happen and they replied I had to ring the phone number. This is a very professionally organised scam.
I received the same type of scam brochure and scratchies, but now the company is called Fairy Eagle Holiday.
Noble Buddies Travel 12th anniversary scratch & win ticket, WOOHOO!! Big winner of USD $180 000!! Cant wait to send them my bank account details? NOT!! Stay away everyone.
geeeee USD 180000 i assume all i have to do is supply my bank details and pay the tax? on my winnings
I have received these glossy tickets and upon scratch in it says that I won second prize of US$180,000 and have asked me to mail all my personal details for verification
Just Received a letter from Noble Buddies Travel, Having their 12th Anniversary Promotion. The same as the rest of them, received 2 scratchy tickets, one saying thank you, the other saying i won 180,000US as a 2nd prize. Very nice looking tickets and brochure etc..
I got 2 tickets in mail as well-you guessed it, one thank you, one us dollars 180k-wow i thought-rang them and Ben answered – needed to verify ticket so call me back in 5-i started to google only then-bamm! you guys popped up-bingo i had won your lottery-thanks for the info guys-this dude calls back, i threw the kitchen sink at him-my visit to his town, other names you guys experienced, and he started to laugh nervously-when i said i will be there in 5 days on business with 2 fed police mates to protect me from robbery when you give me my cash, he said no need to bring them, we give you a cheque-but i insisted, and when i asked to see mr morgan choo, he laughed and hung up-MASSIVE BIG SCAM-SAVED ME SOME HEARTACHE- Now off to my local lotto outlet for a real honest crack at some Aussie dollars-cheers guys….
I received one at an address I worked at 6 years ago. How did they get that address I wonder? Two tickets one saying thank you and the other saying I won USD180 000.
I’m in Australia and I received a letter today from Red Apple Paradise. Same deal as all the rest, 180,000 2nd prize.
Received a glossy brochure from "Divine Boy Holiday" in Malaysia with two scratchies. Lots of stamps stuck on the envelop, alarm bell number 1. Brochure was Ok but read a bit funny, alarm bell number 2. Total price money donated amounted to US$1 million. For real? I predicted that one scratchy would be a major price and the other nothing, and indeed!! I need to become a clairvoyant! We had won US$180,000. Sure. Quick search on the internet does not find Divine Boy Travel but the website exists. Another quick search and I found this. So be warned!
Ok… So ours was Sixteen Holiday Vacations. Was positive this was a scam but nothing on google about that particular company. Tried to scam detect it but nothing. Spoke with Ben Keh on MULTIPLE occasions and he said that Jenna and Kylie – the major sponsor – have agreed to pay the second prize of $180k US. With all the elaborate back and forth, they nearly had me convinced. The ops manager from Jenna and Kylie (thought this sounded a little dodgy from the start) Mr Morgan Choo will ring us to arrange transfer of money. Googled his name and found this site. I’m a pessimist so 99% convinced it was a scam but with the elaborate hoax they swayed me down to about 85%. Dangerous to let yourself dream these days!! Have no idea where they got my name from. The news needs to warn people about this one. The elderly could be convinced.
Waiting on a return call from Morgan Choo at the moment. Might tell him I know someone from the Fed Police and see what his tone is like.
Same scam running by Majestic Anthem 12th. Even got me to "major"sponsor!! Seems we all win 180,000 what a well organised scam 11th August 2016
Rec today 2 tickets from, SIXTEEN ADVENTURE HOLIDAY . 1 saying thank you.. 1 sayingi won 180,000.
Plus a lovely glossey fold out brochure! only time ive been in Malaysia is landing in KL airport and flyingback outagain.. so very interested how they got my home address in Australia??
We’re all US$180,000 richer! Maybe they got our details from the census hahahahaha.
Received the same today – White Hunter Vacation. One ticket "thank you", one ticket USD180,000.
They had my maiden name & first name (albeit back-to-front!) & home address.
received in mail and scratched finding i had supposedly won 2nd prize but thought to check online first
@Elaine Adams,
I had the EXACT thing. I’m wondering how they got my address
Now scammers use Only You Paradise for 180k as2nd prize, how the hell did they get my address?
yes I recieved one of these today – trendy world holiday. it is a very elaborate brochure and I won 180,000 US wow!
The latest version…
I just won $USD180,000 from "Only You Paradise" on a scratchy for their 12th Anniversary.
Glad I looked at this website.
Just won USD180,000 yeeehaaaa!!!!! "HAPPYPLANETVACATION" is the latest travel scam. Thank Goodness for websites like this, it helps to lesson the blow of disappointment.
Hi All. Got my 180k US winning ticket as well. Called them and and spoke to our mate Bobby. He told me he would waiver the fact that I was not a client and honour the ticket when I got up him. He told me that I would have to collect the winnings myself from their office in Kuala Lumpar. When I told him that I had his phone number from our phone system and I was currently only 5 mins from his office in the Twin Towers, his tone changed dramatically. I was able to hold the little turd on the phone long enough to convince him that I was now in the foyer on his building and the security guard was allowing me through to come and see him. I think he must have crapped himself as he hung up straight away
Me too! I received 2 scratch tickets from White Holiday Vacation 12th Anniversary in the mail from Malaysia today. One said thank you and the other 2nd prize of USD 180,000.00. Looks professional but knew it would be a SCAM
Yes, I too received two tickets from HAppy Planet Vaction, one had a thank-you, the other $180,000USD, oh well looks like I’ll still have to go to work tomorrow 🙁
I just received a glossy brochure and 2 scratchy tickets from "Speedy Achiever Tour" .
Won $180000 US YIppee.
Yep I spoke to Bobby Chong as well . Very believable fellow.
Anyway now I have had my ticket verified by "Adrian and Taylor Holdings" I am to meet them in Sydney in November at the launch of their new venture. This is where I will be presented with my $180000 US.
No mention of paying any taxes yet but I am due for another Phone call from the legendary Bobby Chong.
I’ll play along for now and see what happens.
update: the person who rang me was Bobby Chong.
[email protected]
Bobby Chong hung up on me when I suggested that he bring the winning ticket money to me in Australia. I wonder why? 😉
Just received brochure and 2 tickets from Speedy Achiever Tour 12 th Anniversary and low and behold one says thank you the other I won USD 180000. The address was my surname then first initial and was posted to Australia from Malaysia Hohhot how nice that would have been, scammers I so hope people don’t fall for it
In Australia, as of July 2016 this scam is now running under the company name of "Team Fortune Travel". Glossy yellow brochure, 2 x 12th Anniversary scratch and win ticket enclosed: ticket #1 says "thankyou", the second ticket says "2nd Prize USD 180,000.00
The sponsors are listed as V-Soy, Joseph and Natalie LTD, Loytap, Leagoo
The address is listed as No, 11, Jalan Besar, Pusat Perniagaan Manjung Point 3, 32040, Seri Manjung, Perak Malaysia
http://www.teamfortunetravel.com, email [email protected]
tel: 6010+669 8617
A google search could not find this address, even with the postcode
The website lists destinations and details of the "promotion". You couldn’t book a holiday destination here if you tried!
Update the latest one is Metallic Star Vacations Malaysia same thing 2 Scratchies in the post one "Thankyou" one $180,000.00 went through the verification of authentic ticket then the congratulations , then because we were not a client of DYLAN & ANDREA LTD who is the sponsor in Hong Kong we should not have received it , I threatened legal action , so I quick phone call was made to the Sponsor and guess what ?? they will honour it as long as we don’t tell anyone as it will upset their clients if they find out that a Non Client has received the Prize .
My next step was to speak with the Operations Manager of Dylan and Andrea in Hong Kong .
Lets see what he has to say ??? .
Yep we just opened and scratched a winning ticket from Fusions Vacation. Wasn’t even going to read it but hubby asked to for a laugh. First indication was the typo in the brochure and then the conditions on the back of the $180,000 USD winning ticket and of cause the second ticket that said.. Thank you…. Surely there is some kind of authority that can stop these scams?
Got a winning ticket today from "Team Fortune Travel" posted from Malaysia. Be careful everyone.
Received a 12th Anniversary promotional brochure from Tropicana Holiday with 2 scratchies. I was "lucky" enough to win 2nd prize of USD$180,000. I called and spoke to Bryson Ong (noticed Bryson’s name in some of the other posts on this website too but under a different company … he get’s around!). Bryson explained that I had received the scratchies by mistake, that they were supposed to only go to clients of Ryan & Roger Holdings but he’s a good guy and would talk to his manager and the sponsor because I shouldn’t be punished for something that was not my mistake. He put me in contact with Mr Morgan Choo (he appears in other stories on this website but from different companies too!). Mr Choo explained that the Hong Kong government required a security deposit to release large amounts of money but I would get it back once the USD$180,000 had been transferred to me. I did further digging and contacted the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the Hong Kong court; both told me this was not true. I relayed this to Bryson Ong who told me that Mr Morgan Choo said it was a "special" case. Anyway … big ol’ scam and I will be reporting this to the Commercial Crime Bureau of the Hong Kong police department as well.
you people are all killjoys I could have really used that 180 grand now
The good old saying comes to mind:-
"If it sounds too good to be true, it is" !!!!
The latest one is 12th Anniversary Oriental Fantasy Travel. Once again a flashy brochure and 2 scratchies one said thankyou the other is 2nd prize US 180,000. I sent an email to them and got a reply saying to call the number on the ticket. Binned.
Sun Paradise Travel – 12th anniversary. I’ve won $180,000USD. Yay! Bull…
I received 2 scratchies through the post, one a winner and the other "thank you". It was sent by http://www.orientalfantastytravel.com
I did not call the phone number, I sent a message via the website. After reading here it is a scam as I suspected it was I sent another message saying I would not send any personal documents and nor any money and they would be reported to FTC.
Vivaldi Vacations-Definetely Suspicious and Fake- rang then to tell them I would not be giving any details to them until I knew that they were genuine, advised me to go on their website, listed on my winning brochure scratchy ticket, that I received 2 of -once again -1 said thank you the 2nd one I had won USD $180,000.00-Lucky me!! NOT!! check it out yourself http://www.vivaldivacation.com.au – done very well-but, the phone manner is very poor- and stated to read out the code below my winning scratchy, which I did-then stated it would take him 5-10 minutes to "verify" that this ticket and code was in fact genuine?? "As they just get so many people ringing to claim that they have won a prize!!" So I asked "OK so you are ringing me back are you?" -OH he sarcastically replied"How can I ring you back when you have not given me your Number Maam" I said "no problems I will ring you back then?" He was then uncertain in his tone, "If you would like to do that then you can do that" (Seriously so what did he want me to do -hold while he traced my phone-just hang on the phone-so he could fake that he was doing something? totally dodgy, but looks professional even down to the website and glossy pamphlets- I may ring him back then see what he has to say and when he asks me for Money I will be telling him about my occupation as a Police Officer and seeing how that may go down..wonder if ive still won the $180, 000.00 USD after that ..lol….I will keep you informed of my progress..& just a hint -Always ring from a phone that you can add their Numbers to spam or block…
Beware of the Big Asia Vacation!!! They send a 12th anniversary scratch ticket, 2nd prize is 180,000USD it is very elaborate with shiny brochure and gold embossed tickets and they have emails and websites and phone numbers for all businesses that are listed as prize spinsters after an elaborate detailed account over the ph they will then ask for 7000USD to release the winnings from HongKong of which they will pay half all paperwork is traceable but it is a very elaborate scam!!!!
Just received two scratch cards from Vivaldi Vacation and wow, I have won $180k Usd. Not. It’s A scam. Great professional glossy brochures, looks very convincing. All they want is my bank account details, passport details and $7k cash and the prize is mine. If you get this envelope from Malaysia, bin it straight away. The Scammers Are getting better and better.
12th anniversary Elite Star tour, same scam different name,
I have recently received a broucher and two scratchies from Seputeh Holidays .One ticket was a thank you, the other was $180000US. I rang the supplied phone number to a mister Oscar Ong and was asked to supply ID eg DOB Drivers lic. etc. Another call to sponsors Janet and Fredrick Ltd.This seems to be the same scam only the names have been changed
Well, here it is July 2016 and this scam is still going. It must cost a fortune for the glossy brochures and nicely printed tickets etc. so I presume a sufficiently large number of people are still handing over their cash and details.
The ISBN numbers are invalid as well.
Have just received scratchy cards in the mail from Vivaldi Vacation, supposedly have won 180000 dollars US, as Garry below. Wanted me to call number in Malaysia. Claim their major sponsor is Benjamin and Lewis Ltd. Didn’t bother phoning. Please be careful if you receive similar.
Has anyone recieved the tickets from Big Asia Vacation? I really thought it was just too good to be true that something this great could happen lol. Bryson Ong Chief events manager congratulated me yesterday when I called to find out more, again asked me to email proof of winning USD 180,000 ticket. They say Frank and Louis Limited is their major sponsor. Please be aware of the new one circulating, I’m in the Gold Coast.
Just received a letter from Tiger Bay Holiday informing me i have won 2nd prize of $180000.00 as second prize in scratchy lottery ???? cant beleive people can still be scammed like this ???? Burnt it ……
Just received my winning ticket from ninetyseven street tours , claiming I had won 180,000us , thought I’d go along with it and gave them a call , and spoke with a Hugo Khoo , then they told me I had received it by mistake and was only intended for clients of Stephens and Nelson holding clients , but after a few so called phone calls they were going to honer the prize if I kept quite the protect the investors they emailed me a form to sign and now I’m meat nt to call a Henry tan a CEO of Stephens and Nelson holdings Monday morning anyway it’s still ongoing ,they are pretty good at it so please be careful , if seems to good to be true it probley is
I just received two scratch lottery tickets and 12 th Anniversary Golden Secret Travel flyer. Put them in the bin. One was prize thank you and one was180,000 USD. Scam
Just received 2 tickets (one winner of US$180,000) from GOLDEN SECRET TRAVEL. They went straight in the bin after reading this!
I also received 2 scratch tickets from Tiger Bay Holiday and one of them say I got second prize of $180,000. When I called them, a guy name Morris Cheah talked to me and wanted me to call a sponsor in Hong Kong. I have read the comments on this site and know that it is a scam. I did not call the guy in Hong Kong. Be careful with this scam.
I got mine today 10/6/16 from sky river holiday. With one ticket won $180000 , wonderful, had a chat with mentioned name Morris Cheah , what a sweet talk , absolutely BS, thanks to my sister to notify me with all the details, waiting for the next call LOL
Woops, should have mentioned that is was NINETYSEVENSTREETTOURS that they were using
Just got my ‘winners’ call back from Bobby Chong, I couldn’t stop laughing at his change of tone and attitude when I told him I knew it was a scam as I googled his name. I just hope nobody falls prey to these bastards.
Thank you for your comments. I also received a ticket and won 182,000 dollars which supposed to be second prize, has listed in the brochure should only be two second prizes of 182,000 dollars seems a lot more have won the second prize. Scam 101
Thank you for your comments. I also received a ticket and won 182,000 dollars which supposed to be second prize, has listed in the brochure should only be two second prizes of 182,000 dollars seems a lot more have won the second prize. Scam 101
ALSO RECEIVED TWO TICKETS ONE A WINNING TICKET FOR 2ND PRIZE FROM TIGER BAY HOLIDAY
STRAIGHT TO THE BIN THEY GO
Received a similar brochure and two tickets from ninety seven street tour.. same story as mentioned previously by others.. However, I was naive and sent them my passport details.. I am scared now.. Any ideas as to what they can do with my passport???
We got ours today from "Great flight holiday"… I was suspicious from the start. We didn’t buy any tickets, been on holidays recently or haven’t even been overseas so where did they get my address from?? We address everything to our PO Box!
So Then I was more concerned with how they actually got my home address? So called the number. Very very organised set-up. Went through to "Morris Cheah" then "Morgan Choo" then eventually "Andy Cheng".
I pretended to be an elderly 75yo. And boy o boy did they go to town…after "verifying" my ticket, (2days), then "allowing" me to win the money because I’m not a local Hong Kong resident. Made me feel great! Got my "old" hopes up… Then wanted $3600usd (apparently half the amount owed, as they will cover the other half amount) because I am a non-resident requiring a transfer greater than $100k. Well I told them my son lives in HK. Can he just pick up the ticket…) hahaha the back peddling, and saying He had to get the address from the website… To then he can’t read Chinese…
Anyways – watchout! They are very organised and very pushy lol HK teenagers! The new breed of dodgy East African con men/ women swindling elderly people out of their life savings….
For those of you that may have fallen for this and been duped… Just rest-assured and know the ones doing this have to deal with Karma…
I received a brochure from Tiger Bay Holiday today. Two tickets, one says "thank you" and the other says I’ve won USD $180,000. I was immediately suspicious, and sure enough, found this website. I hope people don’t actually fall for this scam.
Help!! Has anyone recieved brochure on Royal Jade vacation ? Ive recieved two scratch lottery ticket one was
Thankyou the second claims I’m 2nd prize winner of $180,000 usd I didn’t think too much to start with n emailed them to say I was possible winner ?
I then started to tried find out on Internet about this Royal Jade Jade vacation I found a website on them hmm !
Made me very cautious today a mr chock rang me on my mobile asked me to quote number on ticket put me on hold then returned to tell me I was indeed a major prize winner if I would email me a picture of the winning ticket both back n front in close some ID such as drivers license etc and he could then verify ticket n contact the platinum sponsors Jim & Terry to inform them of a possible winner and he’d inform more once this was recieved how to collect winners .
This screams scam to me and the words if it’s too good to be true is usually is or am I being too cynical ?..
Please anyone whose recieved similar please let me know as I’m hesitant to be photocopying my personal details like drivers license etc to a complete stranger in Malaysia
Just got mine from Ninetyseven street tours. Obviously changing names to stay ahead of google searches
IT HAPPEN TO ME TODAY 7 JUNE 2016 THAY SHOULD BE SHOURT DOWN BAD PEOPLE
I won, I won!! After being so happy for having won US$180k in some lottery I didn’t even buy I found this website and my dream was over. No BS now: this time they are advertising their con trick under "Tiger Bay Holiday" and this time Mr Watson Lau, probably Bobby Chong’s mate or himself, called me to congratulate and to ask for the usual stuff: ID, copy of the lottery ticket and, interesting enough, a copy of the envelope "to make sure you were the winner".
I even mentioned working for the AFP to see how far he would go but the man is a professional con artist.
Anyway, be aware! If it is too good to be true, it is.
I received two tickets from Maple Star Holidays and you guessed it, to celebrate their 12th Anniversary. Details are exactly the same as what has been posted below, glossy brochure, fake websites etc. Suspicious when they offer such large sums of money. What concerned me the most was how they got my name in the first place to send me these fake tickets. Tickets binned and authorities notified.
Wow! Did I get sucked in to this baby. 2nd Prize win of $US180,000 to celebrate the 12th Anniversary of Ninety Seven Street Tour. At first I just thought it was a scam, but started googling and found the websites all seemed legit. And when I rang good old Bobby Chong, yep, him again, I started to get excited. OK, he’s a good actor. I’ll give him that. Even checked out the sponsor website, but that started to concern me. What company makes so much money these days they can afford to give away the big bucks like this? Certainly not the kind of company I dug up – Stephens & Nelson Holdings. Typos always worry me. I’m a writer and editor, you see. My inbuilt BS radar. No professional outfit makes these kind of basic gaffs. But I forgave them the bad grammar as they were in Malaysia!! My bad. Thank God I decided to dig further and check out scams… cos here I am. Sad, a tad (a lot!) disheartened, but none the worse for wear, and just a bit wiser. Thanks Scam Detector. Bobby Chong, you do WRONG!!! 🙁
my partner received a glossy brochure with 2 scratchies in the mail from Great Light Holidays in Malaysia, one scratchie said thank you and the other said that we had won USD $180,000, I thought this is a scam but decided to investigate, I emailed the web address on the ticket and Bobby Chong emailed me back, he asked me to scan the ticket and email it to him, I did this, he then called me back and told me that I have won the money, I advised that we have had nothing to do with this company so cannot understand why this was sent to us, he advised that he was having a meeting and will get back to me, he called back and advised that it was sent to us in error as it was to go to members only, he said that after having a meeting, they decided to give us the winning money, he congratulated me, I could smell a rat, he then said that he will email an agreement for my partner to sign from Duncan & Owen Holdings, who are a financial institution that will provide the money, he told me that the agreement will state that my partner received the scratchie in error but will be awarded the winning money and that we have to not let anyone know about this, etc, my partner did not sign the agreement, Bobby Chong comes across as a very genuine nice man, but that is how they work to con you, he asked me to call Mr Morgan Choo, Operations Manager from Duncan & Owen Holdings so that he can verify that I am real and say who I am, I told Bobby that I am not going to call Mr Morgan Choo and have looked at this web site and found that he is a scam and this is a scam, he advised that people are just trying to rubbish his name, he told me that it is not a scam as he has not asked me for any money, I told him that would probably come, I told him that I googled both companies and they do not exist and even googled the address of the travel agency which came up as a 7 Eleven store, he told me that is not right and to come to Hong Kong and see for myself, I then told him Hong Kong, the address on the ticket advises that you are in Malaysia and he advised that it is the same thing, I could smell a rat, he promised me that this is not a scam and even thought I told him it is a scam and to google Bobby Chong at Great Light Holidays and you will see that it is a scam with several comments from people who had dealings with you or received the same in the post and lost monies, I told him that they have used other companies, other names and other financial institutions, I told him that I am not interested and to not call me again, he called me again yesterday trying to convince me that it is not a scam, that he is not asking for money and that the cheque will be forwarded to my bank for me to pick up and that he wanted me to call Mr Morgan Choo, again I told him that I am not interested and that I have reported this to the Authorities, he just does not get it, he will call me again and I will just tell him to not call me again, this was sent to my partner but he has never wanted to speak to my partner, he has only wanted to speak to me, maybe he thinks women are easy to con, so please if you get this in the mail, throw it out, it is a scam and i hope he has not conned anyone, i did not give him any banking details, he only has my name, address, hopefully he will get the message and leave me alone – no one gives you money for nothing
Received brochure with 2 scratchies in mail from Great LIght Holidays in Malaysia, one scratchie stated that I won 2nd prize of USD $180,000, sent an email to web address, Bobby Chong contacted me, this is a con, beware, do not give them any of your bank details, looks professional but it is not, google Bobby Chong at Great Light Holidays and you will see the scam
Australia – The Wind Holiday $US180,000 winner – Binned
We too are in NZ and recently received a brochure and scratchies from Majestic Moment Travel. Our winnings? The $US180,000. Checked it out with friends and the Dept Internal Affairs website – yep, a scam! (I believe it comes from Nigeria – surprise surprise!)
Yep just got one as well from Majestic Moment Travel (sent from Malaysia to NZ), apparently won US180,000 as part of a 12 year anniversary giveaway. Smelled a rat right at the beginning despite the glossy look of the tickets and brochures. Design of brochure didn’t look right – too amateurist, googled their name and the website didn’t come up on google ranking so typed in their webaddress and it took me to a site that was only developed in 2016. Me thinking oh yeah 12 year anniversary and your website has just gone up this year hmmm. Googled scams and this page came up and sure enough I’m seeing the same thing happening. If it’s too good to me true then it probably isn’t.
We’re in New Zealand and received a brochure by mail from Majestic Moment Travel. It contained two scratch cards and – guess what? We’ve won second prize! $180,000 US!. Of course, they say there might be a few payments we have to make to claim our money … It’s pretty sophisticated given that it was addressed to our house and enclosed a colour brochure (which tells you absolutely nothing). Golden rule – if seems too good to be true, it really is.
Happy Gardian Tour second Prize US$180,000 Binned itxd6IoU3i
just won 2nd prize $180,000…. GOLDEN IRON TOUR – 12th Anniversary blah blah rubbish bin…
Same scam as previous, same phone numbers, similar Malaysian address, exactly the same scratch tickets (Thanks & USD 180,000 2nd prize) , just a name change "Ocean Story Tour". Put it in the trash.
Australia – Golden Iron Tours 12th Anniversary 2nd prize $180,000 USD Bryson Ong And Sunny Khoo Frank &Leon Holdings because of no client ID no they want a non-disclosure agreement not to upset their clients and don’t tell any one of your win need to pay a fee in Hong Kong half share of legal fee they have been busy
from Nz received same scratchie cards from Great moon travel. Same as everyone else. One prize thank you. One prize USD$180,000. Everything looked genuine. Big Scam!!
I got one from The Wind Holiday today (12th Anniversary), and one tocket had USD $180,000.00 second prize, i read the brochure first and my first alarm bell was the sense that this brochure shouldve been sent in december/january going by the wording and then when i read this "The Wind Holiday would like to our platinum sponsor Wade & Stanley Holdings for" ……blah, blah, blah…..
I wouldve thought a legit brochure would have been checked for missing words, especially if youre going to send out close to 100,000 of the things. Also i tried looking up the ISBN number and got this "It looks like you have tried to enter an ISBN, but it is not a valid ISBN. Please make sure you typed it correctly."
Another recipient here of a 2nd Prize winning ticket for $180,000 from Imperial Boy Travel. Went straight into the rubbish bin !
received the winning ticket from Ocean Dynasty Vacation on 20 May-16 and the contact person is Alex and the sponsor is Ray Chapman.
Bryson Ong and Mr Morgan Choo now work for silent dreams vacation and Andrews and Dawson ltd. I was stupid enough enough to get sucked in before I found this website. I telegraphed money to them but because of a spelling mistake on the transfer form it seems they haven,t received any funds as yet . I applied to bank to cancel transaction. Bryson or Morgan are calling daily to explain they haven,t received my half of the security deposit to Hong Kong government. Hopefully Karma does bite hard.
Mmm. I too was a victim of the 2 glossy scratchies and 1 dor $180,000.00usd. Imperial Boy Travel
We also just got the two brochures with one being a $180,000 2nd prize, but this time from Great Moon Travel.
Yippee !! I just won one of the US$180,000 cash prizes from Great Moon Travel celebrating their 12th year in business. Their prize sponsors are Hart & Knight Limited. As with a post by David on 16th May 2016 I have the same comments. The big mention was an investment of a new 5 star hotel with a new adventure theme park in New Zealand. The word" New Zealand" is in a different colour as is "Great Moon Travel" and the company sponsors"Hart & Knight. " So they just change those words in their brochure template. The grand launch is expected by the end of year 2019.
Just think if that was the case a new 5 star hotel with a new adventure theme park costing USD5 million ie NZD7.5 million would be splashed all over the papers. No sign of that. Also received 2 scratchies one was thank you and the other was the second prize.
In late 2015 my parents nearly fell for this scam under the name of Sea Queen Travel. At the time we couldn’t find anything online to refute the "nice" website. So I started a facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/seaqueentravel and boosted the information for a while.
Could you please post the additional scammer travel co names there and share your experiences so as many people as possible can be warned about this issue!
Thanks, Kate (Sydney Australia)
I have received the wining tickets of 180000usd from the wind holidays and the contact person is the same Brayson.
Add Paramount Holiday 12 Anniversary to the ever growing list …
…well,clearly, the Mum’s of all the ‘clever clogs’, readers, who have commented, previously, on here, regarding these Malaysian scams…did NOT, ‘raise twits’. I too, have received ‘2 Scratchies’ one with ‘Thank You’…and more predictably than ‘the mail’…the other bearing ‘2nd Prize USD 180,000.00’. I was immediately suspicious. No-one, I repeat NO-ONE IS GIVING MONEY AWAY…not in the current Fiscal and political, ‘state of play’ on our wee blue orb!!
So, being a tad…’suspicious’, and darned proud of it, I immediately, checked on my ‘benefactor’…’OceanDynastyVacation’ for myself. Their relatively, slick, despite one or two typos, which ALWAYS ‘telegraphs’…BS, to me. Added to this ’12th Anniversary Lottery’, was the rather overt, factoid that, this…website was only registered on 1st January 2016…yet here the ‘little dears’ were…asking me to ‘share’ their ’12th Anniversary’ Prize. The ‘deal’ was you were to phone…as is my rather rebellious nature. I emailed them…have scanned & copied the whole shebang and would be very surprized to hear anything back…at all. I mentioned that I am deeply cautious.
I am certain of one thing though…I will not be receiving the supposed ‘happy cabbage’…of USD 180,000.00 and neither will anyone else. The envelope that the scam arrived in had my name on it, but…in reverse order.Rather odd. Surname first…so, these people have obviously BOUGHT MAILING LISTS…coz, frankly, I…don’t ‘join nuffin’…I did NOT enter any competition and frankly, don’t ‘gamble’ on anything. Great work from ‘Scam Detector’…and also all who have contributed their stories.
I can only hope that as few as is feasible, have been ‘parted’ from their ‘cash in this scenario…utterly appalling behaviour…isn’t it??? From the list of comments here…it leads me to think, ‘they’ are all one in the same, group or ‘couple of people’…I look forward to see them, sporting an ‘orange jumpsuit’ each…hopefully, sooner, rather than later. Many fanx again, Scam Detector…great work indeed. A
Ditto: nice glossy brochure from Great Moon travel with address and phone numbers etc arrived today. Two scratch cards enclosed, 1 with USD $180,000 the other with "thank you". The give away was "New Zealand" being mentioned in a different colour than "Taiwan"
We got two brochures through the mail. My wife scratched one (nothing) and was disappointed that I got the prize on the other 🙂 – standard US$180,000 prize. Initially tempted to test it with debit card and skype phone number but once I checked and found this site I decided not to waste my time. The very smart web site is part of the scam – same phone numbers, address etc. – most impressive
This scam is quite good. Fairly detailed and sincere for a scam that is. I too won $USD180,000.00 2nd prize and a very nice fellow by the name of Bobby Chong who phoned me back after my initial email to Oceangeneral Holidays was very embarrassed that his company had made a mistake in sending me these tickets as they were "meant only for members" but as they did not want any negative publicity, they were, after all, about to open an office for Oceangeneral Holidays in Sydney in August 2016 Bobby Chong had spoken with the prize sponsors " Gomez & Kelly Holdings" and they had agreed to honour the prize. Aww I felt so special. Poor Bobby Chong, he sounded like such a nice guy unlike the guy from Gomez & Kelly Holdings, he was a nasty piece of work who just wanted me pay half of the Hong Kong Court fees being $3,9600.00 USD. Wow! Bobby also asked me that when he came to Australia in July to open their office ( another alarm bell, the guy couldn’t even remember when he was opening an office) that he would like to meet with me and that I was to take him out for a seafood meal. Very funny. First of all, Bobby, if you are readin this I am a vegan, so no seafood for me or you for that matter and secondly you need to get out of the travel business if you don’t know how far Brisbane is away from Sydney. I laughed and laughed when I got off the phone when he suggested that I could pick him from Sydney airport and drive him to Brisbane so he could come to my home!!! ‘
Complete scam. Good cop ( Bobby) who wins you over and convinces you its real and Bad Cop ( Alexander Ma) who plays hard ball to get you to part with your money. Bobby even told me to be "very nice to Mr Ma as he was the one who agreed to honour the prize" " Tell Mr Ma A VERY BIG THANK YOU" ( Bobby’s capitals) in his email to me with their poorly written Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement attached. I was not to tell anyone blah blah blah and I was to send money for Hong Kong Court fees urgently. Really? I was having so much fun up until then. Bobby asked me what I did for a living, he wasn’t so friendly when I told him I worked for lawyers…..
This scam is pretty slick compared to others, but it does not take long for the wheels to fall off. Slick looking websites that offers no real substance, addresses that show up as empty buildings through Google maps, phone numbers that change all the time and people who answer the phone "Hello Rub.. no Oceangeneral Holidays" even the poor call centre workers cannot get their scripts correct. Bobby if you are reading this, you are not a bad actor, I did fall for you initially but the meeting you were having with Gomez Holdings in an hour to plead my case in the hope that they would honour the winning ticket made burst my bubble. I had the money spent ten times over!! I hope you can sleep at night. As my sister said " "yea 12th Anniversary alright, 12 years of scamming people" Here here.
Do not send any money to these guys, its all fake. A scam, but a pretty good scam.
Pioneer Seven Tours you are a godsend. Mr Bryson Ong was so considerate to chase after the prize that was "mistakenly" sent to us that was only reserved for the clients of the sponsor. Looking forward to my phone call with Mr. Morgan Choo from Lawson and Spencer ltd.
I can’t believe I am so lucky to win $180,000USD in the 12th Anniversary competition without even entering. Now that’s luck for ya?
I too would love to know how and where they got my information?
Similar to previous comments. Received a glossy brochure from Cloud Dancer Vacation from Malaysia. 11th Anniversary 2 scratch tickets with one saying thank you and the other saying 2nd prize win of $ 165,000 USD. I immediately looked up scams and found exactly the same!!
Add "Sandy Mighty Holiday" to the list. Dodgy as hell, same story, brochure, 2x scratch cards (1x thank you, 1x 2nd prize USD 180,000), Lot 14, Jalan Kuari, Kampung Cheras Baru, Cheras, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur 55100 Malaysia, personally addressed to Australia with 3x Malaysia stamps (thanks, I love to collect international stamps, lol), website copyright 2016 looks cheap and nasty, no search response on company name, contact numbers are +6011 3613 4834 and +6011 3613 4835. Where are these dodgy mongrels getting our names and addresses? Buying or stealing electoral rolls or other business lists? Please be careful folks, give them NOTHING!
Well guess the new car will have to wait,he he won’t be getting $180,000
Hi just got my "Sandy Mighty Holiday" $180,000.US, Dito of what Maradin say’s +(Google map shows address as a Dump)
Also got the 2nd prize of $180,000 USD
Yes I got one too with $180K win! It is a scam when you consider they are not clever enough to tell you what to do next if you win one right in the brochure. It doesn’t say how to contact them. You can only enter your details and post the card. If you ring at the phone number you only get a recorded message. Pure BULLSHIT!
Yep got one in the mail today that I had won $180,000,00usd ummm only suppose to be two winners
Just got a mail from Golden Jade Tour with a scratch card winning a 180 0000 USD. I knew it was too good to be true. Thanks scam detector
Magic Fountains’ Bobby Chong does not give up easily but after me telling him about his parentage I think he got the message , bit of a bummer real I had to cancel my order on the new BMW.
Have had a lot of fun with this lot. I insist that their conversations are forwarded to me by email . This gives them something to do and leaves someone else alone. Looking forward to the next conversation where I will probably give them their pedigree. Net Safe in N Z are pretty interested in this lot.
Had a great conversation from mr Bobby Chong the non disclosure document looks pretty standard their sponsor was sander& Ross Hong Kong check,ed them out not a registered company. Mr Morgan Choo was to pay the $180000 US after I coughed up $3600USto Hong Kong Government . Checked with High Court In Hong Kong they did suggest to contact lawyer. Net Safe in nz were pretty interested.Looking forward to next conversation unless they have closed down the site.
Wow this company will be broke in a week with all these 180k payouts! Mine was from Ocean General holiday, glossy paper, very well presented with a teddy bear.
I live in Australia and I just received one from ‘Ocean General Holiday’. 2 scratchies, 1 a loser, the other US$180,000!! I believe in "if sounds too good to be true then it probably is". Thanks for the tip-off.
@Ian: I just won exactly the same thing, cause it says there is only 2 winners of that prize we can be the only two? Ocean General Holiday 12th Anniversary. Malaysian address No 41 Johan Kapar, 41 400 Klang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
Also in New Zealand, my winning 180,000 scratchie came from Magic Fountain Travel. Mr Alex Lee is the man I talked to, who wanted my Air New Zealand airpoints number to confirm their "Client Number". He requested I travel to Wellington to help promote some tourist thing! Thankfully my husband is more untrusting than me and found this website.
I spoke to the same man named Jordan Tan that Colin spoke to on the 15th April. The name of the company on my ticket was Northern Eleven Tour Company. I asked him if he paid the $3,600 dollars for
me, that Mr Daniel Tau in Hong Kong asked me to deposit , I would then pay him double it. Waiting now for him to get back to me. I did make the mistake and gave him my drivers licence number for identification and a bank account number that only has $12 in it. I was blown away at first but a sister of mine in London advised me to go on Google and check it out. Thanks for this website I am able to advise others also of these horrible scams. He may not ring back now as he may be reading this .
Thank you everyone for this warning.
I also have been having some very amusing conversations with Mr Bryson Ong from Royal Empire Tourism – he has even gone to all the trouble to meet with his Sponsors to get the payment of US$180000 approved to pay out to me – even though my receiving the tickets was a mistake on their part. He is so determined that I should get what is rightfully mine, that he has gone to a great deal of trouble with meetings etc.. just wants me to sign his Confidentiality Contract now…. Hmm, I think not.
April 2016, New Zealand; Same story as writers below- we ‘won’ second’ prize of $US 180,000.00.. I thought to check it out tomorrow but googles the name of the company- "Royal Empire Tourism". Found this scam site in the top five search results and I realised it was too good to be true! Thank you for your warning!
I am not going to rewrite the same stories listed on this site but rather provide the details of the operatives for this scratchy scam. Perfect Fixer Travel – Kelvin Boo [[email protected]] (Malaysia) 12th Anniversary, sponsored by Wood & Richardson Holdings – Jeff Lee Operations Manager (Hong Kong). Dodgy promotions brochure and equally dodgy websites that did not read correctly and were obvious cut and paste jobs. I ended up looking up the other companies listed on the back of the ticket to confirm their connection with either the companies mentioned above – these legitimate companies had never heard of them. If it seems unbelievable, it generally is.
I hope the international call rate to mobiles is expensive, I certainly had long conversations with them at their expense.
Just got a Royal Empire Tourism USD $180,000 winning scratchcard a few days ago. Got a similar one also from Malaysia a few years ago, so I’ve been having a bit of fun playing along. So far three long winded conversations with JOSEPH TAN. Very pleased I found this website – was wondering where it was all heading.Will thoroughly enjoy the next conversation. Auckland New Zealand
I am in New Zealand. In the mail (April 2016) arrived an impressive brochure from "Mighty creation holiday" containing two scatchies. One said thankyou and the other said I had won 2nd prize $180,000 USD. Checked web site which raised some suspicions as had only registered last three months. (Company claiming this was a 12th Anniversary prize!) Rang Malyasian number and was put through to a Jordan Tan. He then asked for my mobile number and requested send copy of the ticket to email address ([email protected]). Subsequently a number of phone calls from him (no number i.d.) nor any written email replies with discussion of providing "profile" what sort of holidays I had had etc and finally "having trouble finding my file. I then found his Company listed on the New Zealand Dept of Internal Affairs website as a scam so I sent him the link !! Got two calls from him after that were rather nebulous (I’ll call you back) and that has been the end of it. If you read their terms and conditions including the scratchie ticket you will find they can easily find an excuse not to pay out – they have all rights reserved.
I also live in NZ received the same tickets. Mine were Royal Empire Tourism, rang the number and spoke to a very nice guy, Bryson Ong. We had along chat seemed genuine I was so excited, until I looked up the site and realized it was a scam. Haven’t the heard of KARMA I hope it comes and bites them on the bum.
We also live in New Zealand and have just received the same Tickets as everyone else. One – Thankyou, the other – $US180,000 Second Price. This Brochure was from Hat Trick Vacation. They even have a Web Site. Oh well bye bye winnings. 8-} Thankyou for your Site.
Just a warning for you guys. Received a brochure containing scratches for 12th anniversary promotional event at Maple Star Holidays. I expect the same result as those scams listed below. thanks scam detectors.
We just got the second prize $US 180,000 -Northern Eleven Tour celebrating 12 years! The website http://www.northerneleventour.com is unobtainable. Address is Kuala Lumpur telephone 6011 3613 4832 – haven’t bothered to call. Thanks for Scam detectors.
My son received a beautiful brochure personally addressed to him with the 11th Anniversary Scratchies inside the brochure "Discover the Unexpected" from Awesome Life Holidays. When scratched, he won US$165,000. There are phone numbers, and address and email addresses so it looks real, you could honestly think it is real.
What really irks me is he is a struggling parent of 3 girls, a young family that would love to buy his own home so they can try for a son. This could have really helped him. To find out it is a scam will break his heart. Its not bloody fair. These people have no guts, and no heart. It really looks real on the outside, many would think it is real. Pigs!
My son had an addressed envelope to him personally with a beautiful brochure "Discover the Unexpected" by Awesome Life Holidays with 2 scratchies. One said Thank You, the other said he won US $165,000 and to ring +6011 2675 7383 or +6011 2675 7384 for further assistance. It says it is their 11th Anniversary. He gave it to me to investigate. He is a struggling parent of 3 girls, It really gives me the "shytes" when companies do this and gets their hopes up. It is not right and not bloody fair.
Yes just got the same deal! USD 165,000 2nd prize from a scratchie and a Thank you scratchie from BLAZING ANGEL VACATION. Looked professional! So glad I looked up this site! Don’t get sucked in.
looks like they are still at it this time using Awesome Life Holiday won 165,000 usd in case someone wants to be reactive break some knee caps hostage and ransom send a virus hijack their comp see Cindy Leong 109C ,Jalan Tasik, 31600 , Gopeng, Perak, Malaysia Telephone: 601116134899 IP Address: 124.150.140.133 say i sent you
Another New Zealand one: we received a brochure and two scratchies in the mail for a lottery for Magic Fountain Travel; one of the scratchies said we’d won $US180000. Checked for scams online, and somehow missed this site, so we rang the number and spoke to a Bobby Chong, who asked for the scratchie id code, which he said confirmed that it was legitimate. He asked us to scan our scratchie and send it to him, which we did. We have yet to hear back from him.
We subsequently found this scam-detector site, and are now wiser!
My mum got a brochure from. Secretspicetour.com. same thing 2 scratch cards. Second prise 180,000.00. She lives in a rest home. So not sure how she even got it.
just received a winning prize of ,you guessed it $165000, wow ! thought it was too good to be true , so
checked out for other cons, the ticket came from lucky jade holiday, 11 th anniversary, must be lucky numbers! anyway didnt ring true, so watch out for this one!
Good heavens, i just won a $165K second prize from Rose Gold Vacation too. As there was only 2 on offer, it is obvious that no one else will get such a windfall. Interestingly, their website gives absolutely no hard information on the company.just advertising blurb. Clever. Thank you for this web site. I was able to confirm my suspicions.
I got one today the same got two tickets one saying thank you one 2nd prize USD 165000 different name Was called blazing angel vacation
I got one today, in New Zealand. Company is called Magic Fountain Travel & I am supposed to have won USD180,000. Professional-looking glossy brochure too…
I live in New Zealand and received today a letter from Malaysia. In it was a coloured brochure from "Baby Moon Tourism" and enclosed with it were two Scratch & Win Tickets, one of which showed (when scratched) a prize of USD 165,000.00.
Do you know if this is one of the scams as shown on your pages please.
Thank you
I just received a glossy brochure with 2 tickets, Rose Gold Vacation, 11th anniversary, 1st ticket said "thank you" 2nd ticket WOW!!! I won 165,000 USD, all looking very professional, bar code and all. threw them in the bin.
I received a brochure from Perfect Dragon tours. I ‘won’ $165000. The chap who was scamming me was Gordon Boo (who knows if that was real). Wanted bank details and then my membership no. for the club. Of course i didn’t have one. No problem they convinced the sponsor that i was kosher and then Gordy wanted some ID number; even a library card. At that point i told them tat tah. I hope i haven’t given them too much info for my experiment in trying to sus the scammers. Think i’ll let my bank know and the NZ police. I forgot to say that i live in New Zealand.
got a pamphlet from ‘magnum star holiday’ with two tickets, one saying thank you and the other saying I won 165,000 USD. even fancy gold lettering. kind of creepy
Just received the exact same envelope. One ticket reveals Thank You, the second a second prize of 165,000 USD. Thanks to all earlier posts this can go straight in the bin.
Same deal below, won 2nd prize $165 USD. Was contacted by a Bobby Chong and asked to scan ticket and email to him so he could check the prize. So bloody excited.
Pretty classy scam.
We are in Nz. We received two separate letters from Lucky Jade Holiday. Each contained the colourful brochure and scratchy tickets. One was Thank You and the other 2nd prize for $USD165000, with exactly the same serial numbers! Knew it was a scam but nice to read it here to be sure.
Just got the brochure in the mail and guess what, yes one ticket said thank you and the other ticket…. yah we won.
Knew it was a scam but must admit, it looks very authentic and I am sure people will be conned. I just hope they check out this website to confirm that it in fact rubbish.
I got the Galaxy Spirits Holiday scratchie too!!!! Scammers!
Well hi, I got a mail just like you did, I called them, he said his name was Benjamin Lau. He said please read out the winning ticket number. And then scan it, or take a picture of it with the envelope, He rang me back with details to find out how I was going to send it. The two tickets, Says scratch and win. 1st ticket says Thank You, 2nd ticket says 2ND PRIZE, USD 165,000.000 and serial number 43601-79012 and a small bar code under that. So cool if it were true.!! What a lot of wasted money on these beautiful brochures and cards plus the envelopes stamps ect, I live in New Zealand.
Yeah I won $165000.00 dollars today title of brochure is "Discover the unexpected" *Spirit seven tours* why do these "A" Holes get away with this crap anyway I haven’t finished playing with them yet too much innocent guys put their muddy names out there
I was caught by the same thing . I won $165.000 us$ . I went a way through until I was told to pay half of $7000 usd . No way . I had already given them my account no but nothing else . It’s a scam as I thought .
And so it goes on. Spirit 7 Tours – Discover The Unexpected… Well this was thoroughly expected. I have also won $165,000USD (one of two to win this amount).
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I’m sure these companies will be concerned their names are associated with such dubious activity!!
Received two tickets from Babymoon Holidays.Phoned the number and spoke to a Skyler Lee.Asked if it was a scam which he denied.After sending him a scan of my $165000 winning ticket was later told I had won and would hear from their sponsor who is based in Hong Kong.He used the name of Billy and Jenny Holdings.
Initially thought it was to good to be true but the way they present themselves sounds convincing.Thank goodness I checked out this site and am now looking forward to their next contact with me.
I just sighed as soon as I saw the envelope and told my son all about fraud and how to recognise it. ie Did you enter the competition. No. Do you know anyone in this country. No. Have you ever contacted anyone in this country. No. Therefore its not real. If its too good to be real then its not. Then I found this website by writing fraud and their name on first shot. Always a good way to look up any company. After a good read thought I might add this if it will help anyone.
Hey i won usd 165000 also! Its says on the brochure that there are only two winners for this amount … i am counting quite a few more than that on this scam website.
Hi ,I to live in NZ and today received the same brochure from Grand Legend Holiday with two scratch tickets One of which told me I had won 2nd prize of $165,000
After going into their site and reading what others like me have received in the mail I can now put mine straight in the bin.
NZ 3.11.15 receved 2nd prize 165000 usd for Grand legend seamed legit I checked websites and called the have our ph and name. Very convincing checked govt site couldn’t find it then found this site
same scam here but they send me a brochure from "heavenly angel tour" – when I asked questions about the company the conversation soon turned sour and when I said I have worked 10 years in the tourism industry and have never heard of them the guy asked if I was a prostitute?! yeah – not nice people for sure! oh and I won the 2nd prize too!
hi I received 2 envelopes from spirit seven tours malaysia I opened one threw them in the rubbish
Heart by heart 165000 USD 2nd prize
Hi, I am in NZ also and received a rather professional brochure and two scratch a prize tickets. I too scratched $165,000 USD. I emailed them and Derrick Chong did call me back. I asked how he got my details and he said that I should be more concerned with the fact that I had just won a large amount of money. I rang one of the companies they mentioned as supplying names to them. This particular NZ company had never heard of them, surprise, surprise. Binning the rubbish now! This one is Grand Legend Holiday.
October 27th sent scratch tickets from Winter spirit travel.. won 2nd prize seems everyone wins 2nd prize. Strage when on 2 second prize winners on Brochure. Michael Chock rings after mail sent showing winning ticket.. very convincing saying major sponsor Bobby tiffany holdings in Hong Kong will verify ticket. very impressive websites for both Co except no listing when Google thier industry.
don’t know how far they go
I forgot to add it was an 11th Anniversary lottery ticket. It looked so professional. I cant believe i nearly paid them the money. We need a way to warn people like me who dont think to check sits like these. We need to bet these people. I dont care how poor you are, it is no excuse to hurt people like this
OMG i nearly went to the bank to transfer the government tax i would get back they said. Now im reading these and feel sick. I got 2 tickets in mail from PACIFIC GUARDIAN TRAVEL and one scratch ticket said i won 2nd prize $165000. I rang them and got GORDON BOO who was very nice and surprised and had to scan ticket and envelope for verification which i did and sent.Then got told yes i had won but as not a client of sponsor SUSAN AND DAVID LTD it was a mistake i got ticket but they had a meeting with sponsor and said will give prize and it was the right thing to do and did not want a bad reputation, then i was rung by "operations manager" from Susan &David ltd saying yes i just needed to pay half of government tax of $3600 which i would get back and then will receive money. I had checked out web sits of both companies and seems all good and rung a couple of times and got answered by company name and brochure of travel company and ticket seemed so convincing. When i said wouldnt pay any money now getting abusive phone calls. It has made me feel so sick. I am an intelligent woman but i nearly got sucked in. So sad there are people who would rob you like this and we need to get it out there about this. I nearly lost my money except for a friend at the bank. You see the first red flag "I saw" was when they said not to tell them at the bank what transfer was for as they did not want their clients to find out a guest had won one of the major prizes and would be upset, to be discreet, and i nearly bought it all. Feel so sick,so stay away from PACIFIC GUARDIAN TRAVEL AND SUSAN & DAVID LIMITED
Just received the 2nd prize scratch ticket of $165,000 and thought I would check the website – sounds like a scam so its into the recycle bin
Nearly got caught! thanks for this site that gave us warning not to proceed further – too much of a coincidence that everyone has a $165,000 winning ticket!! mine was with HearttoHeartTravel Benjamin was a lovely guy – too nice – all too well scripted!
I received mail posted in Malaysia from Baby Moon Holiday. Included were two scratchees, one of which revealed "2nd prize USD$165,000.00" and that I should phone their number in Malaysia. I have checked out them out the net and they are a legitimate travel company.
Now I don’t for a minute think they are going to hand over any money and think if I phone them they will just try to sell me some travel.
Hi Phil, I got the other second winning ticket of $US 165000 and also spoke to Michael Chock!!! Very nice chappie on the phone. We weren’t able to scan the winning ticket from home however I was going to scan it and send tomorrow from work and will do so just to see what their next move is. But I will also be ringing the Commonwealth Police to report it.
thanks for the heads up
Helen
Winter spirit travel
Won 2nd prize
Michael chock rang me back and was going to report to his manangement that i accused them of being a scam
Very funny
Also received the USD $165,000.00 winning ticket, called and spoke to Michael Chock. Very convincing but the old saying of "if it sounds too good to be true it probably is" still works. Just to see how far they would take it I emailed them a scan of the winning ticket, waiting for them to get back to me with the pitch and then I’ll let them have it…
Should we be letting the ACCC know about these contacts?
I have also received the $65,000 U.S. scratch ticket from oneunitedholiday.com . Im am looking forward to my next phone from Derek Gong.or Derrick Rodger….
just received one today 165000 usd.
thanks for the info on it will ignore
and stay on my day job
Yes we also scratched 2nd prize USD 165,000.!! "Silver Honey Holidays". Couple phone calls from Derrick. Guess we had to find out the truth, but miserable bastards. We’ve never won better than a chook raffle, so we were pretty excited about it all.
I won 165000USD today. Woohoo..uh! DOH!! Tried to ring the company hoping but suspecting it was a fraud. I could never be that lucky.
They call themselves heartbyhearttour.com from Malaysia. great brochure design. obviuosly their gifted a–holes in printing and design. pity there isnt a law that allows you to sue these clowns for say!!? 165000USD!!
Just received the brochures saying I’d won the 165000 dollars. A very professional looking scam that must catch some people.
I’m just a bit too long on this earth to get caught like this and this website confirmed my suspicions.
same scam came to me in Tasmania 19th Oct 2015 …I had a 15 hr layover at Changi Airport 11 days ago.There was a money voucher thing going on at the airport, which then led to some lucky prize at some machine there, which asked for passport verification ..hmmm seems to me this is where my name and address will have hit the radar for scamming. Received a ticket for 2nd prize US$165,000.oo …smelt like a scam right away as I am no client of Easter Rising Vacation …watch out!!!
OK, I’m in NZ and I received a winning scratchy last week for $165,000. I didn’t get excited but emailed all the companies listed as supporters asking if it is true… no responses yet. Haven’t seen this scam before, but at least their paperwork is classy!! Hahahaha!!!!!
Received 13th October prize of 165000 usd for my father who passed away in May.
Looks like everyone is a USD165,000 winner. I won the same of Friday. Just happened to be opening the envelope when a friend appeared to say hello. He noticed the package and made comment. He received one last year. For fun he started with the phone calls as requested on the ticket. When he finally told them he did not have a bank account (lol) they hung up and stopped all conversations.
I sure didn’t have to wonder very long was it a scam.
I just got one for $165000 too and am wondering where they got my name & address from.
As soon as I received a brochure promoting Malaysian holidays that was filled with photos of Australian icons such as the Sydney Opera House, koalas and kangaroos, I was immediately suspicious. And when I scratched the ticket to find I had won $165,000 USD, and read that I would have to pay "mandatory charges" and was "obliged to provide required information for further verification" my suspicions were confirmed. It’s a scam – DON’T FALL FOR IT!
Thanks for the lovely stamps though – we shall add them to our collection.
I won USD $165,000 too but reading all the other comments people shouldn’t get other peoples hopes up it hard surviving everyday as it is. one united holiday 11th anniversary. I wish people were real.
Company Silver Honey Holiday …2nd Prize …$165000 USD ….company out of malaysia….Looks professional ..has a web site etc…
Disappointed,,,I thought my luck had changed, with the Easter Rising Vacation brochure with 2 scratchies ..one with THANK YOU and the other $165,000 US,
and by looking at the web site i find all other winners , when they say only 2 winners available, so thankyou one and all ….better go back to work NOW.
Just opened a letter from Golden Earings Tour. Exactly the same as AJoe describes but different company name. Website looks authentic, glossy brochure, scratch tickets one with thank you, second one US $165000.Seemed too good the true. A quick internet search found this site which shows it is a SCAM. Thank you.
BEWARE of the PUBLIC GUARDIAN TRAVEL MALAYSIA, glossy brochure with 2 Scratch & Win tickets inside. One ticket reveals that you have won the 2nd prize of USD 165,000,00 !! They even had a website which sounded genuine. ALMOST a very convincing SCAM !!!
Me too on 15th October. Same as per J Stevens with 2 scratch and win cards with the first "Thankyou" and the second one indicating I was a price winner of $165,000 USD.
I won USD$165,000 too…..cant wait to buy my new motorbike….NOT.
EASTER RISING VACATION 11TH ANNIVERSARY SCUM BAGS!!
Received brochure from Easter Rising Vacation,looked like a scam as soon as I opened white envelope,googled and sure enough confirm scam! Let’s hope nobody gets ripped off by these conmen.
Hopefully with all these different experiences and comments we can alert people before it’s too late.
Well it appears that scams are alive and well.. I was very skeptical in the beginning..and then I emailed the co."infinity Dragon Travel " to say I had a winning ticket 2nd prize of $165000..Harry Khoo was the next person I spoke with..again they claim the tickets only go to their customers…and I was very special to be allowed this money..please submit passports and bank details to verify who I was…and they phoned me several times..and then I was told I needed to pay 2.2% of the prize money to get a letter of authorization from the Hong Kong government..what ??And then a chat with Timothy Ho..again the same deal…pay this money of 2.2% of prize money ($3600 and we will refund this and also pay the $165000 into your account..sure !! NOT !!! Bastards…I didnt pay the money and told them this was an elaborate plan to scam money…a very elaborate scam..glossy brochures..tickets..So be warned..they have been doing it so much they are very good…Dont pay them..I told them I had friends in Hong Kong who would go to High court in Hong Kong on my behalf to get this letter…and suddenly they didnt want to talk with me anymore..Bastards…
My prize was $US165,000.00 (2nd Prize) through "Excellent Goal Tour" Company in Kuala Lumpur.
Just received a large white envelope from Malaysia inside was a holiday brochure for One United Holiday with 2 scratchie tickets first one said Thank You second one stated that I had won the amount of $165, 000.00. Considering I am not actually a client this just rang scam bells.
Received similar brochure, name of Moon Empire Vacation
And a new one "Crystal Gardens Tours". I’m disappointed that I didn’t win US$165000 but it was only second prize anyway. I wonder if they use first prize, or would that alert too many people. Thanks for the heads-up, yours seems to be about the only site that lists this one.
Same as above…received a letter from Malaysia..stamps and all…silver honey holidays..two scratchies..one telling me I had won US $165,000. Yeah right! Beware!!!
Watch out for these scammers: www://dreamcultureholiday.com
operating in australia lottery tickets posted this month to australia same lottery scam as before Couple of different names same prizes and asking for 4.4% of prize to pay hk gov.
Wow so glad I came across this site, I was searching for a mr Edwin Chen as its too hard to believe I have won $165,000 USD. I got as far as receiving the confidentiality letter to sign and pulled the pin on the scam.
Bastards are very convincing…didn’t get my money!
Strange,,,I didn’t even get excited when I opened the letter and found the tickets, two..exactly as you described…this was 20 hours ago, so I forgot all about my big win until just now lol. So I wasn’t scammed, pity everyone doesnt at least google for details.
Even winning a block of chocolate like this, would incur more postage and handling charges than the chocolate was worth.
The old adage…if it looks too good to be true..it is
Are you telling me I didn’t win US $ 165k.
How disappointing. Our contact person is Gordon BOO.
We are actually enjoying his phone calls, and will take him to see NZ when he comes here in January to open a new office in Wellington. Such a nice man.
He even warned us to be weary of family members and friends that will try to get money of us.
Looking forward to his phone call tonight.
The scam is from a Malaysian travel agency Happy Joy Holiday (Phone; 60126975696. Web; http://www.happyjoyholiday) and are sending out scratch and win tickets which apparently I had won USD$165000, they claim these tickets should have only went to their clients, but this Harry Khoo ([email protected]) has fought for my case and they decided to give me the prize. He then passed me on to Alfred Tan (phone; 85261910499) operations manager in Hong Kong who informed me I had to pay a tax which they would pick up half the tab, As soon as they said this I realized I was being scammed. They wanted bank details, verification and wanted me sign a confidentiality agreement because I was not a client they did not want their clients finding out. They say their main sponsor is Jones and Roberts Limited, which when you look them up they seem to have two addresses in Hong Kong on the same street, Kai Wong Commercial Bldg, 222-226 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong and Kai Wong Commercial Building 12/F 125-128 Queens Road Central Sheung Wan / Soho, Hong Kong. Website; http://www.jonesrobertslimited.com Email; [email protected] This seems to be and elaborate scam.
received 1 large white envelope posted from Malaysia that contained 2 holiday scratchies, one had you have won $165,000.00 US. This company is called One United Holidays Lot 243, Lorong Nibong Ampand, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 601126975691. [email protected].
Michael Chock states you can win this amount from their main sponsors " sarah & adam Holdings, Hong Kong from Mr Patrick Wong.
Alert!! New company name:
Happy Joy Holiday
Website: happyjoyholiday.com
Just received a letter with the address punted on a sticker and stuck on the envelope along with 4 hand stuck Malaysian stamps. This kind of interested me a bit, I thought it might have been from a couple of the companies I deal with, however had my old address on it (have onforwarding in place).
Claimed I had won $165,000 USD. Didn’t enter any lottery and had no idea of the company name. Something for nothing?? Ha! Didn’t ring them, just googled to find out if it’s legit.
So you’re telling me I didn’t win $165000 from a competition I didn’t enter. Damn pure white holidays and their 11th anniversary special. Pretty convincing website and tickets. There’s no Victorian or other Australian permit number for running a competition on the tickets though. Tickets asked for my name, address, occupation and client number. Seems they should’ve had that. Real stamps on the envelope as well. Also my address on a printed on a sticker. No photos of people in the brochure either like the general manager address has no photo with it. Convincing but just not quite right.
Received in Melbourne today from ‘Pure White Holiday’ addressed to me as ‘Mr’ despite my obvious woman’s nsme. On the basis that if it seems too good to be true, it usually is, I immediately checked on line as scam.
Sadly, the amount they spent on Malaysian stamps must mean they are making money out of it, usually from those who can least afford it.
Yep got the same here, beware of Benjamin Lau and Edwin Chen..they are pretty slick as they move you along the process of claiming your $165,000 US 2nd prize right up until the part where you are asked to send them 4.4% of the winning amount as a govt bond which is refunded later, that’s when the alarm bells went off…
Also when I googled Happy Joy Holidays for reviews there was nothing to be found…should have stopped right there..they didn’t get anything out of me, but I do wonder if anyone has had any suspicious activity regarding their bank details I gave them an old account that I no longer use with a previous bank
Hi Good people, Sorry to see so many are still getting this junk – as fast as I can close down the fake web sites they pop up with new ones – so have given up on that futile chase.
Pre-warned is better than any sort of post action for scams – therefore I have compiled a generic set of warnings for all to read and share with others. The more we can warn everyone the less these scum win.
Anyway pop on over to this page:
http://www.cardiff-rsl.com/scam-information.htm
It is an independent page of the Cardiff RSL NSW Sub Branch – (for current and past Australian Military Personnel) – one of the web sites I manage – and they have consented to having this information on their site as well as making it available for public access.
I have already added links to this page on the many other sites that I develop and maintain.
So feel free to share the link – help others to see just what is out there and the insidious methods that are being used.
You can even download a PDF version and save/print it so that you can share the information with others who do not have IT access – many of those are receiving this scam and have no info on SCAMS.
Pre-warned has got to be better than ripped off.
Regards Garry.
I received Dream Culture holiday 11th Anniversary tickets and won 2nd prize of US$165,000. I must admit at first i thought it was a scam but when i phoned,the man was extremely convincing so i looked up the company and thought the web site was convincing. Of course my first instinct was scam and on investigating sure enough reading this has confirmed it.
I received something very similar today . It was for "Pure White Holiday 11th anniversary". Two scratch cards received, one was a winner for 165,000 USD. What threw me a bit was the envelope, it had a hand stuck address label and real stamps.
Dream Culture holidays just sent me 2 scratchie tickets. One of course being a winning ticket for USD $165000. Knew it was a scam and sure enough googled them only to find they are operating under different names.
wow just won $165.000 . IN A DUD SCAM from happy joy holiday .what lovely generous people they are .
yes received brochure and lottery tickets today. Thought it was a scam and did an internet search which confirmed it! These fraudsters have made it to Tasmania, Australia too.
The old adage if it’s too good to be true it probably is. Thank you for this page. Received 2 envelopes a week apart. One from Oriental Pearl Vacations and the other from Marine Treasure Holiday. Both envelopes would have to have originated from same address probably somewhere in Malaysia. Yes contained a winning card in both envelopes each for second prize amounting to $USA 165000. I did follow up on the first winning card claiming my prize. But when the second envelope arrived with another winning card again for second prize you’ve got to wonder about these idiots. Pretty dumb really Michael Chock.
Yep, I apparently won USD165000 from some very impressive looking lottery tickets I just received in the mail. FIrst thing I did was search for "happy joy lottery scam" and found this site. No surprises.
Yep just scratched my winning usd165,000.from pure white holiday!! My husband was getting excited me I was pretty sure it was a scam but sent and email anyway then I read these comments! yep thought so!!
Edwin Chen, Harry Khoo, Timothy Ho are names synonomous with this Lottery Scam. They may be alias’ but I have seen theses names in this Lottery Scam. You receive two tickets. One says thank-you and the other once scratched reveals you have won $165 000USD. We are revealing this to help others to throw the ticket away. The people we know who were scammed by this told us their story.
Once you sratch the winning ticket $165000 USD you will email an address in Malaysia who will inform you to email their Claims Department. Harry Khoo informs you he will find out what the story is because only their Clients are suppose to receive these tickets.
You will be told that as a non-client the Sponsor, in this case (Kelvin Rachel Limited Mr Edwin Chen)
that as a non-client you have won this money. You are very special at this moment. Never happened before. You will sign a confidential disclosure statement. You are not to tell no-one. This secrecy is the begining of the scam.
You will be asked to pay a Security deposit, then later Tax to the Chinese Government. Then a bank Fee then the Bank will request you pay for an Insurance in case they lose the money through the digital transaction. All up by this time you will have spent around $20 000USD. They even have a bogus Bank Answering System with Delta Asia that leads you into an account with $165 000USD in your name. The couple we know have recovered from this but are out of pocket alot. We went into the system and it doesn’t give you the option to speak to an operator or to do any other banking options.
These guys are deliberate Con men and very good at what they do. Beware in New Zealand. These have made their way right through out NZ, Nelson Christchurch and other areas. Throw it away. Don’t give it a second thought.
Received a pure white holiday brochure with 2" lottery tickets/scratchies! Wow I won $165,000USD! While I find it hard to believe people fall for this, it also annoys me as a family friends elderly Father was stung by a similar scam!!
OMG I’ve won USD165,000.00 from little man travel too… such a SCAM!
My name is Douglas from Rotorua New Zealand, I have sent two emails to "[email protected]" and even asked the Malaysian Embassy in both Auckland and Wellington NZ. And have not to date received a reply. I have asked for any requirements to be made by email, but no reply to date28/09/2015
Well,well,I now know what it feels like to be scammed.
I spoke to someone called Gordon Boo? I did receive a lovely brochure and two complimentary tickets-one winning $165,000 usd as second prize.Been in contact with this person and he seemed okay until he started on about his sponsor in H/Kong. I’m familiar with sponsors and there is now a big red flag in place.After reading these testimonials I’m not expecting to get further responses from them.I’m feeling very let-down and disappointed-but also a lesson learnt.I even told him it was my first ever win.I hope he experiences this one day.It does hurt.
It’s now going by Crystal Gardens Tours.
I had one today from Crystal Gardens Tours complete with a winning scratch prize of $165,000USD
Yes!! Got a brochure in mail on Wednesday,23/9/2015 and thought this can not be true, I then phoned through to the infinity travel office and got put on to Benjamin Lau, who reassured me it was genuine and the money is coming from the sponsors on the back of the ticket. I then said I had visited a website that says that this is a sophisticated scam, and had difficulty finding his web-site, he was then going to check with IT, oh and guess what he never called me back, lol
Our household received two envelopes from Dragon infinity travel and of course two 2nd prizes of US $165000. Even though it all looked very professional and glossy it screamed scam to me. Really appreciate this website thanks to confirm my suspicions, thanks. The nice stamps on the envelopes were a bonus ?
I just won $165,000 US from Tropical Forest Vacation!! YAY ME!! ;0) Sounded suspicious!
I have one also from Tropical Forest vacation and guess what I also won 165,000 2nd prize. all I have to do is ring the number on the scratchy. Good to see sites like scam detector that people are able to warn others from.
I received two lots of the scratch it ticket with a travel brochure from Seahorizonholiday as their 11th anniversary promotion. Each had the winning scratch it prize US$165,000. They came from Malaysia. I emailed them asking if it was a joke or trick and that I did not want to jump up for joy before finding out.
I received aphone call from a Michael Chock assuring me it was genuine and that it was lucky I did not throw the letter in the bin. The usual rubbish about not being on whatever list to qualify but assured me he would do his best to get the Platinum sponsor to award me the prize money. Have not heard back since.
They did not attempt to get me to send money perhaps because I was too laid back about the whole thing. I was also told I would be attending their opening ceremony in Sydney. I suggested they send me molney to purchase a new dress for the occasion. The guy laughed. He also advised me to move closer to my son who lives in another state.
I am not so easily convinced anybody especially an unknown entity would give me money for nothing. I am not even interested in $50.00 reward for joining up to a funeral insurance. What can one do with that piddly sum of $50?
Wh do people get sucked in by money so easily. The money offered is never enough to live a really fantastic life style.
This same scam is also being run under "Dragon Infinity Travel" It is exactly the same website as listed above but they have changed the pictures and the company name. It’s pretty impressive how realistic it all looks, but nobody sends you money for nothing.
Same deal with Pure White Holiday 11th Anniversary. $165,000 for 2nd prize. Be careful.
Paul, They also fooled me. I actually believed that I won 2nd prize($165,000,00USD)from ROCK WITH YOU HOLIDAY.
Benjamin Lau seemed so so nice and convincing, I had a phone appointment with Timothy Ho from ALWIN & TUCKER today. I believed everything till they started asking $$$$+ from me (That is apparently refundable).
At first they weren’t going to give it to me because I’m not a client with ALWIN & TUCKER HOLDINGS. But Benjamin "Fought" very hard to get them to give me the 2nd prize only if I kept it quite from everybody.
Its thanks to Paul & Millie on this website that I’m not giving my money away. My life would have been set back for at least 2 years if i went through with this, THANK YOU!!!
They are and there websites are very very convincing.
Please don’t fall for any of there tricks.
I got this as well, World Harmony Tours, Lvl, 16 Integra Tower, The Intermark, 348, Jalan Tun Razak, 50400, Malaysia: US$165,000 [email protected]
Interesting to see that these guys run website which looks very professional as well. This is indeed an open fraud.
http://www.worldharmonytours.com/about.html
About Us Our History Our greatest satisfaction comes in serving large numbers of satisfied clients who have experienced the joy and inspiration of travelling.
View on http://www.worldharmonytours.com/
http://www.tonymartinlimited.com/english_version/profile.html
It links to the above two websites.
I send this infomation to [email protected] but no response. It seems to me that these guys are all connected well with these scammers.
The guy goes on calling me and asking to send money. And his phone number still works with no body taking any action.
Hope this helps
Beware of the Rock With You Holiday scammers, too!!!!Please help as one lot of money would not have been cleared yet China bank Hong Kong agriculture bank China totaling nearly ten thousand Australia dollars.
Nearly got sucked in. Got 2nd prize scratch/win for US$165,000 from Royal Style Vacation. Steve Cheah was their contact and was told the firm Kelvin & Susan Ltd in Hong Kong were the sponsors. The glossy brochure and tickets made it seem legit.
ROCK WITH YOU HOLIDAYS 11th Anniversary
I am ashamed to admit they conned me for a large amount of cash. I checked the China Tax site to check if the taxes they were saying had to be paid were legitimate and all taxes were mentioned.The two companies mentioned below both have very impressive web sites sucked me in.
Remember the following names if they ever appear BENJAMIN LAU. Rock with you holidays Malaysia.
EDWIN CHEN.TIMOTHY HO.DAVID WU. Alwin & Tucker Holdings Hong Kong.these mongrels are very convincing.
I hope this saves people being conned and made to feel foolish I didn’t want the money for me I wanted to give it to my children.
I hope these low life dogs get some incurable disease.
Please everyone be careful if they fooled me they can fool anybody and I’m very embarrassed to say it.
The current name is Royalstyle Vacation.com with contacts Harry Khoo and Alfred Tan, brand new web site, same initial receipt of two tickets, one a winner with $165,000 second prize etc. and the eventual request for half the Hong Kong tax/processing fee. Watch out, very smooth operators!
We have received a winning ticket for litte man travel. For $165,000 US they said that we had to pay money up to $7,000. The back of the ticket has Lili & Eric Limited and others the phone number for this is on the Internet the same as the one given to us.
Hi good people,
You may have noticed that I have added several responses to this thread over the last couple of months. Really gets wound up these types of SCAMs.
Knowing full well that groups like this target vulnerabilities of the masses.
In no way am I trying to stealing the thunder or trying to impinge on the great work of Scam-Detector.com but I have created a general information page for one of the sites that I manage. I have created seven different "SCAM Warning" images and scattered them throughout the site with a link to this page:
http://www.cardiff-rsl.com/scam-information.htm
I have created this information page to try and give a general overall gist of SCAMMING to the patrons of the site which serves mostly senior citizens (Australian Military Vets and their families)
I also manage quiet a few other web sites and I intend to do a similar service on those sites in the near future.
You are all welcome to clone the contents – tweak to your environment and publish on your sites or add to your facebook page etc – the more we publish this general information the more people are warned about the risks of SCAM’s like this one.
Again – sorry to Scam-Detector.com – for adding a link on this thread, not in anyway trying to steal thunder – just trying to spread the word to others before they are abused by SCAMS.
The more that we can forearm with this information then the more we help save them from SCAMS.
Regards
I also recived one of these my was the 11th Anniversary SCRATCH & WIN crad and i fake won 2nd prize USD $165,000.00 from DRAGON FURY TOURISM THANK YOU FOR THE HEADS UP.
WOW! There must be a lot of USD165,000 second prizes! Has anyone been offered first prize?
Hi Garry Thank for your help
In response to Kate – good idea to nail them on Facebook – however, last month I successfully canvassed the hosts for over 30 of these pretend "travel" sites and had them shut down.
This is a massive scam by a small group of (now multi millionaires) and no doubt hundreds of new sites each year being created – brochures printed and dispatched and then rerun the cycle – over 30 times each month.
Look at the logistics – $100 to create a "clone" web site – $100 to print in Malaysia a batch of tweaked brochures – big pile of Win Scratchy’s – another pile of Loose Scratchy’s – post out several thousand a day to the world – maybe $1000 each run.
Only need ONE Sucker to take the bait and they get anywhere from %5000 to $15000 plus – and from the feedback in this thread alone they are certainly catching possibly hundreds for each run. Also think of the hundreds who have probably been too embarrassed to admit to being fooled.
In a nutshell – name and shame a particular site created by this group is absolutely irrelevant. By the time people have noticed it is a rip off more than 30 plus additional sites are up and running and the scams are already in the post.
What should be published wherever possible is the concept and practices of this scam based in Malaysia – Basically – Unsolicited physical mail in your letter box with false scratchy’s tickets – request to ring for details – and then how the rip off proceeds until a demand for money up front – irrespective of the reason for such money – it is obviously a scam.
However focussing on just Malaysia will not be relevant much longer – no doubt other dishonourable people are watching how gullible the recipients of this type of scam are and no doubt we will start to receive a swath of this type of scam flooding our letterboxes.
The smartest statement we can put out there is "if anyone wants you to give them money in advance for any reason" then it is a SCAM – no if’s or but’s
about it.
DO NOT PAY ANYONE ANYTHING BEFORE RECEIPT OF WHAT THEY ARE OFFERING FOR FREE, GIFT, INHERITANCE or any other "windfall" they might perpetrate.
Good quick killer of this scam is to tell them to take the "charges" out of the money/gift/prize etc – then give them details of a New Empty Bank account to pay it into – takes only minutes to create one at your bank and reserve it for these scams.
DO NOT EVER GIVE THEM CREDIT CARD DETAILS OR ACCOUNTS DETAILS – EVEN FOR $1.00 AS THEY WILL SUCK IT DRY BEFORE YOU CAN EVEN CHECK WITH THE BANK…..
Spread the word about the nature of the scam and the methodology – don’t bother naming the web sites – there gone and dusted before you hit the press.
All of these posts sound very familiar, and sadly I was "sucked in", until a friend searched online and suggested I do the same. My scratch & win tickets came from "Dragon Fury Tourism" and the person I spoke to was Skyler Lee. At least all it has cost me is an international call, so thanx to all who have taken their time to share on this site!
Oh My god I’ve won USD $165,000 but I have to pay half of the Hong Kong tax. The travel company is Little Man Travel and the major sponsor is Lily & Eric Limited.
Don’t be fooled.
Hi,
also beware of Sea Queen Travel (www.seaqueentravel.com). My parents received the two tickets, one thank-you and one second prize of $165,000. After several phonecalls with Benjamin Lau, it was the major sponsor (Johnson and Mary Hong Hong) that gave it away. You’d think they’d have a website, seeing as they can afford to give away so much in prizes!! then I dug a little deeper and found this site.
I’ve put up a facebook page to make it easier for people to find: https://www.facebook.com/seaqueentravel which exposes the scam.
As if anybody is just going to hand you USD165,000.00 because you scratched off the grey parchment on the ticket …….. had fun ripping it up!!!!
I am glad I googled Alwin & Tucker Holdings as this site came up, I too won 2nd prize of 165000 US dollars. Now I know it’s a scam I will avoid it like the plague. Well I best keep buying the lotto tickets.
Thanks everybody for there input.
Wow, I’ve won $165000 US. Hang on a minute, I’ve just received another letter. OMG, I won the remaining $165000 dollar prize. WHAT ARE THE ODDS.
I’m normally cynical of these types of things, but that’s just champagne comedy.
I thought that I had won $165,000 in there Scratch & Win 11th Anniversary Promotion How wrong was I. tThey are a pack of Bastards. Preying on innocent people all over the world. They should be jailed.
Wednesday 9th sept 2015, what a scam these dudes are . Don’t even consider it .
Hopefully no elderly people will get these & think it’s all legitt …….shame shame shame
Sea queen travel …….
Do not have anything to do with Zara Bay Holiday and Wade
& Henry Holdings or that nice man Steve Cheah it’s a very
clever SCAM. Pretty brochure throw it away NOW.
I too was fooled into thinking our luck had changed. I paid $1815 US (they felt for me and paid half, lol). I was sooo close to parting with another $2805US when I was shown this site. My contact – MR Michael Chock (Grand Show Paradise) is still ringing me and insists I am mistaken and the money is in my Banco Delta account. All I have to do is pay this last $2805US and the transfer be processed into my Aussie account. I would love to try and nail these scammers. I currently have the international Westpac Bank trying to get my security deposit back (can only dream) and have Acorn involved with an investigation. I am hoping my claim manager Michael and the sponsor Mr Alfred Tan from Vivian & Jack Limited (haha) keep ringing me and emailing me to give the authorities time to deal with these scammers. I SOOOOO wish we could get them and shut them down, but that too is a dream.
These filthy putrid little sly fuckers are a disgrace
"ROCK WITH YOU HOLIDAYS" Brian Ong and a particular EDWIN CHEN at "Alwin and Tucker Holdings" BEWARE another 11th Anniversary SCAM VERY ELABORATE!!!
Just last week I won 2nd prize of $165,000.00USD in the Ocean Legend Paradise promotion. I have phoned them but still waiting for them to verify my ticket and get back to me. Thanks for the above info. I will be on to it when I here from them. Like the saying. If its to good to be true it probable is.
Thank god for Google!!!
Although brochures etc look good if you read there area couple of spelling and gramatical errors that raised concerns so went to Mr Google
Same as Sylvia, Latest brochure is under name SPINFIREHOLIDAYS – has website – created 11 days ago….. claiming to be celebrating their 11th anniversary. Again 2 scratchies encl one winning 2nd prize of $165000US the other saying ‘thank you’.
Having just got home from a 2 week holiday today we were double guessing if we had left details somewhere that had resulted in us receiving this.
My father-in-law just received a brochure from Ocean Legend Paradise with a winning second prize of $165000. He wont be able to collect though – he’s been dead two years. Remember if its too good to be true then its too good to be true.
My name Is Dee. We received a scratchy from Kuala Lumpur. I scratched and am a winner of yes.. $165000 USD. We had phone numbers and emails from these people. I checked out the place Mystic Express Vacation. They are real when you go online. On the back of the ticket are various Sponsors..Kelvin and Rachael Limited (they are in Hong Kong). There are smaller sponsors as well Kino, Spitzer, Western Digital. Once you start by paying a security deposit, you will then be require to pay tax to the Chinese Government. You are then passed onto a International liason between the company and the bank. The bank will then charge you a bank fee for the release of your winnings. But wait the bank will then ask you to pay an insurance of $4500-$6300 USD so they can release your funds immediately after they receive the payment.
All the way you are going through highs and lows of emotion. Somewhere in your mind you are thinking this is too easy but the big lows are when you have to pay another fee that someone forgot to tell you about. I read something on my friends phone before I real is ed I am $15000 out of pocket. What a fool. Thieves will find their rightful place in hell. Will leave my friends email. She helped to show me the Scam. Email if you need help.
Hi I have also won USD165,000 from Zara Bay Holidays, second prize. Thanks for this info.
I also have won the 2nd place prize of $163,000 US Oh the joy…the thrill…err Can I exchange it for a 2nd place prize in Aussie lotto? or even powerball
My tickets were from Lucky Desire Travel and guess what. I had won second prize of $165,000. My local police station when asked said "Scam. Toss it into the rubbish bin".
Latest brochure is under name Grand Show Paradise
All of their Website are same!!!! Dodgyyyy
check those website:
oceanharmonytours.com & grandshowparadise.com
Yep I ‘won’ the 2nd prize too. Dodgy as. Thanks for the website 🙂
My brochure is under name Zara Bay Holidays – has website – ….. claiming to be celebrating their 11th anniversary.
Again 2 scratchies encl one winning 2nd prize of $165000US the other saying ‘thank you’.
Just Won A Second PriZe Of $165000 Through Ocean Harmony Tours. Must Be The 1000Th Second Prize.
.In Indonesia Eh, Find TheM, Pop Some Drugs In Their Pocket And Have The Bludgers shot.
On the 31st August Ron wrote:
Additional information to my last comments in the hope that the Malaysian or Chinese police catch these people. For the first remittance to their accountant for $3630 USA it had to be sent to The Agricultural Bank of China, beneficiary bank was No 108-122 Zhanqian Road, Guangzhou, China. Swift code of bank was ABOCCNBJ190 and the beneficiary’s name was Chu Li Ching and his account number was 6228480086291111473 and the accountants address was
Golden Lake Garden 126, Yi De Dong Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou City, China. The H/P number was +86-15622343971. Got fooled and paid that then got another request for $6,600 USA which I never paid and these are the following details for that request. Name of bank China Merchants Bank, beneficiary bank address is First floor Bo Ya Shou Fu, NO2, Xian Cun Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou Guandong, China. Swift code for bank CMBCCNBS131, beneficiary’s name Bong Wei Kiat, account number 6214831202625049. Beneficiary’s address Lijing Wan apartment, 19/F 191 Xingang Dong Lu, Haizhu Dstrict, Guangzhou City China. H/P number +86-15622779420. Good luck to the police in apprehending these villains.
Just received second prize from Grandshowparadise USD 165000 there is a web site but I googled address as well and all there was some takeaway joint. So could have fell for scam so how do we pay back. Can I give there email to some other scammers or just hope they rot with there stolen money.
Ocean Harmony seem to have a lot of 2nd prizes as I too received one in mail on 28th Aug 2015.Too good to be true.
Could not pick them up thru Bing and only thru direct input to browser bar definitely another high style scam.
Clever little dodgers are they not?
Following Ron’s info. Here is the number to Joyce Hugo Limited 85251945509; the receptionist will direct calls to the sponsors I mentioned. And Star Avenue traveling for Benjamin Lau 601116173928. Correct that whenever they call back it states Unknown. I do hope the authorities catch these bastards. And karma is a bitxh.
Latest brochure is under name SPINFIREHOLIDAYS – has website – created 11 days ago….. claiming to be celebrating their 11th anniversary.
Again 2 scratchies encl one winning 2nd prize of $165000US the other saying ‘thank you’.
SPINFIREHOLIDAYS is a fraud
I have just received lottery tickets from Ocean Harmony Tours low and behold I scratched second prize of $165k us . I was suspicious immediately why give a prize to someone who has never used their Malaysian services.
Second time in a month someone has tried a scam on me this scamming crime is getting out of control.
On Friday, August 28, 2015, Ron wrote:
In addition to my yesterdays comment I would like to add the phone numbers of the two rogues. Benjamin Lau, claim executive of Royal Empire Tours is +6011-36687460 – that is the number you call and they put you through to him. He rings back on an unknown number. Edwin Chen operational manager of Sam & Cammi Holdings based in Hong Kong/China is 852 60494937 – the receptionist also puts you through to him. Hope the Malaysian and Hong Kong police catch them. Hope their parents are proud of them.
Yes. I too received a call of being a second prize winner and had to keep it on thw down low. Unfortunate I was drawn to the money prize of USD165000 and lost out on USD7000. please don’t play fool to Benjamin Lau from Star Avenue Traveling. Sponsor Sam Chong, Timothy Ho, William Kong from Joycehugolimited. Leaving this so others don’t play fool to it too. I hope those mother-effers die.
On Thursday 27th August, 2015 Ron wrote,
Beware of Royal Empire Tour Scratch and Win tickets, 11th anniversary which offer a 2nd prize of $165,000. Again when you contact them they tell you that you are not a member and ask you to sign a confidential statement that you will not tell anyone. Again they ask for $3,630 USA for processing purposes. Benjamin Lau was the contact for Royal Empire Tours in Malaysia and Edwin Chen was the contact for Sam & Cammi Holdings in Hong Kong. Don’t be fooled.
I have just received tickets from Sea Horizon Holiday, 11th year annisversary and won 2nd prize. Skyler Lee called me and authenticated the ticket. Started to ring alarm bells when all the websites I checked have only been created this year. Just another con
Yep Melvin Keh from Dragon Fury Tourism Malaysia & Nick and Ruby Holdings form HK.
One the other 2nd prize $165USD. Told it was all a mistake and I should not have received a winning ticket.
Then that Nick and Ruby did not want to pay.
Then that they would honour my prize with some terms and conditions…still waiting.
Great scam though.
hi,recieved two scrachies and a brochure from novemberraintravel.com is this one of the scam group ? Rang no and was told i had a winning ticket but the sponsers ? were reluctent to pay out ,very nice lady on the end of the phone, phone number was Malaya 60167038953 or 60167038954. have not heard back as yet and not holding my breath.regards Peter
Same happened to me….LUCKY DESIRE TRAVEL is FAKE!!! it is one huge scam I spoke to a person called MELVIN KEH who then directed me to the prize paying sponsor to sign a form of extreme confidentiality that i would not tell anybody other than theses two scumbags. So unfortunately but fortunately they only made away with my licence copy, email I already alerted police and bank so yeah…lesson learned. Be warned guys..these bastards are out to get money for no good.
Same happened to me….DRAGON FURY TOURISM is FAKE!!! thank goodness i found enough info to convince myself that it is one huge scam before i decided to send a single cent. I spoke to a person called harry koo who then directed me to the prize paying sponsor named timothy ho of nick and something holdings another bullcrap firm only to sign a form of extreme confidentiality that i would not tell anybody other than theses two scumbags. So unfortunately but fortunately they only made away with my licence copy, email and bsb. I already alerted police and bank so yeah…lesson learned. Be warned guys..these bastards are out to get money for no good.
Same has happen with me with this scam, I want to know how they worked and corresponded with Benjamin Lou, I also want to know where they got my name and address.
I’ll see where this goes…
Ruby Moon Travel.com 2nd prize $165,000 USD. Strange that there is no such web address. Dead giveaway.
Thank you for this website; received my USD$165,000.00 prize ticket a couple of days ago…"Lucky Desire" travel …mmm
I believe they get names & addresses from phone books – mine is misspelt & they did likewise.
Dana.
My dad received 2 scratchy tickets as well from Malaysia just this week. The company is called DRAGON FURY TOURISM , 11 year anniversay promo.(I gues they keep changing their company once they realize they have been caught out with their stupid scam!).
One ticket said Im sorry & the one had 2nd prize $165,000.
I rang them and spoke to SKYLER LEE, which claimed to be their claims officer. He told my dad to email them a copy of the ticket so they can confirm if it is authentic..SKYLER LEE even called my dad back and congratulated him about his winning.
SKYLER LEE, then wanted some sort of client /member number from dad so he can complete his so called claim for my dadas winning.
I then realised its scam, then stumbled on to this site which confrimed it is!! Dont be fooled by this too good to be true gimmicks.
Add Lucky Desire Travel to the rest of the scammers. I also won $165,000! LOL
just recieved a brocure in the mail with lottery tickets for sky eleven paradise. Scratched the tickets. First ticket says "thank you". second ticket, whoa….. second prize of $165 000 USD.
Googled the "sky eleven paradise" because I am too lazy to ring them or type in their website and low and behold, this site pops up first. Partner said it was a scam from the word go, but I said I would check it out just in case. Luckily for me, I did.
We to have received this scam but have been playing along with Benjamin Lau sending emails and asking claims to ring us which they did, how funny playing these idiots at there own game, but hope nobodyhas been caught, three members in our family all got the winning 2nd prize, they are getting so clever, things that look and sound to good usually are to good to be true, also asked where they got our name and address, but no reply
Just won $165k US second prize in scam from Rainbow Star Travel!!! Beware of this new name!
Fairy Glamor Travel is one of the sites that has been seized by the host organisation – some people are not doing a basic check to find out before they spend thousands of dollars. My sympathy to Wendy…..
Rule 1: – if they want money up front – no matter what the reason – then it is most often a scam.
Rule 2: – if you have INTERNET access – check first for SCAM – Malaysia Scam etc.
Rule 3: try to get them to do all of the liaison by e-mail from their site – this provides evidence for the Royal Malaysian Police and the Host that a SCAM is being carried out.
Report the scam to your local police office – the Royal Malaysian Police are aware of the scam sites so far found but that is an ever growing list – reporting it to our police will help to increase evidence against these SCAMMERS
My parents got one today from "Ocean Fantasy Travel" in Hamilton, NZ. Winning $165,000 USD. They thought it was legit….I had my suspicions so I asked them to let me check it out.
They target seniors, I think.
Just awful.
I too won second prize in the Fairy Glamor Travel scratchy competition with a prize of yep you guessed it USD$165,000 and stupidly I paid the "security deposit" and now feel like such a fool, I have lost $5,000 which I could not afford to lose, it was the exact amount of $3,630 (USD) and Edwin Chen is the person I was dealing with in Hong Kong along with Skyler Lee in Malaysia. I was also a non-client and they signed a confidentiality agreement on my behalf so the clients didn’t get upset about me winning. They have all the smooth talking people scamming – do not do it, I feel ashamed about my stupidity, I thought I was an intelligent woman, you don’t anything for nothing and I should have known better. I hope nobody else gets caught out by this scam – I guess I can kiss my deposit goodbye.
Recieved 2 scratch it tickets and one was a winner paying out US$165,000. Contacted Sea Horizon Holiday Malaysia thro their email. Representative rang me confirmed my winning ticket was legit but later reneged because my name was not on a particular list. Haven’t heard back altho’ assured will compensate with free holiday to Malaysia. Not holding my breath. I am going to pull a fast one on them claiming I contacted a solicitor and been assured I should be entitled to the prize. Let’s see what they come up with next.
Can’t we put these guys away? Scammed by "Rainbow Travel", same as everyone else. I was stupid enough to give out some bank details before my husband got suspicious and researched it to be a scam. Luckily they can’t wthdraw any money.I have reported this to the online xyber crime Australian unit.
Got my US$165,000 second prize scratchie in the mail today. The envelope had Malaysian stamps and postmarks plus N.S.W SWLF postmark and 05 AUG 15 15:48 time/date stamp then a Cobden Vic 3266 postal stamp,As I am suspicious of anything for nothing I am here, and thank you for your site. Tomorrow I will phone and string them along till it gets boring or it at least costs them money. Thanks again for your website.
From out of the blue I received this glossy brochure from Sky Eleven Paradise with the 2 scratchies in it. Wow! I won US$165,000. Went through the same rigmarole like all the rest before me to be told that I have to pay some sort of security bond of US$3630.00 before I can get the prize-winnings. Just as well I got to your site first before I got sucked in. I’ll play along with them and see how far I can get. They certainly seem very professional!
Just got my winning ticket on 11 August courtesy of Rainbow Star Travel USD$165k !!
got this reply
Dear Sir/Madam.
In-regards to prize claiming you will need to speak to our representative in the claims department for the promotions. Please call our office and look for Claims & Event Management department for further assistance or leave us with your number so we can get back to you.
Warm Regards,
Rainbow Star Travel
http://www.skyelevenparadise.com
Tel: +6011-3679 7264 / +6011-3679 7265
Hi Again – still getting some success with shutting down the Scammer sites.
FAIRYGLAMORTRAVEL.COM – site Seized by host
MAGICALMOONHOLIDAY.COM – site Seized by host
BRAVEHEARTTRAVEL.COM – site Seized by host
Commendations for NetKL (a Malaysian Host company) for their prompt and effective response to the three on their servers. They actually like to report these types of scams to the appropriate authorities.
And the very latest one listed on this site
ROYALHONEYMOONTOURS.COM – site suspended by host
That should hurt them a bit – brochures and scratchy tickets should just now be arriving for this one and "account suspended" by host
The Royal Honeymoon Tours site is the first of a handful reported to SKSA Technology (in Malaysia). I suspect the others managed by their services will also be suspended – I had to submit each site one at a time in their online reporting process.
When the last batch of suspensions from SKSA come through then that will have eliminated the batch of web addresses found so far.
No doubt they will be furiously creating new web sites, brochures and Scratchy tickets.
For further new sites I recommend that if you track the web site down by using whois "domain name" in your browser you will find a bucket of information on that site – in amongst that information is the host sites details – and often a contact point for abuse.
In each circumstance of my contacting the relevant hosts I have received affirmative action. Some I had to expand information but often I referred them to this thread on this site for validation of the SCAM being run.
I think I will probably get some serious kickback from my little vendetta on this bunch of SCAM merchants – hopefully the authorities in Malaysia (who have also been copied all of the details) may actually track them down and at least put one group out of action.
Well that should be all from me – done, I have done some serious inconveniences to them.
But as always, if it all seems too good to be true then it is most likely untrue. Check always for Scams on the net and you will normally find someone has already been stung – but also, most importantly, if they ever want money up front no matter what the reason then it is a SCAM…
Regards
Garry
Just got one in the mail today in Napier New Zealand.
Royal Honeymoon Tours 11th Anniversary. Two scratchie tickets , one with a prize of $US 165,000. Yeah Right !
Hi Good People,
Following is the correspondence from one of the Host Sites for a 11 of the "artificial" sites used by these scamming scum.
QUOTE
Thanks for contacting OnlineNIC!
Please be informed that the domain names below have been suspended. The domains current status are "Client Hold"
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peachblossomparadise.com
octoberspiritholiday.com
classicthundertravel.com
passionprincesstour.com
skydancerparadise.com
supernovaholiday.com
joyfultourism.com
doubleslivertravel.com
lovelyoceanholiday.com
faithfulvacation.com
classicarrowtours.com
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Thank you for your patience and cooperation.
UNQUOTE
My commendation to OnlineNIC as an organisation that is prepared to promptly eliminate scam sites and help protect the general public. Well Done by them.
Regards
Garry
Just an update on my contacting the Domain Hosts and complaining about these criminals.
One company has replied who manage 16 of the 25 web sites that I have listed that belong to these scammer’s
They have contacted their sub domain registry organisations to examine and report back within 48 hours.
If they fail to respond or decline then I may complain again after 48 hours and by their End User Licensing Agreement they will shut down the offending sites.
Hopefully they will follow through with their commitment.
That is one company of the three that I have contacted – only two others to go.
Regards
Yep, I just won US165,000 too via Classic Thunder! Amazing! "Celebrate 11 years of unsurpassed service" with them – never even heard of them! If it walks like a duck, sounds like a duck – guess what – it’s a duck! Didn’t even bother ringing the number. I knew this was a scam. Please, everyone – if you get something similar in the post, google it, check it out. Too good to be true usually is!
Hi, I have just been through the first 20 pages and this is a list of the domains that show up for this scam – definitely the same group ripping off millions from all over the world. Very professional set up.
peachblossomparadise.com – SKYELEVENPARADISE.COM – octoberspiritholiday.com – classicthundertravel.com – RUBYMOONTRAVEL.COM – BLUE-LAGOON-TOURS.COM – ROYALEMPIRETOUR.COM – passionprincesstour.com – MOONLIGHTHOLIDAY.COM – skydancerparadise.com – RAINSTONEVACATION.COM – SUMMERJOYPARADISE.COM – supernovaholiday.com – joyfultourism.com – FLAMINGACEHOLIDAY.COM – OCEANJUPITERVACATION.COM – doubleslivertravel.com – pearlvalleyholiday.com – FAIRYGLAMORTRAVEL.COM – MAGICALMOONHOLIDAY.COM * – lovelyoceanholiday.com – faithfulvacation.com * -BRAVEHEARTTRAVEL.COM – SPEEDYTIGERHOLIDAY.COM – classicarrowtours.com
All of the above sites have been created in the last couple of month – big batch in July and August so prepare for a swam of more of these hitting Australia and New Zealand.
* All bar two sites have been registered via Malaysia – the 2 others have been registered in Queensland – with privacy settings – so possibly an Aussie helping.
I have taken the time to gather all of the domain registration details for the 25 sites listed above which no doubt is just a fraction of the sites they have created over the years to perpetrate this spam.
However, no doubt they have already posted many thousands of brochures tied to these sites. Therefore I am going to contact the site administrators (refer them to this thread on this site) and request that they close down the listed sites.
Of course that won’t stop them – but will seriously inconvenience them when people who receive the batches of scam winning tickets will not be able to find the referenced site.
Regards Garry
Guess what, how lucky am I. Got a glossy brochure from Malaysia from SKY ELEVEN PARADISE with not one but TWO scratchies and WHACKO I won $USD165,000.00. All I had to do was ring a number in Malaysia that didn’t exist, but I got a phone call from HARRY KHOO who wanted me to e mail photos of the winning ticket (both sides) and the envelope to verify the validity of the ticket. Pity we can’t verify the validity of these crooks as I’m a prison officer here and although the jug is full I am sure I can find him a nice warm cell with BUBBA and he can try his scratchie on him WOO WOO to wile away the long lonely hours….bastards. So watch out for this one in your mail box. Any way the nice Malaysian stamps can go to charity.
Peach Blossom Paradise received a scrathie winning 165000US
Mr Melvin Keh was the agent handling the winning ticket.
Another company was handling the prize Ford & Irene Ltd opperations Manager Mr Edwin Chen. Edwin Chen, who said that their company had a meeting about my unique situation, which was, how did I get a winning ticket when I wasn’t even a client of theirs? They said that the scratchies should’ve only been sent to their clients but they will honour the winning prize to me (after I sent them copies of the ticket, envelope, Malaysian stamps & brochure) but they wanted me to keep a low profile of my winnings because if their clients found out, then there would be an uproar and the sponsor would have to pull the winning prize off the table & forfeit the winnings. As in some of the above comments, in order for me to claim my prize I would have to pay the Government Taxes which amounted to the sum of $6600, The taxes had to be paid because of the amount that was going to be transferred into my bank account and I did not have a tax code in Hong Kong. Unfortunately I was sucked in and Paid the Tax. I did get a phone banking account with 165000 and saying it belonged to me Wow! Great. Then I got a phone call from the bank
Banco Delta Asia requesting 1.7% fee to transfer the money into my New Zealand Account 2705 US. Looked up the Bank on the web and that was when Alarm bells rang. SCAM SCAM Noth Koren Bank
I received a scratchie from October Spirit Holiday. So I thought I’d play the game for awhile & the guy by the name of Gordon Boo (claims department) was the only one I was dealing with. He kept mentioning his sponsor, which was Foster & Bunny Holdings or FB Holdings. I ended up talking to Gordons Manager In Charge: Mr Edwin Chen, who said that their company had a meeting about my unique situation, which was, how did I get a winning ticket when I wasn’t even a client of theirs? They said that the scratchies should’ve only been sent to their clients but they will honour the winning prize to me (after I sent them copies of the ticket, envelope, Malaysian stamps & brochure) but they wanted me to keep a low profile of my winnings because if their clients found out, then there would be an uproar and the sponsor would have to pull the winning prize off the table & forfeit the winnings. As in some of the above comments, in order for me to claim my prize I would have to pay half of the Government Taxes & FB Holdings would pay the other half, which amounted to the sum of $7260, divided by 2 makes $3630??? The taxes had to be paid because of the amount that was going to be transferred into my bank account. When I told them I wasn’t prepared to send money somewhere I didn’t know & not be gauranteed any money back, they said that they will get a lawyer to draw up the legal papers to show it was legitimate, and I also suggested that FB Holdings take my half $3630 out of my winnings, to which they said that they have to transfer $165,000 no more, no less. So after playing this game with them for a couple of days, I just ended up saying to Gordon Boo, go tell your sponsor he can have the winnings because I’ve had enough playing stupid games. GOODBYE !!! This all ended today 8:30 pm Tuesday 4th August 2015. New Zealand time. It is now 9:07 pm
Wow! I just won 2ND PRIZE OF $US165,000 too!!! YAAAAYYYY!!!!
I can’t wait to … hang on a sec, what do you mean there are another million or so OTHER winners of the two second prizes?
Yeah, well I smelt a rat when I read the terrible Engrish on the ticket. I won’t spell it out here, cos I don’t want to assist those scammers in polishing their scam! Needless to say, I just googled "Classic Thunder Travel fraud" – and found YOU dudes here!
Thanks a million ($USD) for your help!
… and any advice on how to spend my not yet ill-gotten gains?! 😉
Sam you are so right. I got one in the mail today and I live in New Zealand. Funny thing is you don’t even get excited these days when you receive these prizes as you know they’re bogus. The first thing I do is jump on line to see other feedback regarding the scam. I hope people don’t fall for this type of scam. i must admit the quality of the material is certainly a lot more impressive these days. It does worry me a bit how they acquired our names and addresses though.
THEY DONT ANSWER THE PHONE. CRAP!
YUP US TOO HERE IN VICTORIA, US$165,000 FROM CLASSIC THUNDER TRAVEL. COMPLETE WITH MALAYSIAN STAMPED ENVELOPE. GOOD OLD BRIAN ONG, GEE HAS HE BEEN BUSY!!! EVERY SO OFTEN YOU FEEL SAD AT HOW CYNICAL YOU HAVE BECOME, THEN THIS STUFF COMES ALONG AND YOU REALISE HOW JUSTIFIED YOU ARE. BUT MAYBE THE FEW MOMENTS OF FANTASIZING WAS WORTH THE ANGST. AMAZING WHAT YOU WOULD ACTUALLY BE DOING WITH YOURSELF IF YOU HAD A FEW MORE BUCKS.
Ruby Moon Travel is using exactly the same modus operandi.
Just received my lovely prize from Ruby Moon Travel Malaysia.
Very professional nice travel brochure web sites well done too also
the Malaysian stamps on the envelope…now that was the give away
Did the scratchy and yes!!!! I to am a winner $165,000 us dollars….
If anything looks to good to be true trust your gut.
These people really need to be caught and be put in a penis suit
for a day no a week…hell no for a year!!!
I just hope no poor bugga falls for this scam
What a coincidence ! I have ALSO just won US$165K from a "free" scratch ticket received in the mail from a Malaysian company called "Classic Thunder Travel"…That bogus company must be doing unbelievably well in order to be purporting to pay 165K to every Tom Dick and Harry ( and any other sucker) around the world – BUT only after they send them $7K first ! Essential to check "Google" first- under scams. Whenever something looks too good to be true – It ALWAYS IS.
October spirit holiday offered me us$165,000 contact benjamin lau email [email protected] tel +6014-919-5127 also there a Derrick again all very nice and have called me 3 Times haven’t asked for anything yet except my phone number but just in case I have changed my passwords on all accounts the lure is tempting but as they say there nothing free in life
My second prize scratch of USD$165k has been scanned to [email protected] as requested. The information they wanted on the back of the winning ticket (name, age, profession) could not be written because the glossy card could accept no writing. There,s the first indicator of trouble.
I needed a customer number for R and D. "Never mind," said Brian on the phone, " just leave it blank"
What was fun was thinking how we would spend it. Still can do that sitting on the bus or in heavy traffic!
There are no free lunches. Or lottery tickets!
I received one today from Blue lagoon holidays.
Same as everyone else. 2 tickets one saying thank you
The other saying I won 2nd prize of 165000 usd.
There sponsors are RD Roy and Danny holdings.
This has now hit NZ, so watch our kiwis they are here, and they sound very legitimate on the phone and really helpful. Am surprised they are using the Princess Cruise ship images too I will let Princess know this!
Me to I won 165,000 get me hopes up new it was to good to be tru
I have been scammed by RoyalEmpiretour.com located in Balakong, Selangor, Malaysia. Harry Khoo became quite agitated when I told him I stand his company legally responsible for the prize. I couldnt care less that Sam and Cammi Holdings were the sponsors. Their website suggests they our masters on all Financial Security matters which just indicates how misleeding they are. If genuine they should fully understand the Laws regarding A Securities firm in remitting funds overseas. Fortunately I was wise enough not to forward any money.Each company may not have had the original laugh but I will laugh the loadest when they are stewing in gaol.
On Friday 24th July 2015 got home received nice brochure in mail skydancer paradise telling me 11th anniversary winner usd $165 000 00 what a scam I wish these people would get a really job. More money then sence
I am from Sydney. I git similar one as well. 11 th anniversary. 2nd prize which is $165000. I contact with them.One of guy whose name is Skyler.Omg! He gave ne the hong kong nunber. They asked me to pay $3650….whenever He asked me for money I reakized its fake.
yes i got the same as chris above have these people got nothing better to do.it does look real lucky i,m not sucked in.
I got one from Passion Princess Tour. I won 2nd prize $165,000 US. A deposit is required to claim the prize.
Another new name.
I have received the same envelop from a company called Moonlightholiday, also with two scratch cards one saying thank you and the other one with a win of U$ 165,000.
I went to check their website and everything looks genuine but on their website there is no mention of this tickets being sent to anyone. I am glad that I found this website talking about this scam.
Otherwise I would have lost time and money with these people.
I also live in Hobart and guess what, I’ve also won $165,000 !! Surprise, surprise! I’m so lucky. Lucky because I found this website to confirm it is a scam. There is no way I’m giving these scammers my passport or any other details. Besides I can get more money from the Nigerian scammers than a measly $165,000 !! Don’t get sucked in if you receive one of these letters and scratchies.
Yep! I too just won an 11th Anniversary Lottery 2nd prize of $USD165,000 from Moonlight Holidays in Sarawak but the letter with actual stamps was sent from Malaysia. Good looking brochure and website but I googled "Malaysia", "holiday" and "scam" and came up with this site! I knew it had to be too good to be true but it looks so good the curiosity does make you wonder if there could be something in it. However the vague proviso re paying any taxes, etc is a real red light because if it was any local Aussie taxes that might be payable due to being such a large $USD amount – wouldn’t it spell that out instead of being so vague? Also to have to pay money to win money should make anybody’s red lights flash wildly. Come in spinner!
Mother-in-law received two "11th Anniversary" lottery tickets and a brochure from Skydancer Paradise. Imagine our surprise when she won USD 165,000!
Busy little scammers, aren’t they…?
Have received in the post a similar brochure from Skydancer Paradise
from Malaysia with two scratch tickets to celebrate their 11th Anniversary. One ticket advises Thank You and the other advises a 2nd prize of USD165,000!!
I phoned the number in KL and was put through to the prize department and spoke to a man and given his direct email address to which I was asked to scan the winning ticket and email it to him. I have not done this as I have now read the hoax warnings from Malaysia.
The only information I provided to him was my home phone number so hopefully there will be no backlash from this.
Hi I received one yesterday from Skydancer Paradise in Malaysia – http://www.skydancer.com – and yes, we also won US$165,000 – the "Speech from the General Manager" page on the brochure and also the sponsor "Ken & Lindy Holdings" seemed a bit odd. Thank you for confirming my suspicions. There are some really sad people out there.
i believe this is happening to me at this very moment ! these so called investors and CEO of Hong Honk and Malaysia are still waiting on my phone call this very moment ….. if im really honest im so happy i found this web-site because i really was fooled by smooth talking…. and the back track phone calls between myself and these so called investors. i i must have had being desperate to believe this was true for a second …..
THANKS MAJOR
i almost FUCKED my life up!
Surely this type of scam is illegal and can be traced back to operators and either shut down and/or fined very heavily by AFP.
Never for one moment did I believe that I had won the US$165,000 but feel sorry for those who do.
I received mine from Rain Stone Vacations. Guess what? I won US$165,000 during their 11th Anniversary!! Aren’t I lucky!!
The brochure cover claims "For the best moment of your" That’s all it says!!
I assume it’s "… stupidity".
It has been a fine monet for laughing though.
I Live in Hobart and also received a letter with two scratchies and lo and behold a second prize win of, you guessed it, $165,000. My wife opened it and was excited but cautious and asked me what I thought; "honey, when it sounds too good to be true, it usually is." Thanks for this site which confirmed my suspicions. NO FREE LUNCHES!
Just received a envelope with a brochure telling me all about Rainstone Vacations and two scratch it lottery tickets. The first said Thank You and the second said 2nd prize USD 165,000. Looks very genuine and if you type Rainstone into the scam site does not come up as a scam. My only clue to it being a scam is the small print talks about winners may be obliged to pay taxes I have to ask why not take tax from the prize? My other clue is previous comment on this site re Rainstone. I have to pick up my mail from our local shop and what worries me is a number of pigeon holes at the shop had similar looking envelopes in. If this Rainstone Vacations 11th Anniversary is a scam it needs to be stopped immediately I can see a few people being hurt.
THANKYOU for this information, I received a very similar process from Rain Stone Vacations. Your information is exactly the same as mine and details down to the letter. Their sponsors are allegedly a Hong Kong securities business. I will go one step further though and send all the information to the Malaysian and Hong Kong police.
I live in Tssmania received a letter with 2 Scratch tickets for their 11 year anniversary form Summer Joy Paradise and one was a winning ticket for 165000USD. Another scam avoid the names of Skler Lee and Boston Wong and emails from infosummerjoyparadise.com Was a pamphlet enclosed of A world of Wonders, travel info about the company their details email ect. I played along with them so I sent an email to advise i had a winning ticket and behold within a short time I had a phone call on my mobile from a withheld number. They advised that there was a problem with the winning ticket and they would need to talk to their sponsors as the tickets I received was to be sent out to their clients and I was not a client and they would get back to me. Not long after received a call to advise that the sponsors will pay out on the ticket as long as I sign a letter to say I would keep this a secret as their clients would react if they found out I received the tickets by mistake and to to talk to anyone about it. So I played along to see what they are up to next. Another phone call to advise I would receive a phone call from the sponsor at ten next morning if not for me to call him on a number supplied. when I spoke to him he advised that I won the money but there was a payment required from me for a Letter of Authorisation that was needed before the funds would be transfer to my account and they needed half the security payment for this which was 3630 USD payable to The Agricultuaral Bank of China Benficiary name Teoh Ming Keat and gave me the bank number details all on an email. (if I was going to send them money)
I received a phone call later that day to advise I had to transfer the money today so they could go and get the so called Letter from the Hong Kong Court and I would receive the security money back when the transfer goes through. I advised them I had no money to transfer to them (I knew there was no such thing as a letter of transfer from a previous scam sent to me in the mail some time back) They called me a number of times advising me to obtain the money and the banks had no idea what was required by Government Law to transfer money out of Hong Kong so I could get the payout. They sent me an email with all gargon why the letter was required and the attachment to the Hong Kong law that was a load of garbage and not even related to transfering money.
I finally sent them an email to advise them i knew a person in the Hong Komg Consulate who advise me not to pay them any money as this was a scam and I have not heard from them since. They are a very well setup in every way and do sound convincing and it was an eye opener to see what lengh they went to try and convince me to have the money sent to them.
So if anyone gets anything similar to this be aware and dont transfer any money as these kind of people required to be caught and dealt with.
Amazing, I’ve read 4 or 5 different named companies now all amazingly celebrating their 11th Anniversary. The newest name now is Supernova Holiday which is the one I received. Yes two scratchies one thankyou the second $165000 USD. My chump is Harry Knoo. I noticed a lady earlier mention Mr Knoo and at the start someone mention Supernova Holidays so I don’t think it will be long for this company’s name to start showing up on these posts too. Same deal "Client Number" Sorry you were on guest list accidently put on Client list. Will have meeting and get back with some sort of compensation. I used to do Voice Overs & Commercials so I have written an articulate mock interception by the Australian Federal Police I am going to cut in and read to him after he calls me back. Can’t wait for his reaction. Scam Scam Scam
Thank you very for sharing their experiences. I won 165,000 USD in scratch tickets, I phoned them, felt something fishy. I checked the website, it is fishy as well. The company name is "Cherry Blossom Paradise" and when I phoned the sponsers up, they don’t know anything about this Company. Be careful.
I live in Hobart, and received two letters, 1 to a previous address and one to my current, I had also two scratch tickets, One saying thank you the other advising 2nd prize of $165,000 US dollars, If anything sounds too good to be true, then it probably is…Sue
nice pro-brochure flaming ace holiday with two coupons delivered by snail mail to darwin australia. scratch and reveal $165,000 thank you . email asks to contact claims department then i checked Scam detector lucky for me.
We were sent a letter containing brochure from October Spirit Holiday with two scratchies, one saying thank you, the other saying we had won USD165,000. I got on internet and looked at their website and their sponsors websites that looked legit except for a travel company offering package deals there were no prices etc which seemed odd. Then got on to Consumer Affairs then found this page. Not sure how they got our address as we have just moved.
Auckland New Zealand – we received 2 tickets again one said thank you the other was a 2nd place for $165,000 USD. This was from October Spirit Holiday. SCAM!
Cheers for the info from other people
supernova Holidays.same deal. Ignore it.11th anniversary special lottery.
Got the same thing in the mail and was assured it was true but could not give me details as to where they got our name
Same scam as mentioned, scratch & win, second prize USD$165.000. Now operating under Supernova Holiday – at least I got 3 Malaysian stamps for the collection!
Mine came in the mail today from October Spirit Holiday and I won the 2nd prize of USD$165,000,how unlucky am I? was hoping I would win the 6th prize, a Play Station 4 – maybe I should ring them and tell them my scratch card said that I had won the 6th prize and could they kindly send it to me.
Yes, got glossy brochure from Malaysia "joyful tourism" mailed to our residential address (that has since had change of number – so first hint that it wasn’t authentic). Scratch result said 2nd prize of US$165,000 but needed to provide further information for verification. Couldn’t find any date of expiry which I thought was odd so first thing I did was to google "is Joyful Tourism a scam" and as I expected..YES!
Flaming Ace Holiday yes a nice looking World Of Wonders brochure two scratch coupons thank you and $165,000 hope the federal police get-em I looked here while i was trying to find a clients number.NT Darwin Australia
received broacher today from Flaming ace holiday along with two scrtachies. One scratchie said "thank you" the other said I had won second prize of US165,000. Oh how I wish lol. Went straight online to check the company and found this site. Thank god for the internet hey?
also got two scratch cards One said "thankyou" the other said 2nd prize USD 165,000.00 posted in Malaysia to Timaru New Zealand
We received second prize too. Even though we were on the wrong list to receive the scratchit. Having gone through many phone calls we were told we would receive it but we must keep it a secret because genuine customers would not be happy. We then googled it and found out it was a scam. We were to phone a Boston Wong at 11 this morning to arrange getting the money – we did not phone him. Derrick Chang has ju st phoned us we told him we knew it was a scam he assured us we have won and knows nothing of it being a scam. We asked about the taxes but he said we could pay once we received the money. In one phone conversation he said he was coming to Christchurch and would look us up and share a bottle of wine. In our last conversation we told him if he did come to Christchurch the likelihood would be he would share a jail cell with someone not a bottle of wine.
Got 2 tickets – one said Thank you and the other said I had won $165,000. Must think everyone is stupid – first thing I did was hit the ‘net. No idea where they got my mailing details.
I received a $165,0002nd prize scratchie.
I even flew to Hong Kong to claim my prize, they said it will take a couple of days to get the funds together so I said it will take me a couple of days to get my deposit together.
They were so professional, they picked me up in a Lexus, took me to the courts, I even think the judge was in on it, after proceedings took me Out to lunch the whole works.
Now I know its a scam, thank goodness I didn’t hand over any money.
NT Aust, also just got one of the two $165000 scratchies, seems as though these fools think the average joe’s not smart enough to surf the net. Can only hope karma kicks them in the arse.
I got 2 scratch cards today from Ocean Jupiter Vacation. One card said I won $165,000. Yeah right! Posted from Malaysia to Christchurch, NZ. I was in Malaysia last year so some corrupt person has picked up my personal information from the hotel I was staying at or the immigration entry details.
Yes, I’m in Darwin too and won US165,000 from Flaming Ace Holiday. They’ve gone to a lot of trouble to make it appear genuine (travel brochure, postcard tickets with terms and conditions) but of course too good to be true usually means it is.
Received 2 scratchies. 1 said thank you the other won prize of 165000. Early retirement for me!!
I got one from Double Sliver Travel (spelling is correct, it is not silver)saying I won 2nd prize $165,000 USD. When I was told I got it by mistake, the top 4 prizes were for their sponsors clients. Then told I have to pay $3,630.00 to release the prize.
The guy who I was dealing with was Steve Cheah.
Got one in darwin
$165,000 US
Requiring deposit
Scam
I just got the complimentary lottery tickets in the mail (Christchurch NZ) and surprise surprise I am US$165,000 richer!! oh what can I do, world cruise, pay off my mortgage, retire early ….. this list goes on. Thank goodness for google, what a scam. Thet saying "if it sounds too good to be true" is said for a very good reason 🙂
I’m in New Zealand and yip received the scratch tickets and wow I won too lol. Shame its a scam 🙁
Yep I also have one form pearl valley holiday park amazing that there were two 2nd prizes of 165,000 and two thurned up in little old ch ch NZ
TOOOO funny !!! Scum bags is right,
Yep me two throught i would phone and just see how these guys work after i won 165k usd if you look at the whole thing from the way it is sent two the scatch tickets and there glossey margeting it will trap a whole lot of people till they ask two pay there share of the 4.4 percent bond money to the the china goverment two be able to release the money as they say that anything over 100k usd has to be transferred that way what a load of crap
yep got one as well,in Darwin northern territory,Australia they called (Flaming Ace Holiday) i won 165,000 USD .. lol
knew it was rubbish right away.. us red necks up here are not dum.. may be if it said i won and ICED COFFEE i would have believed it. 🙂
Motueka, New Zealand. Had to laugh, got a Pearl Valley Holiday brochure today, smelled scam from the start. Checked website and 1st point to note, no prices for holiday’s are listed or Special Deals advertised. A clear indication they don’t want sell anything apart from validation that they are genuine and all it’s used for is to try and collaborate the Mailed Brochure. Also, they spelled Australia wrong and as the supposed website has been there for more than 10 years, nobody’s picked it up? Yeah Right, Not..
we received 11th anniversary scratch and win tickets from Pearl Valley Holiday in the mail today and yes we too have won US$165000 .
I do wonder where they got our names from, we traveled to Malaysia about 3 years ago. I noticed there was no expiry date on this scam so thought something was a miss.
I received my tickets last week, one was a thank you and the other was 2nd prize $165,000,00. Thinking everything looked legit, even found there website, sent email through there website and got a reply back telling me to ring the number on the the ticket or to send my number and they would contact me. A Derrick Chong rang me back, they want me to scan the ticket and email them, so I’m thinking this is to good to be true and decided to do a bit more searching, I came across this pages 🙁 so glad I didn’t get my hopes up, it was the client number that got me as I have never heard of them, so I don’t have a number. Oh well can’t miss what you never had.
Fairy glamor travel tried to scam me, saying they needed thousands of dollars in order to get a letter of authenticity to release the 165000usd winnings. They said their sponsor Joshua & Grace Ltd would need verification and then a manager said I would need to transfer money into their account to obtain the winnings
http://www.fairyglamortravel.com
http://www.joshuagracelimited.com
Yes, I just got one today exactly the same as all the ones above have written and I know darn well I haven’t bought any lottery tickets so how can I win something! Scam, not enough infirmation included in enverlope for it to be real. Others beware!!!
I too have just been scammed! Initially I thought how could this be since I didn’t enter any completion. Sadly I contacted them. They sounded so genuine on the phone, making me believe that it was the real deal. I went so far as sending my bank details! What an idiot! I realised my mistake in the wee hours of the night. Hope I don’t have any repercussions.
Just so you know the person I dealt with was Derrick Chong. Email address was [email protected]
Usually I am smarter than this, lol.
Received two scratch tickets from "Pearl Valley Holiday’. One was a winning ticket for $165k US. No idea how they got our address and names! From Christchurch New Zealand.
Just received a letter addressed to my home, posted with proper stamps from Malaysia. 2 tickets, 1 was a WINNING TICKET for $165,000USD. Wow and I didn’t do a thing. I’d love to know where the scumbags picked my details up from.
Mid Canterbury, New Zealand – Yesterday received two scratch tickets – one said thank you, one said had one USD $165000!!!! Yippee, now I can retire 🙂 – yeah right!!! and a very flash brochure on the Magical Moon Holiday. Be careful … looks very realistic – don’t be fooled
Received winning 165,000 ticket yesterday and never even entered a completion, research on the web led my to this site, great work tickets now in bin, cheers Jack
Omg I just got one from Fairy Glamor Travel with the same thing $165,000.00 USD, thought it sounded too good to be true so googled holiday scams haha Mr Khoo is going to cop an earful when he calls
It’s still going…..I just got a Magical Moon Holidays 11th anniversary scratch ticket and low and behold I won $165000 USD….the first time I’ve ever won anything that big without having to even enter lol doesn’t that just beat all
Please people if it doesn’t sound or feel real then sure as shit it ain’t real
Gosh!! I’ve got my $165k scratchy. There’s only supposed to be two but everyone seems to have one! Hahaha and they look so professional. But no website seeing they’re a travel agency… Just tear them up
I received mine lovely ocean holiday 165,000.00 usd I’m having fun coz they calling me so they end up out of pocket lol
Mine $165,000 ‘winning’ ticket arrived yesterday from Faithful Vacation 11th Anniversary. So many winners posted here where the brochure states there are only two winning tickets!!!! LOL
Excellent presentation, but not fooled by this obvious scam.
Yes!! mine came today $165000….I’m not fooled either!
hi exactly the same scenario as reported by Maxine. I to thought it was to good to be true .not sucked in. Rodney nz.
hi exactly the same scenario as reported by Maxine. I to thought it was to good to be true .not sucked in. Rodney nz.
Yup got one today. I’m also the lucky winner of US$165,000. Woohoo! So excited I tore it up!!! Lucky I’m not some poor naive person!
got one today from Faithful Vacations seemed to good to be true even naming well known companies as sponsors.. sent a email just waiting for more red flag to go up mine sound the same as the MAgical Moon Holidays one…. so glad i googled it lol
I too, was delivered a couple of scratchies and found to my surprise that I had won $160,000 USD. I detected is was a scam because traditionally I do not win things as easy as that. Will not be fooled.
Just received Faithful Vacation 11th Anniversary tickets and won 165,000.00 scam same thing different name.
Magical moon holiday 11th anniversary 2 prize USD $165,000.00 SCAM
Received a broucher in the mail, very well presented with 2 scratch and win lottery ticks and yes 1 was a winning ticket. I sent a email and it was not long before the contacted me, I was a bit warey. … ! ! Done some googling and found this site. Thanks
Too good to be true, be carefull out there ! ! !
Brave Heart Travel Malaysia, stay clear of them.
I just received 2nd prize too. I rang and tried to get more information. They have my pH number now and my email
Yes we also received one from Magical Moon Holidays with the two scratches one Than you other 2nd prize winner.It was very well done beautiful pamphlet design.
What a pity need a holiday but not at that expense.
Hi, yes same thing happened to me but they are called Magical Moon Holidays….. got to 2 scratch cards and one said thank you and the other said you have won 2nd prize of 165 thousand usa dollars….. watch out scammers are cunning and know what to say.. dont be fooled…. old saying if it is to good to be real then sadly its not
Hi Im in Auckland as well and received second prize of $165000 too. With house prices as they are, I was pretty excited !! Rang the phone number but no answer. Not certain yet how they are getting something out of this. Maybe if I emailed they’d get my address, bank account numbers?? whichever…
Bugger I didn’t get anything! Can we sue em in a world court?
Regards
Sue
likewise, received brochure and and checked. I cannot believe how very well they backed everything up and the length of time they took, ringing and even when I mentioned scam they "understood" etc etc …. everything like this goes in the bin.
Still happening 2015! Now they are Double Sliver Travel
and have a web site! http://www.doubleslivertravel.com
same guy as contact. I googled frankie Tay along with the travel name to arrive onto this site…yep, our motto is "if its too good to be true, its a scam" but … the money would be great, wish it wasn’t a scam! One scratch was ‘thank you’ and the other the 2nd prize! C
Yes we got one too and can tell you that they are getting their info from the phone book as my initials are incorrect by one initial in the phone book and nowhere else and that is the same initials they used on the envelope to us. Also notice another person of the same surname has also commented on this. Not fooled in this house.
I am currently dealing with Alvin Chee too. He is speaking with his major sponsor Gary & Hugo Holdings in Hong Kong to convince them to honour the ticket as I was sent it by mistake with the clients names, but it will give his company a bad reputation if they don’t honour it.
I have believed this was a scam right from the start and I would never have paid any money up front or given my bank account details but I have been playing along to see how it all works. Then I came across this website!
Is there some way we can report these scummers (pun intended) and that’s a nice word as I don’t think what I really want to call them is appropriate for the internet!
Hi I am in Auckland NZ and also received a card on 30/5/2015 showing 2nd prize worth USD 165000.00
I have sent them an email saying how do I claim just to see how far they think I have swallowed the bait together with hook and sinker……….
I too received a scratch and win US165,000.00. What a scam, beware of Frankie Tan, who congratulated me on being a winner. He asked me for my client number and I said that as he already sent me the voucher, that he already had my details on his data base and I let him know that he needed to get the client numer himself and to move onto the next question. He was unable to do this and just hung up on me. In the beginning he was ringing me every day, and now haven’t heard from him.
Don’t send any money. If he is insist, tell him that you don’t want to remove the funds from the country and that you have a bank account in his country. He won’t like that. Have a bit of fun with him and then tell him to you have no interest in his scam and that kiwis are onto him. Go get em………
We also received 2nd prize in Auckland . there are so many scams these days I ignore them all
Yup me too speedy tiger holidays and yes im 2nd prize winner and now 3 phone calls later they cant understand why i dont have a client no??
(Because Ive never been a client of theirs that i know of)
So very hard and very serious he says because i cant claim my prize unless this is sorted? 🙂
They have my phone no,age and address but no more and will get no more.
He "Alvin Chee" is now going to his superior blah blah so i am just playing along with it until next call and then PISS OFF D##K H##D !!Hopefully my security has not been compromised but friends have warned me to change my Facebook password so good luckm everyone else .
Yep my wife won $165,000 US bloody marvelous till I googled scam beach walker resort
Very well presented scam got to give them that, assholes
I have received the 11th Anniversary lottery tickets from Classic Arrow tours and sure enough I got a thank you on one and 2nd prize USD $165,000.00. I contacted them and was put through to their claims department and spoke to Harry Khoo. I scanned the tickets and envelope as requested and Harry called back to verify that I had won! Today he called to say he could not find my client number only a customer number and therefore I am not entitled to a prize of anything above 4th prize. Harry is now going to have a video call with the major sponsor "Benjamin & Grace Limited" to plead my case, I await his call. He has called me three times so far, has not asked for bank details or any payments yet, now that I have read all this I look forward to the next call. They are clever and I also wonder where they get our addresses? Bugger I could have done with $201,350.00 AU – too good to be true. Please everyone don’t give them your financial information or send money if asked.
Hi everyone I also got this in the mail today. I rang the company and then did more research. Be so nice to win my prize of $165,000US I scanned it to them and demanded my prize! Still wanting to hear back lol
Received mine in the post today. I won USD 165,000.00. Thanx for this website I don’t have to bother calling them. Im from Auckland, New Zealand. Where do they get our names and addresses.
And another one the same. This time Little Giant Holiday, No 30-1, Jalan Metro Perdana Barat 3, Taman Usahawan Kepong, 52100 Kuala Lumpur. With their sponsor as Jack & Hazel Limited of Hong Kong. Steve Cheah is the guy I spoke from Malaysia and Edwin Chen from Hong Kong.
This is almost word for word the spiel I had from both Steve and Edwin.
" I will re-explain to you about the Letter of Authorization. You have been fully identified as the 2nd prize winner by Mr Edwin Chen, but before he can authorize his
accountant to head down to the bank to make this transaction for you, we
are still lacking of a legal documentation which is the Letter of
Authorization.
In Hong Kong, any amount of money exceeding 100,000USD (regardless if its
a business transaction/profits from investment/lottery winnings) entering
or leaving the country, we need to obtain the Letter of Authorization
because the government needs to monitor this transaction. As you know,
Hong Kong is the world’s financial hub, this letter is required to prevent
money laundering and tax evasion cases from happening.
A security deposit of a 4.4% is required from the High Court in order to
bind both of the Legal Sender and the Legal Receiver into the Letter Of
Authorization. Therefor, 4.4% will be split into two sides, which is a
2.2% participant for each party. Upon obtaining the letter, there will be
two(2) transaction going in to you. First, the 165,000USD. Second,
3,530USD (refund of the deposit). The refund will be a 100 dollar lesser
deducted for the court’s fee and stamping fee for the legal documentation.
165,000USD x 4.4% = 7,260USD
7,260USD / 2 parties = 3,630USD
How the transaction works:
1) A 3,630USD required for security deposit to the HK Court to get the
Letter of Authorization issued.
2) Upon obtaining the Letter Of Authorization, 165,000USD will be
facilitate to you in 4-6 hours.
3) Refund of the security will take place. 3,530USD will be refunded back
to you in 24-48 hours. (100USD deduction for court’s stamping duty.)
4) After all the transaction had been made. A hard copy of the Letter Of
Authorization will be sent to your postal address. Please keep this
document safety as this will be proof to your authorities in future, that
this is all legal money coming in to you instead of Money Laundering, Drug
trading money ect.
Normally, for the regular clients, every client have investments with the
sponsor and Mr Edwin Chen can access to their
investment account that they have with the sponsor and deduct the 2.2%
from the investment directly. For you case, because we are in a unique
situation that you are a non-client and you do not have any investment
with the sponsor, that’s why they need you to come out with this deposit
yourself."
Thankfully I came searching here, because I was immediately uneasy when told I had to make a payment before receiving the prize.
Do not send any money people!!
Yes, we’re in Auckland New Zealand and we won second prize too! Could have done with that money…..:-)
I received the "lucky" second prize of $165,000.00 scratchy card today. Although the brochure is glossy, there are spelling and grammatical mistakes which made me even more suspicious than I had by even receiving the letter from someone I didn’t know or subscribe to.
Again, thank goodness I checked the web.
Same as above…in Auckland
I received this so called prize from Joyful Tourism.
Obviously a scam but it could easily fool people.
Now scammers are operating as Beachwalker travel in Selangor Malaysia, beware!!!
I received a 11th Anniversary mail out in the mail today. Scratch to win and what do you know I have won 2nd prize in the lottery USD 165,000.00, I do have to wonder how many other people also won 2nd prize Adelaide South Australia
But there’s only supposed to be 2 x USD165,000 prizes from Beach Walker Travel and I’ve won another!
No wonder they won’t pay up. lol.
I too received a brochure with a winning ticket I looked into it and then found this information I knew it was a scam I feel sorry for anyone so gullible that actually sends these assholes money!! They need to be stopped!
We received scratch and win tickets today in Dunedin from beach walker travel – looked very professional. Thank goodness we checked the web.
Yes, the same-awarded 2nd prize of $165US- sent scanned ticket to Frankie Tay. He rang me and confirmed arrival of ticket. Said it still had to be authenticated-no time frame given.
Sent email to Frankie today-returned mail.
Have no idea where they get the addresses from.
Thank you for the info, yes I received the same info as above ‘The Blazing Whale Travel’ incredible what these people are up to putting out these horrible Scams
Cheers for that
yup just won USD $165,000.00 from the Beach Walker Travel company 11th Anniversary Great scam it really looks real with stamps from Malaysia and all. Why would people pay the tax? you would just tell them to deduct it from your winning….. lol fell sorry for those who have lost their money would love for someone to track down these people and scam them…now that would be a great scam
I just got one 11 anniversary 2 scratch and win lol one say than you other 2ND prize USD 165,000.00 Beach walker travel they have a Web site keep away from anything the is Asia with USD lol
I received one today in Auckland from Beach Walker Travel, same thing, two cards, one said thank you the other said I had won USD $165,000, too good to be true !
I received a brochure and 2 scratch cards from ROYAL GREEN HOLIDAY one card said "thank you" the other said 2nd prize winner USD165,000. I live in New Zealand. I knew it was a scam because they sent it to my work address which I NEVER put on personal details. NB you will NEVER receive a prize like this for something you have not entered!!!
I received a letter from Blazing Whale Travel a few days ago containing two scratch cards one saying I was the winner of US$165.000
I have just hp phoned A very nice guy Melvin in KL, as I said I could not scan the ticket and to verify I was genuine he would phone me back
Shortly after he phoned back asking for the ticket No/barcode/numbers etc. (not bank A/C No) and after a very friendly chat he said I would shortly hear from their team regarding Payment.
I look forward to getting the money and planing what I am going to spend it on (not holding my breath)
My mother in New Zealand just got one. Thankfully she knows it’s a scam.
Received today a Blazing Whale Travel ticket saying I had won US $165,000. In a "flash" booklet. Also wonder where they got my details from.
[email protected]
That is the email address which I have given from Little giant holiday from Malaysia.
He wanted me to send the lottery voucher won through email then kept calling me. Annoying!!!
Yep Same received on 15 may 2015 from from Blazing Whale travel 2 scratch cards one words Thank You the other USD 165.000. Thought it was a scam so googled it and sure enough I was correct
I’ve just received two scratch tickets and a brochure from Little Giant Holiday I have supposed to have won US 160,000.00 where do they get our details?
As per the above, I too received 2 scratchies as part of Joyful Tourism 11th Anniversary, one with thank you, the other winning second prize USD 165,000.00 which led me to a scam search and this page.
Also got a Blazing whale travel scam. Says I won 165,000 USD!. Wonder where they got my details from.
15th May, Dunedin, NZ
yep just like above, Blazing Whale Travel
2 cards, won 2nd prize $165,000,
As the say goes if its to good to true then its probably a scam!
My $165K winning ticket came from Blazing Whale Travel. Despite their brochure saying they were founded in 2004, their website was registered 4 days ago and appears to be hosted in the "dark internet".
Once again – treat anything like this as a scam and NEVER contact them by any means. In doing so, you have confirmed you exist and are open to communication – expect more scams heading your way soon.
I am in Christchurch NZ.
Hello I too received an envelope in the mail with 2 scratch cards inside. One card when scratch just has the words "Thank You" on it the second however, said that I had won 2nd prize. The prize was USD 165,000.00. I suspected a scam immediately and seeing the other comments, I now know for sure that it is a scam!!!
I received also a lovely letter yesterday 14.may, with 2scrachies,one had 165’000 US win.I was very weary from the start.it was to good to be true.
Seems like the are still at it. I also received a Little Giant Holidays envelope (Auckland) through the mail with a "winning" two "scratch and win"cards with one being empty and the second one had US165000 second prize. As everyone has said they are very believable with a great website etc. I emailed them the details suggesting they prove their legitimacy and some guy rang and fill in my details on the card over the phone.He is supposed to ring back this morning. I got to thinking about it over night and decide to do the :Scam Check" and here we are. No real surprises. As the say goes if its to good to true them its probably a scam,
I too have just received Little Giant Holiday prize of $165,000 USD through the post in Auckland. I spotted two typo errors in the body of their text which made me immediately wonder.
Watch out for the LITTLE GIANT HOLIDAY!!! The same scam, great looking brochure, they offer $165,000 as a prize…aren’t we all lucky?!
I also received a second prize card of $165,000, from "Shining Glory Tours", just this morning (12th May 2015)in South Canterbury New Zealand Very professionally done I must say, but knew it was a scam, as too good to be true!!! Got to be so careful these days.
They are now called Star Quality Tours, and funnily enough I’ve also won US$165,000.00. Amazing coincidence.
On 5off may I received winning scratches one was empty second one had us165000. I called them I spoked to Melvin he asked me to send him email with the winning one I took I photo and send it to them. He said well congratulations you are a winer. First I didn’t believe him but when I checked the company name. I thought hmmm there’s something wrong. Well by the way the ticket was from star quality tours. Sponsored from oven&Emma. In Hong Kong. There so professional scamers. When he asked me for 3630 dollar he said for transferring the money some kind off government security procedures. I knew. But lucky I didn’t give him any information.
I’m bummed out – here was I thinking that I was one of just two of us who got USD 165,000! Their mail reached us in Nth Canterbury on 5 April. The glossy brochures pack a punch until you remember: ‘if it’s too good to be true, it probably is!’ Thanks for offering this facility.
Hi thanks so much for the information about this JUST BLESSED TOURS thing, as I got 2 mails from the post one on the 2/5/15 and one today 5/5/15 its a big money but the next question came to my mind when did I enter this game? so I try the internet to search for this and thanks that I came across this awesome site which provided me with so much information. Bless you all for helping people like us who trust people easily and for those who are behind this I wouldn’t be surprise one day…….
Wow my mum 78yrs old has just won $165000 2nd place with two scratchies .They go by the name of Just Blessed Tours.we are in new zealand.very flash brochure.11th anniversary again.Address Pulau Pinang. ph 6016-7038946 6016-703 8947.
Now running as Mutiara Leisure Holidays.
Nice glossy brochure plus 2 scratchy tickets. 1 no good but the other $80K USD Winner Woohoo!
Everything looks like gold but smells like fish!
Fkn cheeky buggers!! I too recently got sent two scratchy tickets from STARQAULITY TOURS MALAYSIA.One ticket a dud and the other a winner of $165,000 US. Wen i recieved these i couldnt help but call (%99.9) sure this was a scam. On calling i got put through to an asain bloke by the name of steve. He told me to colour scan the tickets front and back and also the front of the letter they had posted to me, then send to his email for the I.T department to verify. I told him ok but i will not be giving any of my bank details in order to collect the so called $165,000. He replied with saying thst decision is mine but STARQAULITY TOURS would not take any responsibility if the cheque goes missing in the mail. Im still waiting for my cheque lol.They also have there own website http://www.starqaulitytours.com. I’m hoping no one gave them there bank details..scamming bastards!!
LOL not much hope then for my supposed $us165000 winning 2nd prize in one of the 2 complimentary free scratch tickets celebrating the 11th anniversary and investment in theme hotel from Star Quality Tours malaysia. No client #, send email photo scan of back and front of winning ticket and front of envelope it came in, contact steve.cheah email, 2 malaysian phones – +6011-36714896,+6011-36714897, which both work and put you through to Steve of prize claims.
No internet search brings up starquality tours but have website at http://www.starqualitytours.com that you cant access deeper without this elusive client#.
Has address as 39,Jalan SS 23/10,taman SEA, 47400, Petaling Jaya. Which with a hard search you can get maps near it but not full specifics. LOL I wont be paying anything for them to send me the money.
Today Saturday 2nd May, Hoooorrry I won USD 165K, I know this is a fake. I do admit very professional card and info.
I rang them from a compass card therefore they cant find my telephone no., talk to the front office, and I put naïve naïve accent, Mr Roger came on line. I told him that I would like visit China etc. He is very good, and he asked me where I from, I said New Zealand, I asked do have any branches in New Zealand? no, we will be starting soon. At the end my patience running thin, I told him I am in Patu Bahat in Malasia, and I will come and see him next week, to book a trip to China. That is the end of the conversation!!!!!!!.
Hi all my New Zealand and world friends, please don’t suck into this, scam bags. Hope someone will shut them down soon.
God bless your site, you are helping so many people.
Hi there. I just received the same scam in the mail from ‘Star Quality Tours’ for their 11th Anniversary and I won US $165 000 too apparently! For some reason, getting this sent in the mail with the glossy brochures made me hesitate initially but then reality set in and I reminded myself that if it is too good to be true, it aint true. It took me a while to find the warnings online when I looked though – putting in the supposed company name did not bring up anything in the search and it was only when I searched for ‘scratchie scams’ that it came up – clever buggers. They alter the names which makes it harder to find the warnings online. To all those who lost their hard earned cash, I feel for you and hope it comes back to you in some form. And thanks Scam detector! All the best
I received the whole ‘package from Flying horse paradise today.Contained two scratchies…one of which won me $165000 US dollars.Scanned the ticket and sent it off…I’ve sent no other details and not going to either.A very professional looking ruse…bugger it all….the money would be nice but as usual it’s far too good to be true.BEWARE NEW Zealand
I have just had the exact same thing happen. I ‘apparently’ won the USD $165,000 and spoke with Mr Chee. Everything written above is exactly what has happened to me. All the emails are exactly the same from Mr Chee and the same conversation with Mr Chong. I have reported to the police. I really hope that these people get caught and that no-one else falls for this scam. It truly is a disgrace.
Yep… all of the above. star princess tour for me in malaysia with jack & iris holdings as sponsor in hong kong. what amazes me is scamwatch knows little or
nothing about this scam which has been operational since 2012. obviously no one cares about scams cause these guys haven’t been touched in all that time. so can anyone tell me who chases & shuts these ferrals down? The names I dealt with were alvin chee, alfred tan & sam chong. I dread to think of the money these scumbags have rorted from people.& yep I am $4800 poorer for the experience. like I said I rang scamwatch(Australia’s scam watch dog & got nowhere) & because I had just returned from overseas I thought that maybe I had travelled with ‘star princess tour’ somewhere. my itinerary was handled in Australia so I had not a clue what tour groups were involved. I got to u guys too late.
Yes thanks guys, its called Royal Green Holidays now, for us NZ suckers. I have emailed the filled in form, had 2 ph calls, got the line on client #, awaiting my call back right now from Skyler Lee, re my second prize $US 165,000. Already spent it too! Praise God, He is my real source and He can be totally trusted. Thanks for your site as my discernment had been tested! I am a CA as well, just shows if its too good to be true, its not true.
I received 2 Scratchies from Top Galaxy Tourism with one winning 2nd prize of USD165.000, so I phoned Harry Khoo who said that it had been sent to me by mistake as I was not a sponsor but they would honour the prize as long as I signed a document saying I wouldn’t discuss it with anyone. They also asked for my bank and ID details. Then my Wife also got sent some scratches from the same company and guess what she also won USD165.000.
Don’t worry I didn’t fall for it or give them any details. I am tempted to go on Current Affair or something!
^^ I’m in the same situation have to make a call tomorrow to John Paul limited an speak to Alfred Tan won’t have anything nice to say after seeing this thanks for the heads up!!!!
Yes I have just received one from Top Galaxy Tourism, with a winning ticket of $165 000 USD and have spoken with ‘Steve’ several times who has now asked for my claim number and will no doubt get back to me this afternoon … let’s see what Steve saids. Thanks for the heads up everyone!!!
Same deal here peeps just received a letter from top galaxy tourism. Also stamped from Malaysia, first scratchie,was a dud and the second indicated that you have won 1650000 USD. Thanks for the heads up:-)
Yes,I received two scratchies from Star Dreams Travel.I was contacted by a Alvin Chee he asked for my client number to claim the 2nd prize of $165,000 USD.I said don’t have one,he said he would investigate into it further.He contacted me and said it was sent out to me by accident.Star Dreams Travel is based in Malaysia.Then he asked me to scan and email both sides of the winning ticket to him.He even sent me letter stating That I have to keep confidential as clients wouldn’t be happy if they found out a non client was a winner,signed by alvin Chee of stardream travel and Sam Chong of john and paul limited.Here is a copy,
Dear Sir/Madam, Star Dreams Travel 47E, Jalan Nadchatiram, Taman Tayton View,
This letter is designed to protect the parties, which in this case John & Paul Limited and Star Dreams Travel, into negotiations with a view to grant a “non-client” status customer the prize money of USD165,000.00. It records the terms on which certain Confidential Information regarding all communications made between xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Subject), Alvin Chee (Representative) and Star Dreams Travel (Company) in this agreement to enable it to carry out and facilitate the claims of the funds from John & Paul Limited. Cheras, 56000, K.L, Malaysia. John & Paul Limited Hing Fat Tower, 9/F 88-90, Hing Fat Street, North Point, Hong Kong.
Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) _____________________________ Sam Chong Operation Manager John & Paul Limited 08 April, 2015 ________________________________ Alvin Chee Claims & Event Executive Star Dreams Travel
In this document “Confidential Information” means the information contained Star Dreams Travel in all written reports, studies, analyses, materials and data disclosed by to the subject in relation to all matters concerning Star Dreams Travel 2nd prize of USD165,000.00 “Confidential Information” also includes information regarding any form of communications, written or oral between xxxxxxxxxxxxxx and Alvin Chee that has taken place or are taking place regarding the acquisition of the financial sum of USD165,000.00 upon and any agreements which have been made.
The Representative and Subject hereby undertake not to disclose to any person, firm or corporation without John & Paul Limited prior written consent of the Confidential Information.
Any information provided by the Representative and Subject shall be kept private and confidential solely for prize claiming purpose only. John & Paul Limited undertake the responsibility shall never disclose any information or details without the Subject consent.This was then followed up with this email. Good Morning, as on our phone conversation earlier, I will re-explain to
you about the Letter of Authorization. You have been fully identified as
the 2nd prize winner by Mr Sam Chong, but before he can authorize his
accountant to head down to the bank to make this transaction for you, we
are still lacking of a legal documentation which is the Letter of
Authorization.
In Hong Kong, any amount of money exceeding 100,000USD (regardless if its
a business transaction/profits from investment/lottery winnings) entering
or leaving the country, we need to obtain the Letter of Authorization
because the government needs to monitor this transaction. As you know,
Hong Kong is the world’s financial hub, this letter is required to prevent
money laundering and tax evasion cases from happening.
A security deposit of a 4.4% is required from the High Court in order to
bind both of the Legal Sender and the Legal Receiver into the Letter Of
Authorization. Therefor, 4.4% will be split into two sides, which is a
2.2% participant for each party. Upon obtaining the letter, there will be
two(2) transaction going in to you. First, the 165,000USD. Second,
3,530USD (refund of the deposit). The refund will be a 100 dollar lesser
deducted for the court’s fee and stamping fee for the legal documentation.
165,000USD x 4.4% = 7,260USD
7,260USD / 2 parties = 3,630USD
How the transaction works:
1) A 3,630USD required for security deposit to the HK Court to get the
Letter of Authorization issued.
2) Upon obtaining the Letter Of Authorization, 165,000USD will be
facilitate to you in 4-6 hours.
3) Refund of the security will take place. 3,530USD will be refunded back
to you in 24-48 hours. (100USD deduction for court’s stamping duty.)
4) After all the transaction had been made. A hard copy of the Letter Of
Authorization will be sent to your postal address. Please keep this
document safety as this will be proof to your authorities in future, that
this is all legal money coming in to you instead of Money Laundering, Drug
trading money ect.
Normally, for the regular clients, every client have investments with the
sponsor and Mr Sam Chong can access to their
investment account that they have with the sponsor and deduct the 2.2%
from the investment directly. For you case, because we are in a unique
situation that you are a non-client and you do not have any investment
with the sponsor, that’s why they need you to come out with this deposit
yourself.
I will ring you later at 530pm to discuss this with you. Thank You.
Sincerely,
Alvin Chee
I hope this helps other people from not becoming a victom of this SCAM.
Watch out for Snow Mountain Paradise. Same scam!!!!
I have had the exact same experience that Mrs White has had.This is a very elaborate scam with Authentic looking brochures and tickets. I immediately took the brochure and tickets to my bank and was advised to go to the police which IO did and they verified it was a scam.I told a Mr Boston Wong that I thought it was a scam and he said if I suspected that I should go to the police, I then told a surprised Mr Wong that I had already done so and that I just wanted to see how far he would go before I confronted him with this. The frst guy I spoke to asked me to keep everything confidential and to speak politely to Mr Wong as I shouldn’t have got the ticket in the first place that it should have gone to members only but that they would honour it anyway as it was not my fault and the wanted to keep everyone happy.
Do NOT fall for their fast talk.
Just received in mail – white pillow paradise two lottery tickets – one was 2 bs prize $165,000 USD. Ignored it . Hope others do. Brochures written really badly but glossy.
Yes,received two scratchies from stardream travel,asked for client number to claim prize,said dont have one,was sent by accident,theyvwill still pay prize,but trying to convince have to pay 3600 to hong kong high court to say money being sent legally dont think so, then tried to convince me not a scam and will hv a video conference with there sponsor,and never heard another word. They even sent me letter stating have to keep confidential as clients wouldnt be happy if they found out non client a winner,signed by harry khoo of stardream travel and edwin chen of john and paul limited. Good try but us kiwis not stupid to fall into your arms. I followed thru as far as I could to get as much info so could inform others. I have a copy of the letter they sent to keep it confidential along with other info. The website stardreamstravel needs to be shutdown as it is a scam
Yes,received two scratchies from stardream travel,asked for client number to claim prize,said dont have one,was sent by accident,theyvwill still pay prize,but trying to convince have to pay 3600 to hong kong high court to say money being sent legally dont think so, then tried to convince me not a scam and will hv a video conference with there sponsor,and never heard another word. They even sent me letter stating have to keep confidential as clients wouldnt be happy if they found out non client a winner,signed by harry khoo of stardream travel and edwin chen of john and paul limited. Good try but us kiwis not stupid to fall into your arms
There is a scam out there from Star Dreams Travel based in Malaysia arriving in the post and has arrived in New Zealand. Two scratchies are attached to a very convincing looking brochure, in good english as well. One scratchie is a dud and the is a winning ticket, second prize of $165,000 USD. If you phone them they will ask for your phone number to ring you back and confirm the winning ticket. then they will ask for you to scan and email both sides of the winning ticket to them, this results in them getting your email address too. They do not answer your questions and speak very fast to put you off. they do not explain how you will get your winnings, acting shocked and deny when you state them as a scam, saying they have many happy customers…. mmm oh yes then why does Google not have your website listed. watch out this is a scam!
http://www.stardream.com is a scam. It has the same 11th anniversary complimentary scratch cards format as the Lotus Life Travel 10th anniversary complimentary scratch cards. The brochure is professionally done and it comes personally addressed and stamped from Malaysia. Avoid!!!!!
Just recieved a THUMBSUP HOLIDAY package with 2 scratchies for their 11th Aniversary. 2nd prize for $165000 US. Contact followed but instaged by me mailing them. Spelling in the reply mail was not correct, no letter heads etc and then a phone call from a private No. Never got to a point where I found out what they needed from me to claim the prize.
Snow Mountain Paradise – I "won" USD175,000 and all looks great – even the website and ligit sponsors…but thanks to this site – I am not going to "claim" my prize. Getting New Zealand now. Had an envelope and stamps all from Malaysia…
Yes, we have received two of these holiday scratchie scams over the past 6 months by post. As soon as I scratched off the ‘winning’ one I was immediately suspicious. I read right through the whole brochure and was very surprised that there were no spelling or grammar mistakes. The old saying is so true: If it seems too good to be true is usually is!!
Thanks for this site.
There is only one reason these scammers can survive and that is GREED. The greed of the average person usually outweighs what little sense they may have. Any unsolicited email of any type claiming to offer cash in return for either personal information or money up front has got to be a scam and when I receive one, as I often do, I hit the "delete" button right away. Even the act of "bouncing" the email will let the scammer know that it is a genuine email address thus giving the opportunity of sending more spam to one.
I had exactly the same – Brochure and scratchies from Rich City Tourism and Christopher Chong was the one that rang me. I had tickets addressed to a previous tenant of my house and thought I would check if I could claim. I then had to speak to William Tan at Nicholas & Evon Limited which seem to have a legit website but now I know it’s not. I was supposed to pay the $3,500 US to get the money and went so far as to give my bank account details but just googled scams by pure accident and found this site! Thank God I did not send them the money, I was applying for a credit increase on my card when I found this site. So disappointed but thought it was too good to be true!
Very convincing indeed! We had just been holidaying in Malaysia and so the scammers must have got our address from the hotel we were stayed at. I thought the ‘Hearts holiday’ group must have been associated with the hotel. Thanks to a Google search and this fine website we didn’t get to the send $3500 stage of the scam. They certainly were very good actors on the phone, which unfortunately means they have had lots of practice! Awesome job you are doing at scam-detector.com.
Got one today "Green Planet Holiday" I won $175,000 …. yeah right. Must be Queensland’s turn. SCAM.
Hi there,
I, too, received 2 tickets from Cherry Blossom Holiday and tried to locate their partners. Found 2 of them, but they were a nut company and an Artline distributor?! I blocked my number and rang them and got the most ridiculous receptionist ever, who answered with a different company name. My alarm bells were already ringing, as soon as I opened the envelope but I had decided to track it as far as I could. Anyway, the crazy receptionist eventually put me through to [email protected] who asked me to scan and email the ticket (2nd prize), which I did to see if it was a fake address. He replied with the verification spiel. I have since emailed him back to say he should be ashamed of himself. Thanks for this site!!
I received in New Zealand a 10th anniversary ticket from Azure Recreation with 2 complimentary tickets. One Thank you and the other 2nd prize, $US175000.00, Contacted Andrew Khoo, Lovely guy, ha ha, who said it was a mistake in the mailing as I wasn’t a client. He rang back later saying that he had spoken to his sponsors who agreed to pay me the prize. I noticed on the thank you ticket there was no info about claiming your prize but on the winning ticket it said contact +60146127702. He told me not to mention this winning to anyone as clients pay $80,000.00 each to be a member I presume. He was going to email me a form to sign to say I wouldn’t tell anyone. The email never arrived and I rang him and told him he was an asshole to which he replied saying there are many Andrew Khoos in Malaysia and he was the "GOOD GUY" Fucking joke. As far as that other wanker Christopher Chong is concerned he should be locked up for life for threatening other peoples life. Maybe all these guys need to be taught a lesson
New one to watch for is Greenplanetholiday.com and when calling diverted to a Claims department and an email address for a [email protected]
to send the details of the winning USD $175000.00 Luckily I had read these pages before continuing on.
Received brochure in the mail from a holiday company called Cherry Blossom Holiday (www.cherryblossomholidays.com) I have not done anything but I know this is definitely a scam because no holiday company will just give away $175,000.00 USD dollars for nothing. I apparently won this on a scratch and win card. Absolute SCAM!!!
Received two scratchy tourism lottery tickets yesterday. Looks so real that I was a lucky winner of US$175,000. Suspected this could be a scam but my wife insisted I call them on the phone number provided on the tickets. I finally called th m and spoked to a gentleman by the name of Jeff Boo. He’s a first class gentleman, very cool when he talks to me convincing me I was the winner but ticket need to be scanned and email to him for verification by his IT department. At this moment I knew I was talking to the biggest scam moron. The next day I received a call from him again and asking for my client number to be eligible to collect my winnings. This fooking moron tried so hard to convince me. I need to winning taxes so before they send me the $175K I need to be registered as a member. As usual and same as everyone who wrote on this site, they will honoured the wrong ticket and etc. I finally told him to shaft the $175,000 into his arse and rotin his dirty stinking arse. Thanks to this scam website as I read this site some months ago and was ready to screw them.
He..he.he. These pigs morons need to go to hell. Stop scamming the innocents.
Thanks for this website, I too received a brochure from Cherry Blossom Holiday with two scratchies and yes I won 2nd prize of 175,000 USD!! New it must be a scam so I googled it and well here we are.. They also provide you with a web site address which is very basic, but can also lead you to believe the offer is real?? Don’t be fooled! Money simply does not appear in your letterbox without any effort from you.. Thanks again
Rich City Tours did the same thing to us….almost to the letter. Our guys name was Simon Cheah. Thank goodness I found this thread.
Yes I too received two scratchy tickets, about 18/12 from a supposedly reputed travel company called Vista Travel in Malaysia, for their 10th anniversary, it was in a lovely colour brochure, one of the tickets claimed we had won 2nd prise and USD$175,000, I called the number on the ticket, then spoke to a Christopher Chong, who asked me to scan the winning ticket and email it to him (his email is [email protected]), he said he would have to verify it and would get back to me after a couple of days.
After a couple of days he called back and confirmed we had won second prize and said he needed our client number to claim it, I said we don’t know what that would be, he said thats ok he would look it up in their data base and call me back. He then called back in a couple of days and told me we were not in the system as a client, but must have been a guest at one of their Hotels, and there had been a mistake in their mailing department and the 50,000 tickets that were meant to be only mailed out to clients, had also been mailed out to some guests, he said that none of this was our fault and thought because we had the winning ticket, that we should still win the prize, so a meeting with the creditors and sponsors was organised the next day, and he would state this to hopefully get a result in our favour.
A couple more days later he called with the good news that the sponsors agreed with this and awarded the prise to us, on the condition we keep it quite, as they did not want the clients to find out that someone who was not a client had won a prise, as these client supposedly all put in on average about USD$80,000 each in investments.
The next step was, I had an appointment to ring the marketing manager William Tan ([email protected]), of the sponsors, Adrian & Ashley Holdings (who were in Hong Kong), he instructed me that as this was a large amount of money, a Hong Kong Government release agreement would have to be sort through the Courts, this is so all parties & Government know where the money comes from and not being laundered or released to Terrorist groups. As I would not be able to attend, they would supply one of their company lawyers on my behalf, but both parties had to put up a USD$3500 fee to show that the parties are serious, all but $100, for admin costs, would be refunded the next day. I was to send this money via Western Union, to an address in Hong Kong Mr Yin Kuan Ng No.33-4 RilongHua Building, The South of Lover Roar, Gong Bei, ZhuHai, Guangdong, China.
This got me thinking of a scam, but for some reason I still was getting ready to send the money, but I then called back saying I was not comfortable to send the Money that day, plus I wanted a photo ID of the person this money was going to, William Tan said this was not possible as he was not the one receiving the money, so his ID was not relevant.
It was then that I started looking more into these companies and found this site. I would just like to say that thank god for the decent people in this world who put up sites like this.
I got a letter from Malaysia with an 8 page (A5) glossy brochure and 2 scratchy tickets. They came from Dream Dust Vacations. It had on the first page “12th Anniversary Visit Malaysia 2014”. Inside the brochure it talked about the “Special Complimentary Ticket” which you could win cash from USD 250,000 (1st prize) to USD 140,000 (3rd prize) amongst other things. Scratching the tickets revealed that we had won one of the 3rd prizes of 140, 000 US dollars. A few days later I got a phone call from a seemingly nice guy call “Bernard Low”, from the Claims and Events Dept., who confirmed that we had a “winning” ticket. He confirmed my details that I had written on the ticket and asked for my client number. I said I didn’t know what he meant by a “client number”, he said that to get these “complimentary” tickets you had to be a client of “Metro Capital Investment Holdings” with headquarters in Hong Kong and he would look into it and call me back.
Another few days later a very friendly “Bernard” rang and said there had been a mistake on their part and that some mailing lists had been mixed up and I had received these tickets by mistake. He also said that the “sponsor” of the cash prizes would honour this mistake but I had to sign a “Non-disclosure Agreement” (NDA) as they didn’t want any of their clients knowing what had happened. I was emailed the NDA, signed and scanned it, and forward it back to “Bernard”. Another few days past and I got another phone call from “Bernard” asking for some deposit account details of where to send the prize money and some identifying details. He said that the "Operations Manager” at “Metro Capital Investment Holdings”, a “William Kong”, wanted to personally speak to me and he wanted to be sure that he was speaking to the “right” person before he handed over the cash. The next day I rang Hong Kong and talked to “William Kong”, he was very abrupt, stern and “business like”, to the point where I thought he was condescending in his attitude. He confirmed my identity and said I was indeed one of the 3rd prize winners and he was not happy that this mistake had been made, but will “honour” the prize. He then went onto explained that to collect the “prize” it would have to go before a magistrate in the local courts and that I would have to fly up to Hong Kong to appear in court. The alternative was that they get their internal solicitors to represent me in court, as soon as I have filled in the paper work, they could lodge the documents to be processed. He then went onto explain that I would need to pay half the lodgement/document processing fee of about $3000 so that we could start the process. He would get his secretary to ring me back with the details of where to send the “processing fee “. That’s when the “bells” started ringing !
I started to check a number of “scam” web-sites and realized that I was indeed a target ! It seemed so legitimate and real up to that point, very sophisticated, and Bernard was very friendly and “chatty”, the web-sites looked so “real” and the time taken to set this scam up, it was about a week from the first phone call. All very “slick”. But looking back, there were a couple of things that did seem odd at the time. Our address on the original envelope was missing our house number, which is how our address is listed in the phone book, didn’t take much notice at the time. Also, when I asked Bernard to send me some “Travel Brochures” from his company (Dream Dust Vacations) about holidays in various Asian countries, all he sent me was a couple of word documents with pictures and text that looked as if it had been copied from real travel web-sites. That seemed odd and I started to think it was a bit poor. Also, the calls to my mobile all showed the calling number as “blocked”. A day later the phones started to ring again, I never answered any more calls from “the secretary” or “Mr. Kong”, nor did I get any other calls from “Bernard” and by that stage I was his best Australian friend.
In Summary, they are very sophisticated and they take their time in their attempts to scam people. But, they will always ask for you to send them money before you can get your “prize”. Beware.
star coast travelling out of Malaysia sent out two scratch tickets to my grandparents but before my grandparents sent money I did some checking and found out it was a scam I caught the guy out, Christopher Chong, and he threaten me with my life and now he is harassing me with emails. I have contacted the Malaysian police and a current affair because I want to get these guys caught so if you have any information please send it to me via email as I am a journalism student and this is part of what I do and want to make sure these guys have their face all over the T.V my email is [email protected] lets get these people caught before they scam some elderly out of their life savings.
Hi everyone,
I got the same thing. Brochure and 2 scratch tickets (1 for second prize of $175’000) from Furama holidays.
Emailed and started receiving calls from Christopher Chong ([email protected]) telling me all sorts of lovely things about winning. I asked where they got my address and they told me it was a mistake with their mailing room. I asked how they can convince me how they are going to protect my data and they sent me an NDA agreement! They are well organised that’s for sure.
They tried to tell me the funds would come from their major sponsor Dixon and Hannah Limited. Both the furama and sponsor sites are only recently created as I checked them both on scam void.com
I only found this recently but having checked both websites for validity I figured out it was a scam – thanks either way though guys! We need sites like this to help warn the masses!!
Watch out for the Dream Dust Vacation – 12th anniversary!!!! It’s the same scam!
Received two tickets from Rich City Tourism 10th Anniversary lucky draw on Chrustmas Eve. Upon scratching the tickets one with a thank you and the other one US$175000 2nd prize winning. The ticket comes with a telephone to call if you win. I contacted the number provided and spoken to a guy by the name of Jeff Boo of claims department. Was asked to scan copy of winning ticket with all details, eg. Email address, name du,y filled on winning ticket. Jeff told me that they will be closed on Christmas day but once receipt of my scan ticket he will send them to his IT department for authentication of winning ticket. He shall call me on Boxing Day. Straight away I smell the rat but regretted calling him. I then Google on Internet and convinced this is a scam. Thank god for this scam website.
We also got the same brochure delivered to us in New Zealand from Malaysian Top Fame Holidays. Haven’t bothered to go any further thanks to this site.
On Tuesday 23rd December 2014 Coleen C
I received two scratch tickets from Furama Holidays
scratch the ticket and it said I had won $175,000
Thanks For this Website
Heartsholiday.com is the latest, got a brochure in the mail, I so called won 2nd prize, if you google earth the address, it is an abandoned shop, if you read the fine print, (prize winners may be obliged to submit taxes or any other mandatory charges,) rip of merchants, dont even bother phoning unless you get them out of bed and abuse them,
I got one from Furama Holidays. As a single mum of four boys , was disappointed to find this a scam . Nasty.
I have received a brochure with a swing scratch card from Gardens Odyssey. One of the cards of course is a winner $175,000 USD. I have gone as far to phone them and it sounds like a bunch of guys in a room! I have emailed christopher chong. That is scary what bjorn wrote!
yep got the glossy brochure in the mail as well saying I won the 2nd prize $175000. Alex Wong and Trevor Lin were the names used. Had to send $4100 to get an authentication form from the Chinese govt. Very convincing and clever but bastards!!!!! Had me sucked in and I am no pushover for the scammers. As soon as I had to send money I became suspicious.
I received two 10 yearly cellerbration scratchies from "Secret Garden Tourism" Scratched the 2nd prize $175,000! Rang the number same Jeff Boo, left only my Phone numbers 🙁 and was told to submit emails…. )My brother suggest I look up scams,great brother. Thanks for the HEADS UP. I am Jenny and live in Tasmania. Great Service!
I received the same scratch tickets from a company
called azure sky holidays saying I had won 140,000
they wanted me to sign a Non Disclosure agreement
to get the money lucky I did some checking
Remedy tours Malaysia is also the same. Lawrence Kong an idiot tried to call me asking if I would be sending him the copy of the ticket to verify . Instead I sent him this link
Received similar brochure from "Secret Garden Tourism" supposedly associated with "Blue Cosmos Travel" Same deal of 2 x scratchies – 1 for second prize of US$175,000.
Can see how some people could be taken in when scam is supported by a reasonably presented online site and claims to have sponsor companies such as Shachihata.
I rang the Australian Gov dept Scamwatch to see if above details were already on their watch list. They had no specific record of Secret garden Tourism but did warn of the 2 x scatchy scam.
"if it is too good to be true…then it is!"
Very Similar thing
Asia Star Holiday (Kuala Lumpur address given)
Well produced glossy brochure, lots of photos, looking very authentic. Listed sponsors include Ronald and Ross, Kopitan Classic and Faber-Castell
Advertised as 10th Anniversary Scratch and Win.
2 scratchies – 1 saying Thank you and the other saying I had won 2nd prize of $USD 175,000.00
(which would have been lovely had it been real …!)
Thought it was a scam and checked on line before contacting them. I will be spreading the word.
Yup! It’s in New Zealand too! As if us Christchurch residents haven’t had enough shit from mother nature, we gotta beware our fellow humans as well?? This is the lowest in the gutter behaviour I have ever come across. I too phoned in for my prize and got extremely suspicious and googled them to find there was no ‘them’! Good thing I am a great believer in Murphy’s Law. Christopher Chong (if thats your real name) your time is looming near!
Nearly got scammed, as it is called Gardens Odyssey Ltd, I had contacted them about a month ago from the Internet re Asian travel. But then my daughter told me about it being a scam. Careful people……
because i told them i am going public from star coast christopher chong threaten my life these people need to be stopped.
Just got one of these from "Gardens Odyssey". Same as the others, won US$175000.00. Nice brochure, nice website http://www.gardensodyssey.com, although address in brochure differs from address on website contact page.
Thanks scam-detector – I will not be claiming my "prize".
I think I have found out where these buggers got my name and address from… Just a few days back I subscribed to a "freelotto.com" that came in random to my email id. Anybody think it’s that too?
They are just ba****ds, take control of our dreams for a while and blow it up! Who would not want to try and see if they can get big money??!! Star Coast Travelling did a rather good job trying to convince me! F****ing Andrew Khoo… You and your F****ing winning 10th anniversary ticket, shove it up your a*s. same story as mentioned in the same order!!! These guys should act in Bollywood. Trying to cheat an Indian bloke! Better luck next time a**hole!
People how do we broadcast this so one our beloved OZ friends don’t fall prey to these idiots?? We really need to do something about this… Post comments… Let’s show them that we in Australia are not going to fall into their traps…
i have just got to the last stage of sending money to hong kong and just heard it was a scam. saved in the nick of time, phew nearly lost $3000.0 metro capital investment hong kong are shonks.
STAR COAST TRAVELLING, MALAYSIA
received 1st December 2014.
10th Anniversary Scratch and WIN.
2 lottery tickets recieved one saying
THANK YOU and one saying
2nd prize USD 175,000.00
Well produced brochure and thought it a scam so followed through & emailed the company. Phone reply a couple of times before (shock/horror): ‘we sent it to you by mistake, should have gone to reg’d client’ but we’ll honour it just for you (but stay confidential). Eventually I had to contact sponsor in HK who was providing the $ & they said I’d have to pay $3500 to get a ‘letter of authority’ from HK High Court.
So a long winded scam that will net them a few grand but set up to catch as many ‘winners’ as they can. Don’t be fooled by glossy brochures, websites & Malaysia/HK phone numbers – IT’S A SCAM!!!!
STAR COAST TRAVELLING
recieved 2nd December 2014.
10th Anniverssary Scratch and WIN.
2 lottery tickets recieved one saying
THANK YOU
and one saying
2nd prize USD 175,000.00
These scamers make very pretty brouchers
looking very authentic. …..
I feel for the people who become victims. .
East Gippsland
Victoria. ..
Dream Dust Travel in Malaysia, was our scammer. Metro Capitol Holdings was our major sponser. Both have very impressive websights. What a shame, very
lovely sounding young man on the other end of the phone. Am going to inform them that I am travelling in person to pick up my wonderful second prize ticket of 140000 US dollars. And like someone else did, also bringing my brother in law, who is head of CIB North Queensland. Had exactly the same experience. Ticket was sent to us by mistake, but they are going to honour it anyway after seeing photos that it is indeed a winning ticket. Haven’t been asked for money yet, but I believe that is the next step. Very convincing people. 🙁
I received the brochure today from ‘just one paradise’ 10th anniversary today. I was instantly suspicious as I had no connection to the ‘company’. Pretty convincing packaging though
I received a nice looking brochure mid Nov 2014 with two scratchies, from GREEN HOMES TRAVEL who are celebrating their 10th anniversary,one was a second prize winning ticket for USD $175,000.00, thought I would go along with it for a bit to see what the outcome would be, so I rang and spoke to a Mr. Christopher CHONG who asked me to scan the front and back of the winning ticket, fill in my name age address etc and e-mail it to him, ( I would never give any particulars that would enable them to steal my identity etc.) I just wanted to see what they would want next, thanks to your website I now know, so won’t bother sending my fake scanned winning ticket. It is hard to believe just how far these scammers will go. He was very charming and I did say to him, "I think this may be a trick" of course he just brushed over this, it would be hard for some not to get sucked in by their cunning tactics.
I got the 2nd prize $us 175000 as well. The brochure was marked Asia Travelex, showing a woman in a purple bikini from stomach upwards. When I looked at the conditions on the back of the scratch card, the second one said that I may need to send a tax or mandatory charge. Because this sounded like Nigerian advance-fee scams, I checked with Google ans lo and behold it is definitely a fake. I would rather win $0.00 than $-7000 (the tax they would ask for).
nearly got caught thanks to ths website I stopped in time thanks a lot
Hi my name is Catherine and today I received the same brochure and the winning ticket for the $175,000 these people should be ashamed of themselves I am a carer for my partner who has cancer and it would have been a disaster if these people got our bank accounts I am from Australia so please be very careful of these crafty con artists
Hi,
Asia Travelex is another company involved in this scam. Same nicely printed brochure.
Same scam, this one in Auckland New Zealand to my poor old mum!!!
Soon put her straight, I noticed the bar codes are the same on both the "winning" and thankyou ticket.
i recieved a travel brochure and scratch and win tickets 2 tickets from Navy Boat Travel.com
i sent a message to info@navy boat travel .com and recieved an email from Jeff boo claims officer i had to email evidence of the winning ticket which looked real . the prize $175,000 USD . AFTER NUMEROUS CALLS and emails i was told as i was not a client they would have to ask the sponsor if they would honor the prize , then i was told yes they would but i would have to keep quiet . they aranged for me to phone Hong kong and the sponsor Bruce&Wayne Limited .Mr Martin Choo . who said i would have to sign legal documents as it was hong kong law that $7000 bond was required . when i questioned this and got advice from Hong Kong Bank and Nab Bank they said i was being scammed . Mr Boo has been quiet agressive sence i queried him on a scam . he said i have told the sponsor to cancel the prize because you are not sincere . it’s well put together and nearly convincing , the phone numbers he gave me matched to a point but then i did a search of the businesses , do not exists , Navy Boat Travel is not a registered travel agent , the sponsors have never heard of them .they have used decent companies for their scam . The email address has only been a domain for 30 days due to expire 2015 . they also used to be called navy boat travel .org .
Mr Martin Choo number is 852 67962892
he is general manager of Bruce&Wayne sponsor of the $175,000 usd .
The website is fake http://www.brucewaynelimited.com
http/www.brucewaynelimited.com/engindexhtml
Mr Jeff Boo navy boat travel satates in an email if i really want the prize i need to get the Legal Document from the High Court and will have to pay $3,500 as a secure deposit . he goes on to say i am claiming the prize from the sponsor and i am not being very co operative .
Thank god as a media broadcaster i investigated and did not waste $3,500.
Nigel Hobart Tasmania
Just received one from Asia Travelex and my husband rang – it sounded like the real deal. Until we read this.We live in NZ – so its reached our shores.
Has anyone heard of Liquid travelling now MSL in Malaysia that has run a 7th anniversary promotion and is sponsored by IMF-HK or had dealings with it. Runs in the same format you receive a believable looking brochure and 2 scratch tickets one of course doesn’t win and the other says 2nd. prize winner $182-00USD
My name is Buddy Lawrence of Nelson, New Zealand, and I also received an envelope from Remedy Tours Malaysia, containing two scratch & win cards – one of which stated that I had won USD$175,000-00.
After about a dozen phone calls from an Andrew Khoo I was advised that if I sent them $3400-00 the Govt. of Hong Kong would release my winnings to me.
I realized then that I was being scammed, and needless to say they got no money from me.
It’s now called Red Hearts Travel, 10th Anniversary. described as above, 2 scratchies. received in Sydney posted from Pusat Mela? Malaysia on the 28/10/2014.
I recognised it as a scam due to the atrocious grammar. I wish i could find out where they got my name and address from.
I have also received scratch lotto tickets and "won $175,000US" under the same circumstances as pervious comments left. Many phone calls and emails later from Lawrence Kong and Wilson Lin and when asked to transfer 3,500.00 NZ dollar to obtain an authorization letter from the Hong Kong government so the funds can be released I become concerned. Nice try scammers you are a sick bunch of people
We just received this package today and also spoke to the lovely Edison, no talk at this stage of us paying any fees but obviously that is still to come. Luckily I am not as trusting as my very sweet husband so did some searching and thank goodness we found this website, thanks a lot,,
I have received the same scratch ticket, winning 175,000 USD – Edison Tay is going to phone me in a little while to confirm my winnings. I have given him a false date of birth. I am so pleased that I saw this web site. Such a shame because he sounds like such a nice young man!!! (all sweetness and light). When he rings I shall tell him to donate all the winnings to a charity of his choice (its good for the soul!!!)- He also asked me to keep my good news a secret because "there are a lot of robbers out there" OMG!! Thank you everyone.
Yep got the same scam,with a winning ticket,glad i googled this,another way to suck people in
How weird, a pricey brochure though a bit dated looking, I was starting to think it possibly maybe true 175,000 a tidy yet believable sum- thank you internet!!! what fun these scoundrels must have had thinking up their fancy story. nice trick with the ticket that wasn’t a winner. I hope some poor older folk don’t fall for it. Shame shame shame 🙁
hi everyone. i received 2 of these tickets a few months ago and 4!!! today. Throw them away. I did foolishly get caught up as i was actually looking at holidays in Asia at the time. Big coincidence. Blue Oasis Tours and Blue Cosmos Tours it is a con. Jeff Boo who makes contact is very charming and engaging and very persistent.( he even invited me to travel to Malaysia to claim my prize money and have dinner with his wife!!I was also worried as he had my date of birth but nothing happens if you ignore them. Beware.
Yep, I received a glossy brochure from Leo Asia Travel and ditto, one scratchy said Thank You, the other said I’d won $175,000.
So I hopped onto the internet and travel scams came up when I googled Leo Asia Travel and I found this site.
Just received Red Bliss Tours 10th Anniversary scratch and win. Have never had dealings with them so I don’t know why they would want me to celebrate their anniversary. Read the back of the card winners are obliged to provide further verification and may be obliged to pay mandatory taxes. I don’t think so. Very professional looking brochures.
I almost fell for this, and I feel like a complete fool. I got two scratches, one saying thank you, and one saying you have won 175,000 USD. At first I was sceptical, and then I started to believe it, FOOLISHLY! I gave my details and almost went through with coming up with a deposit for them. I am glad all our efforts fell through otherwise I would be 4000 AU dollars poorer.
Anyone with these brochures should instantly call them and complain and threaten them. I am going to proceed with publicly humiliating them. I have contacts to both Edison Tay of Malaysia, and Mr. Martin Choo of Hong Kong. We have even received threats to them coming to Australia and finding us- Which we will be going to the police over this matter.
I sincerely hope anyone that gets these doesn’t fall into their trap, they are very clever. And even the strongest of minds sometimes feel hope and luck is on their side. Be careful!
I received a brochure october 22 2014 ànd a scratchie. I won 175,000 USD. They took the no. And verify it with IT dept. Then they rang me several times and found that my name is not in the client. Then finally they congratulate me for winning this no. They asked my date of birth and drivers license. Then asked to ring the claim dept. Just found it that this red bliss is a scam. Thanks to my sister and niece. I let them listened to our conversation with lawrwnce kong. They warned me and its true! Am just worried coz i gave my driver’s license and date of birth.
I just received a $175,000.00 from Blue Cosmos tours winning ticket. I looked at their website and looked at the partners it looked all very legitimate as I have been on a tour this year with cosmos tours. Lucky I rang NZ branch who said it was a scam and that they didn’t know anything about it. Geez these people!!
My wife and I recieved one from Iris Tourism.2nd prize $175,000. Contacts were Edison Tay in Malasia and a Martian Choo in Hong Kong. As soon as they asked for $3575 USD we hung up the phone.
Thanks! I got it too – 2 scratch and win lottery tickets, One said "Thank you" the other said "2nd Prize USD 175,000". Too good to be true, yep. Their website LeoAsiaTravel.com was registered on Sept 30, 2014 and only 20 days later they are giving away $175,000+. Yeah sure!
My husband and I both got addressed in this scam. We had Iris Tourism and have been dealing with Edison Tay and Mr Martin Choo(Operation Department Manager)for Billy & Frankie Holdings in Hong Kong. We were to win the 2nd price of US$175000.00. A very good scam just about had us but when they said we needed to pay US$3575 to have it registered in the Hong Kong courts, that did it for us. My husband confronted Edison who then got angry and hung up. I hope they get caught.
My husband and I both got addressed in this scam. We had Iris Tourism and have been dealing with Edison Tay and Mr Martin Choo(Operation Department Manager)for Billy & Frankie Holdings in Hong Kong. We were to win the 2nd price of US$175000.00. A very good scam just about had us but when they said we needed to pay US$3575 to have it registered in the Hong Kong courts, that did it for us. My husband confronted Edison who then got angry and hung up. I hope they get caught.
I have also received scratch lotto tickets and "won $175,000US"
Several phone calls later, from Jeff Boo saying they cant find my client number. He will ring back today.
I have just looked on the web and discovered the company has just being registered in September this year. Obviously a scam, which I will inform Jeff when he rings later today.
I received a similar "Scratch & Win" tickets from Red Bliss Tours in Kuala Lumpur.
I won 2nd prize of $175,000 USD.
After reading the comments on this site I have sent an email to the Royal Malaysian Police and to the register of their domain (www.redblisstours.com).
Hopefully, the RMP can get my "Winnings" or put someone in jail.
Same story I was given. Lots of back and forth phone calls from Andrew Kooh who said he had to varify my wininig ticket of 175K with IT dept.He hasn’t asked for money yet but I expect it shortly. Beware as he sounds convincing
I have just received a nice glossy brochure and two scratch & win tickets. On scratching the tickets I am the lucky winner of USD 175,000.00. Too good to be true – yes it is!!!! I looked up the name of the company – Leo Asia Travel on the net and found that they were registered on 29 September 2014 – what a coincidence!!!! Did not believe it to be true so looked up travel scams and was interested to read that others exist – not prepared to even try to ring them and waste my money as they did not even get my name right and if it sounds too good to be true then you can bet your life it is a scam.
My Partner and I recently received one of these "winning second price tickets" (175,000USD) at first I was very unsure about it but after back and forth phone calls and emails we were convinced that it was real. We were told that we weren’t meant to be sent this and after a meeting with the sponsor they had agreed to give us the winnings however we had to transfer $4700 NZ dollars to an account that was not under their sponsor name in order for them to get some sort of protection policy thing from the high court in Hong Kong to send a huge sum of money from their country. We were so close to being sucked in until they mentioned the money had to go into a different account. My partner did more research and found this sight and the same names of the people we spoke to (ANDREW KOOH and WILSON LIN) I cant not believe we nearly gave away 5k. I have emailed andrew kooh and gave him a piece of my mind.
At the end of September I received the brochure and 2 scratch tickets. A winner of 175,000 after a few phone calls, They were saying they could not find my name and then another saying they have found it and they would have to talk to sponsor as I was not a member only a guest. I said well this sounds like a scam to me what are you going to ask for next. He said no no no I will ring you back, goodbye. That was the last I heard. Certainly a scam.
Hi all,
As an addition to my comment earlier this week, I have just been looking on the internet to see whether the ‘sponsor’ company for my ‘winning’ ticket still has it’s website up. It does Melvin & Delvin Holdings – http://www.melvindelvinholdings.com/eng/about.html, unfortunately they are unavailable to answer the phone +852 6900 7727.
It’s interesting also that the phone number along with the account number & password still work to access the balance of my account that my ‘winnings’ are held in (bank of Asia).
Sky Signature Paradise also sent me the winning 2nd prize ticket $175,000 i called them had to send a photo of the ticket. I got a call back from Louise Lee to tell me YES you are the winner i told him sorry my ticket just got mixed up with the rubbish an got burnt the answer was thats ok i will get back to you.Wait an see. Great to have this web site.
I had glossy brochure from Bluebeam Tours with a win on a scratch & win ticket. It is in the same format as the other tickets with an email address given of [email protected] and an address in Kuala Lumpur. I received a call to say they were opening an office in Sydney, Australia and asked me to travel to the office opening in December. Of course, I have yet to see the money from the second prize ticket
Hi,
Unfortunately I am one of the victims of these scammers.
In April this year I received my "winning" 2nd prize of USD$175000. I did research the travel company and their sponsor. All legitimate, haha.
I would not normally have followed up on the chance of having won but I was at a particularly vulnerable stage of my life and thought things may have taken a turn for the better.
I have lost $14000, was all the money I had, I am now struggling financially because of this.
I found this site purely by accident when I goggled the travel company concerned (Sporty Travel, & yes Christopher Chong) because I had not yet received a $3000 reimbursement that I was supposedly getting. None of the numbers I called were any longer connected including the Hong Kong Bank number, so I googled. I found this website instead – I hope the information is beneficial to people to avoid becoming a victim.
Can anybody give me advice on who to contact to report this fraud, I live in regional South Australia.
Thank you
If you have been a victim of this scam feel free to post and ask for help on our BRAND NEW forum, here:
http://scam-detector.com/forums/
Hopefully other victims might be able to assist you if they went through the same ordeal.
Imperial Paradise also sent me a 2nd prize ticket worth US$175,000. I had my suspicions and am happy to have found this site. Thank you for clarifying the situation. My contact was called Louis Lee.
Looks Like Jeff Boo from Imperial Paradise and Jasper & Jasmine Holdings are at it again with their USD$175,000 2nd prize tickets, which we received. There are a lot of 2nd prizes going around. After doing some research and finding this website it is good to know that it was a scam.
G’day.
My $175,000 ‘winning’ ticket was from Grand Coast Holidays. Jeff Boo handled the phone calls. I had the same suspicions re; where and why they had my name and address etc.
Have taped all phone conversations – with his (reluctant) permission – as, in Australia, you need to ask permission from the person at the other end of the call regarding recording the conversation, and for them to agree to that, for your recording to have any legal status. (Thank you to the great little Aussie show ‘The Checkout’ on ABC1 for that useful info). Whilst recording the conversation, when it came up to the client number bizzo, Jeff asked if I was still recording: I said yes, and he asked if I could turn it off as it was causing interference on the phone (yeah, right). When emailing him I made sure he knew that I had recorded it.
Right now I’m awaiting the exciting call back from Jeff Boo asking for personal details etc. What a tragic waste of time!
Thanks to you all at this website! I feel so sorry for anyone who’s got sucked-in – particularly elderly low-income people excited about the prospect of leaving some money to their kids.
Now I can get onto cooking a roast…
I was completely sucked in when Jeff said they made a mistake and I was on the guest list but that he would ring Hong Kong to see if he could persuade them. I then had a gut feeling and found this web site. Thanks to everyone for this information.
My experience was exactly the same conversation that James White had with Jeff Boo only mine was with Lawrence Kong from Imperial Paradise.Jasper & Jasmine were their sponsors who agreed to honor my ticket but only if certain conditions were met.
These people are scum of the earth oxygen thieves who should crawl back into their slimy little holes.
I received in Sept 2014 a 10th Anniversary scratchy where I also won US$175000 from Royal Crown Travel from Malaysia checked web site which was an English site with different logo to the Malaysian logo, contacted Victorian police to report scam but because it was overseas they wouldn’t do anything and advised me to bin it
Just received the same imperial paradise second prize win of US$175000. Looks very professional so please be careful.
1.10.14- yep- got a letter with postmark of Malaysia and seeing as I have never been there or know anyone from there was immediately suspicious. Googled the web address and couldn’t find the site, bit more searching and came to this one re scams. Shame on the dupers. Not for a minute did I even believe that I had won the USD $175,000 they claimed. Hope people are wising up and not being so gullible as to supply personal details.
I got the brochure in the mail today …. also won $175000.00 Since there was no identification of any sort on the envelope and a foreign address on the tickets,I immediately became suspicious. Sure enough … a little googling showed up that it was indeed a scam. BIG HOAX!
If you read the terms and conditions, it states that ‘prize winners may be obliged to submit taxes or any other mandatory charges as result of the award’. So there you have it … it’s an award – not a prize. LOL
They won’t be getting any of my hard earned cash!
Mercury Tourism is the latest version of this scam.
I tried various checks and visited the websites, even the address in Hong kong appeared genuine. I asked my Solicitor for his advice, but it came back just a few hours too late. I have filed a complaint to the Malaysian Tourism Agency (a genuine govt. organisation), also with the NZ Fraud section in Auckland. So I hope it saves someone else from losiong their money. John
I got a winning ticket of $175000 from grand coast holidays Malaysia which was a scam. I did scan the ticket Nd sent him back. But then I realised it was a scam.
Email was sent to was [email protected]
Hi,
I just received a similar scratch and win offer from Imperial Paradise 10th Anniversary and guess what — I won 2nd prize, USD 175000! The brochure is very glossy and even has gold lettering. They also have a basic website.
But I was suspicious because there are so many scams on offer at present, and I googled Imperial Paradise 10 anniv scratch etc and came up with the scam detector site.
Thanks for the heads-up, but really I would prefer the $175K.
Geoff, September 2014
Got the Brochure from Coral Travelling, these people should be put in jail, they are disgusting, evil and vile human beings.
Same story. Won 2nd prize of $175.000
This company is under the name of jupiterkiss holidays.
Had to send to [email protected]
Asiastarholiday is a scam
I had jeff boo.
I nearly got sucked in,thanks to this site and
James White’s comment.
Very glad I found this site, I’ve been sent a Royal Crown Travels brochure with two 10th Anniversary scratch and win tickets, one revieling, 2nd Prize USD 175,000, I scaned and emailed the ticket to [email protected], and same as I’ve read on hear, I was asked for a clients number, have I already let this go to far, can I get some advice.
Our ticket said USD175,000 2nd prize and Alex from Asia Star Holiday added the twist that they were opening a branch here in Wellington NZ in December & he would present the cheque personally….
Fortunately I asked our travel agent about the lottery & he put us on to this site..
As the saying goes: if it seems too good to be true it USUALLY IS…
Brochure from Asia Star Holiday, address No.78A, Jalan 7/90, Tmn Shamelin Perkasa, Cheras, 56100 Kuala Lumpur, ph +60149174305, +60149174306, email [email protected], web http://www.asiastarholiday.com
Also containing two scratch and win cards, one yielded a 2nd prize of USD 175,000.00 and "If you win any of the prizes please contact us at +60149174305/+60149174306 for further assistance". I telephoned the first number and spoke to Jeff BOO (spelt out to the informant over the phone).
Conversation as such:
He wanted to know how I got the tickets and I told him they came in the mail. Then he wanted confirmation of the tickets, to send a photograph of both sides of the ticket, which I did. He checked it all out and then he said, really I shouldn’t have got them because they were supposed to be for their clients. He also asked me, have I flown with their airline or anything like that. He was trying to understand how they got my address. He said I shouldn’t have really got it and it was for their clients but after a meeting they have decided to honour it. He wants me to phone him today or he will phone me for confirmation of my identity, ie Driver Licence.
christopher chong and wilson lin are very convincing. if only they put as much effort into a legitimate line of work. you have to get out of bed pretty early to fool me!(thanks to this website)
Tropika Star Vacation 12th Anniversary Scratch and Win. Very impressive brochure, two tickets, one was a 3rd prize $140,000. Their brochure says the company began in 2003, so they would now be 11 years old, not 12. I have discovered that their website is actually less than two months old, registered from Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, and that the server location is in Cypress, Houston, Texas. In their brochure, the MD claims that "Tropika Star Vacations has become the leading provider of travel and tourism services in South East Asia Region". You would therefore expect that Tourism Asia would have heard of them.
My father won 2nd prize of 175,000 from Farland Tours in the mail today. Unfortunately he passed away nearly 7 years ago so we knew this was a scam. Hope these guys are caught as my elderly mother would have given them info without realising it. Thanks to this site.
typical monkey based scam …..
Another scam from Tropical Star Vacation. Received fancy brochure with two scratch tickets, one with $140,000 prize WOW. Sent an email to them and received a call from Dominic Chai asking for a "client number" of course we did not have one so he had to speak to his supervisor and sponsors. Got a call back to say we should not have received the prize but they would honour it. It all looked legitimate but still skeptical so decided to Google it and found this site – thanks, almost another victim. Where do we report this to? Full recordings of all conversations on my iPhone.
We’ve had the same experience with Christopher Chong of Asia Star Holiday, who – guess what – are having their 10th anniversary! The dream of $175,000 sounded to be too good to be true – and it was!
We are cordially inviting Ismael Mohamed Mohamed to work with us as our permanent Staff.
Who is appointed as the petroleum engineer of Core Oil & Gas Ltd (Liverpool Office) with passport number A01344857. Here in the United Kingdom on the 11th of September 2014, during his arrival, he will be escorted to our Liverpool office, here in the United Kingdom by our company human recourses representative to officially resume his duties as petroleum engineer of Core Oil & Gas Ltd, to work with us for a period of two (2) years Contract., This is to assume that Ismael Mohamed Mohamed is to pay for his Visa fees to ANGELIC TRAVEL, Why Core Oil & Gas Ltd will be responsible for booking of his air-ticket upon the confirmation of his seriousness in Visa procurement with ANGELIC TRAVEL while travelling to resume his official duties in United
I received one from Asia Star Holiday with the scratch card telling me I had won $175000usd, Paraparaumu, lucky I found this site it looks too good to be tru.
Latest one is TROPIKA STAR VACATION …
Same story with a twist… Sorry sir you should not have ever received this… However our company will talk with the sponsor and see if we can get them to honor it … AMAZING news !!! they will but you must keep[ it very quiet!!!!!
My mate Mr Google helped here and I was onto them early, so we led them on for some time while the authorities kept tabs.
Hopefully they will find them.. Interesting that some of the fake domains were originated by a company here on the Gold Coast. The flyer even arrived in a NAB marked envelope…
Got one today from Asia Star Holidays.
They got my address from the electoral roll which is slightly different to my normal postal address.
The stamps can go into my collection.
google saved me a lot of time.
I just received the same $175000.USD ticket in the mail in Wellington NZ.
thought it was too goo to be true I am still trying to win the local lotto which I pay for every week, more chance winning when you actually paying for it. stick to local lotteries!
I received one from Asia Star Holiday with the scratch card telling me I had won $175000 US. Thank goodness this website is available because it confirmed for me it was a scam. Again a website does exist but it’s pretty simple and basic. Hopefully no one gets caught out by these people. Who gives away $175k for nothing!
I recieved the same lottery tickets etc "winning" USD 175000 as Graham above but this time called "Farmland Tours". I was always suspicious but since I could not at first find it listed as a scam i did phone them and send them a scanned copy of my "winning" ticket. I kept searching howver and I am pleased to have found these details that confirm the scam here so now I know for sure. It is a very elaborate scam with brochure, tickets etc but like them all to good to be true.
We got the pisces travel winning scratchie, , hopefully both the hong kong and Malaysia fraudsquad catch the mongrels
Got a nice glossy leaflet in the mail this morning from Malaysia – Farmland Tours – 10th anniversary lottery. One scratchcard was the 2nd prize of US$175,000. Quite clever as it is not the first prize, and it’s not an unbelievably large amount of money. The quality of the leaflet and the fact that it was posted rather than emailed made me think that there was a chance it was genuine – although I have no idea how they might have got my name and address. My first move was to google the details and sure enough, this site came up. Thanks for saving me time, pain, and money!
We received one in the mail from Jade Holidays, states they were founded in 2004 in Malaysia. Different brochure style to above but assume it’s the same scam. 2 scratchies and we won US$175K as second prize on 1 of them. Haven’t called them! Wonder how they got our name and address.
My wife & I received a USD 175,000 winning scratch ticket from Coral Travelling in KL Malaysia. I scanned the ticket and sent it back to them with my mobile phone number, after speaking with a Louis Lee. The occasion for the lottery tickets was apparently the 10th anniversary of establishing Coral Travelling. A web site does exist, but it looked somewhat amateurish, hence my suspicions now. Glad I went to Google and found this site. The brochure and tickets did look genuine at first glance. Trust this assists others.
We got the Venus Travel one and rang got the same old story we needed to pay money. Have had many a conversation with Christopher Chong in Malaya and then a call from Morris Lau in HongKong Managed to get them to E/mail us the Legal issue document. Beware they say they are opening an Office in wellington in November Believe it when We see it
We received tickets from Mercury Tourism on 1st September. We live in NZ so they have moved from Aussie to NZ now. We won $175,000. Tay Edison was the fellow at the end of the phone when we rang the number. Same pattern as all the others — just different names.
Smelled a rat from the 1st and found this website confirming our suspicions.
Thanks for the info. Worst part was we had a malaysian student staying with us at the time. She just looked dumb founded when I showed her.
Yep, we won US175K same details as everyone else on this site, we weren’t meant to get the ticket but they would honour the prize, oh only if I pay US3575.I spoke with Andrew Khoo in Malaysia at length and then with Kenneth from their ‘sponsor’ Oscar & Jane Limited in Hong Kong.
I was very close to sending money but found this site! Thank you!! They have my licence number and DOB which worries me. I’m reporting this through ACCC. As they say if its seems too good to be true usually is…
Oh my gosh, thank goodness I found this site!!!! We too won USD175,000, have been emailing back and forth with Andrew Khoo and he had said that we weren’t supposed to get the ticket, but after having a meeting with the sponsor and management they have decided to honour the prize, asked for bank details and ID. I googled their sponsor "Oscar & Jane Limited" and found not a single thing!! That’s when I sensed something dodgy. My husband and I were going to set up a new bank account in a different bank so that nothing was linked to our usual bank accounts for the "it may true" scenario, thank goodness i found this! I have since emailed Andrew telling him that i believe it to be a scam, so i await his reply……
Beware of the Sunlife Holiday 10th year anniversary scam. Same thing – you receive a winning scratchie of 175,000
I too have had a WINNING TICKET ha ha I emailed my phone No. .I received a call from Christopher Chong. asking for a copy of the ticket scanned both sides in colour.. I have noticed the surname of the latest victims "BIRD" its odd that my surname is also Bird. they are running through the alphabet..?????
I received 2 tickets and a well presented brochure. I also had won $175000 . I email the address for more information as suspected it to be a scam. They replied that I needed to contact them by phone but no one had signed the letter. They have also set up an very impressive web site as well which makes it look like a genuine operation. Still not certain I tried a web search and was unable to find their web site.
On Saturday 30th August 2014. Hello all. Yes I got on these letters mailed to me from Malaysia, and also won $175,000 USD.I rang the number on the card and the person who answered spoke Malaysian. I asked him if he spoke English. He said he could speak English if I wanted. I asked him to identify the company he worked for. He said it was Royal Crown Travel. I told him I had received a lottery ticket with a prize. He then said he was only the front desk and would put me through to the claims department. I then spoke to a man who identified himself as Lawrence Kong. I told him I had a received a prize on the ticket. He told me I needed to scan it and send it to him for verification. He asked form my contact number as e said her would verify the ticket and call me back. He gave me this email address: [email protected]
I asked him if his company has a web address. He gave me http://www.royalcrowntravels.com I told him I thought this was a scam but I sent the email to him. He has not called me back. I sent three emails and they did not bounce back. I wonder if these people are going to be able to get their printing and postage costs back….HA!HA! I hope. Cheers all….Regards,Julie
Aug.28,2014. Yep, I received mine from Royal Crown Travels, saying a won USD 175,000. First thing I did was come to this page to check it out. I was right it is a scam. I hope no one taken in my this mob.
An identical experience here in Aust. Two tickets, one for 2nd prize $175,000 (would you believe!). Smelt a rat, googled Royal Crown Travels, nothing sensible came up so guessed an obvious scam. I then found this site. Good on you for publicising a new style ‘Nigerian’ letter.
Ito received a winning ticket I spent approx. a total of an hour talking a bloke who was called eidison tay in the end all they wanted was my bank details that’s when I smelt a rat that’s I terminated the phone calls
I for one today 25/8 saying I had won USD$175,000 what they won’t try huh
Yes I recieved one of these fancy scratch and win lottery tickets and won $175,000,00 u s dollars second prize came home and googled it and it led me here,not today buddy i’m not your sucker hehehe.
when the alarms say it is too good to be true then dont waste time and effort with the invalid lottery even if it is tempting to get a quick USD 175,000, twice in the one mailing.
I also noticed that most of the sponsors mentioned in these posts have Western men and womens’ first names i.e. Martin and Patricia Holdings. Mine was Grant and Denise Holdings which I thought was a bit strange at the time, doesn’t sound like a large international company to me. Seems apparent there are too many fake companies for the law to deal with, my contact appears to have worked for at least 6 travel companies in the last 6 months!!
I also ‘won’ $175,000 through Indigo Paradise, sponsor Grant & Denise Holdings. I have wasted much time and was just about to send them the required money and decided to look up scams first. So glad I found this site. I have just given them the message!
to morris.lau, jeff.boo
Please read the articles on google re yourselves. I hope you all get arrested.
http://scam-detector.com/travel-scams/malaysian-lottery-brochure-fake/item_limitstart/page-225
You will find notes on you and your colleague Jeff Boo on pages 6, 16 and 19. I didn’t read any further as enough evidence for me.
You are not nice people, although you were very pleasant Jeff even when cheating someone.
I was so close to losing my money and regret wasting my time. There seems to be a lot of criminals in your field. You should be ashamed.
Just received in the mail today a travel brochure and 2 scratch and win tickets from Venus Travelling. As part of their ten year promotion they were giving away lottery tickets. I "won" $175.000 on one ticket and a "thank you" on the other ticket. I emailed them and they told me to ring, which I might do mainly to pull a prank. I might tell them that Interpol have been informed and are following up an investigation, haha.
We also won 2nd prize, if it smells like a rat it normally is.
indigo paradise 2 scratchie tickets 1 thank you the other 175k Us$ good trick if you believe in miracles
Hi I won $175,000 today too
Just recieved the the Moon Spirit Paradise brochure. Immediately knew it must be a scam cos the name enough sounds dodgy. Went to the website listed on the brochure and of course another sign was the design and spelling "Cambodia" wrong. Entered Moon Spirit Paradise travel in Google search and it led me here.
I received the brochure and lottery tickets as well on 18/08/14. However, I work for a Telco and am used to scams such as these. They have set up a website, which also looks as legit as the brochure, but web searches don’t bring anything related up at all. Definitely a scam and will be reporting it to the ACCC. Thanks for the confirmation and support on this site guys!
Yes I’ve just won another 2nd prize of USD 175,000.00 !
Ha Ha that will be the day !
My father in law received the brochure from Moon Spirit Paradise on 19th August. He was excited about the USD$175,000 2nd price. Of course we knew it was a scan. Now I can show this website to him now. Thank you scam detector.
On August 18 I also Received brochure from Indigo Paradise. One winning ticket of two, 175,000 $US
Hi everyone. We’re rich too. Just got a brochure from jade holidays Malaysia. Two scratches & one had us$175,000! jade Holidays seems to be a real name so be careful when you google it.
Got the brochure today in NZ and we won 175000 USD
We also have received two scratchies from Moon Spirit Paradise, one showing 2nd prize $US175,000.00!
Got the Moon Spirit Paradise brochure today (in New Zealand) and sure enough we’re now RICH! Not. First thing I noticed was the "ISBN" number which is of course an invalid one. The bar codes on the two cards are identical – with different numbers. Strangely, Moon Spirit Paradise did not come up on Google, until I added "scam". Thanks for the help, scam-detector.com.
Just received brochure (18/8) from Indigo Paradise. Same pattern as others 1 winning ticket of two, 175,000 $US and a Malaysian telephone number and address supplied. Terms include "Prize winners may be obliged to submit taxes or any other mandatory charges as a result of the award" Indigo Paradise website looked OK but was not easy to find I thought would have more information. In an era of scams. Too good to be true, looks like the bank will be making money off my mortgage for a few more years.
I got the same today from premium mas travel saying I won $140,000 us yeah whatever surely people aren’t still getting sucked into these scams…
Sat 16 Aug 2014 got the same thing from "Moon spirit Paradise"
Two scratchies, one says Thank you the other says I wom $175,000
T&C says I may have to pay a tax to claim the prize
"yea right!!!"
I to received a fancy glossy brochure from Jade Holidays and two lottery scratchies, one said thank you the other said second prize usd175000. Was quite excited till my daughter told me its a scam
Yep. Same for us. We recieved a very accurately addressed (taken from the electoral roll perhaps). And Surprise Surprise Jade Holidays have sent a lovely colour brochure with two scrathies. And oh my goodness we have apparently won $175,000 US. How exciting…….Oh wait I remember now, this is a major Scam. But of all the scams that I have seen over the years this has been done in a way that I suspect will fool a lot of Punters out there. So be aware that if it sounds too good to be true, then well it just isnt true. And ask yourself if you get a random letter from a grateful company that you have never heard of before, who are offering an astounding amount of prize money DONT BE GULLIBLE because it’s a Scam.
We also have one from pisces travel gave them all fake id numbers
Also received "too good to be true prize" from Jade Holidays; USD 175,000. Web site did not stand up to examination; particularly no avenue to purchase travel packages. The condition that payment of taxes may be required before the winnings could be paid was the big red flag. Of particular interest was the error in our residential address which only one service provider has. Will investigate. Used the scratchies to clean my nails, then into the fire for free heat.
Update: now the brochure is branded as "jade holidays" all the other details are the same. They have an ISBN on the bar code – if you search it is not a valid isbn. why would a scratch ticket even need an isbn?
Have receive brochure 10th Anniversary celebration from Gardens Paradise Malaysia.
Scratch and win revealed USD $175,000.00 winner.
However they require client number which I do not have.
They have address as 4G-09, 4th Viva Home Jalan Loke Yew, 55200 Kuala Lumpur, Ph 0011601136537065.
They keep ringing asking me personal questions and that I have won the prize but they cannot find my client number and they are still searching.
The cards look professional and glossy as well as brochure. It is a scratch card and I received two one scratched Thank you and the other the money.
We checked their web site and it came up but not a good one is this a scam.
This scam seems to be rife in NZ at the moment … Kiwis beware!!!
Their brochure looks great even their web site is well done. I wonder how many people get sucked I and pass on details. It obviously works some times or else they would not scam people
Now we have one from Pisces Travel.
2 scratchies, One for $175,000.00 The other "Thank You"
Christchurch NZ 6th August 2014 recieved 2nd prize ticket of 175000 usd Botanic Travelling Have seen this before and even spoke to someone on the phone told them I was aweare of their scam and posted . same thing agian
Be warned it’s all bullshit
Panmarina Travel, 6th August, New Zealand. I thought what a nice retirement boost. Oh well, will just have to keep working another 5 years I guess. I did dream for at least 5 minutes. Bugger it, US$175,000.00 would have looked great in our bank account
Received today 6 August Botanic Travelling Eric & Debbie Holdings. 2 scratchie tickets 1 with Thank you and the other with 2nd prize USD 175,000 – my dreams have come true! Going out with the rubbish.
Received nice brochure from Portal Tourism in K.L.Thought this was a scam. Spoke to Lawrence Kong.Unusual this man works for a number of tourist companies. I was required to send $7K to Hong Kong for my 2nd prize winning ticket of US$175K Very generously they offered to pay half of the fees/taxes/court fees. The H.K. sponsor was Hanson&Peggy Ltd. Funny they also use the H.K.Asia Delta Bank. Look them up on the i/net. Dodgy as.
Have receive brochure 10th Anniversary celebration from Gardens Paradise Malaysia.
Scratch and win revealed USD $175,000.00 winner.
However they require client number which I do not have.
They have address as 4G-09, 4th Viva Home Jalan Loke Yew, 55200 Kuala Lumpur, Ph 0011601136537065.
They keep ringing asking me personal questions and that I have won the prize but they cannot find my client number and they are still searching.
The cards look professional and glossy as well as brochure.It is a scratch card and I received two one scratched Thank you and the other the money.
We checked their web site and it came up but not a good one is this a scam.
((12th Anniversary Promotional Event))
Thanks. Just got mine today .Premium Mas Tourism from Malaysia is the name of the company. And I feel so rich having just won $140,000 USD third prize. hong kong ((Agro Heritage Investment)) http://www.ahiholdings-hk.com/
We also received a "winning" scratchy, this one was from "Premium Mas Tourism", and their website is suspiciously the same as "East Sapphire Travel". Total scam. hong kong(( East Sapphire Travel)) cminvestment-hk.com
Same thing this time from Royal Hibiscus Tours and Albert & Sally sponsors. Won 2nd prize $175000USD.
Contact is Jeff [email protected] who seems to have also been with Asiaparadise.com and techholidays.com.
Received today 28th July Botanic Travelling. 2 scratchie tickets 1 with a Thank You and the other wow surprise surprise a win 2nd prize USD 175,000.00
Burnt well on my fire.
Same story as above. I suspected a scam right from the start. I have reported it to the NZ Police and Scam watch NZ. Same Christopher Chong and telephone numbers and all other details as above.
Yes we live in Hobart Tasmania, we received 2 scratchy tickets in the mail, from (GARDENSPARADISE)same story as all the others on this scam detector site. The Malaysian guy (Christopher Chong) who I spoke to when I rang the Malaysian number on the ticket informed me there must have been a mistake when the tickets were sent out because they we meant to be sent only to people working for the sponsors etc and associated people in the travel industry. I told him I had a winning ticket for $175,000 USD he said to copy the ticket in colour and email to him, did this and then he wanted verification of my dealings with this company, I said I had not had any dealings with them or with any of their sponsors,AIR ASIA comes up on their website, I had looked at AIR ASIA a few weeks prior to receiving the tickets, so I thought well maybe this is legit, but no I am sure its a SCAM.I did not let on to them that I was suspecting a SCAM.I said I have not got $7K so they agreed to pay half of the $7000.00 USD this being 4.2 % they offered to pay half USD $3,675.00 to the Hong Kong High court this money the said is so we both can get a LETTER OF AUTHORISATION from the HONG KONG court , so when we both have this so called authorisation and every body is happy…YEAH RIGHT. this is meant to stop money laundering, illegal,drug money etc What a JOKE This is a clever SCAM beware DO NOT SEND THESE SCUM BAGS A CRACKER. Ph numbers given to me to ring are 00852 6795 9790, and 6011 3653 7065/7066.
Groupasiaparadise out of Hong Kong had almost had me hooked with their phone skills and 50,000 brochures mailed. This should be put in newspapers around NZ to alert gullible Kiwis
Bill Abrams
Received my Gardens Paradise winning ticket today 2nd prize 175000 USD. Andrew Khoo was the guy I spoke to. He even sounds like he is in the travel industry. Had me almost convinced there for a while . There must be some way to scam the scammer
Yeah, it’s in New Zealand. You have to give them full marks for a very well designed bit of social engineering. When you telephone them, even their response sounds genuine. But as the old saying goes, if it seems too good to be true, it probably is. Needless to say I won’t be paying any tax, or sending anything else for that matter.
I received the same letter and scratchie tickets. Just wondering if anyone has any ideas about how they got our address? They used our residential address rather than postal address. Same as our passports show, so a little concerned despite not entertaining the scam.
Reading the terms and conditions saying ‘prize winners may be obliged to submit taxes or any other mandatory charges’ I knew it was a scam!
Hi, Has anyone won on the gardensparadise.com thingo ?? I received a mail out,checked the scratchy and bingo I have just won usd $175,000.00 WOW we have hit the jackpot. so is it another scam you guys seem to have very very similar stuff there this one looks very much the same,but at the mo …I am hoping its above board ,we get our prize of $175k,would be nice and we can spend that very wisely it would really make our life much easier in the future with the plans we already had.
I too have won second prize gardens paradise 175000. Never heard of the place. Was never going to phone an international number to confirm. Had SCAM written all over it.
I just opened an envelope with two second prizes of USD175K from Gardens of Paradise. Early retirement for me, not!!
I received a brochure from Gardens Paradise. Thought winning US 175,000 was too good to be true, so went googling to confirm my suspicions
I just won 2nd prize (US$175,000) in the Crown Regency Travels 10th Anniversary free lottery and there can only be 2 winners, right? On the first 2 pages of comments there are already 6 X 2nd prize winners ahead of me in the same or related lottery! All those lucky people…and sure, there are still fairies at the bottom of the garden…ha ha!
I’ll give the scammer 6 out of 10. Glossy brochure (but a little amateurish); reputable sponsors (although none in the travel industry); a well visited website (but only registered a month ago!)… etc etc
Thank goodness for your article. I’ve been sitting on a $175000 winning card preparing to ring the number. Just a little check on who clearhorizon travels were has halted me in my track’s. No idea how they came by my address here in Nelson NZ. How lucky I didn’t go further. Good effort on your part keeping people informed of these horrible scams.
Thank goodness for your article. I’ve been sitting on a $175000 winning card preparing to ring the number. Just a little check on who clearhorizon travels were has halted me in my track’s. No idea how they came by my address here in Nelson NZ. How lucky I didn’t go further. Good effort on your part keeping people informed of these horrible scams.
Mine arrived on Tuesday 15th July 2014 and I won 2nd prize $175,000 USD. Crown Regency Travels is the name of the company.
Just received tickets one saying I’ve won us$175,000, rang Malaysia and spoke to a
Lawrence Kong at clear horizon travel. He wants me to scan my ticket and e-mail him @clear horizon travel.com. My next move was to google the company and have found
That it’s all a hoax………….
Bloody hell…. our mate Edison surely gets around. He’s hitting up Australia too. The whole story is the same across the board.. unsolicited tickets, one of them is a winner, call the Malaysian number and listen to their (his) pretend shock and surprise, then scan the ticket to him for verification…… what’s next?
Bugger – they now have my mobile number
Double Bugger – they now have my email address
And how did they get my home address in the first place. Information privacy might just as well be called information piracy.
Sounds like Edison changes companies too like I change underwear. And he’s Edison Tay one minute and Edison Troy the next. Maybe these companies only employ Edisons.
Edison, if you are reading this then we all know why you couldn’t put me on to your bloody supervisor. You don’t have a real one after all. If you are a believer then some my say that we all have a "supervisor" and you’ll meet him one day. Good luck with that mate. I’m sure I’m not the only one who’d I’d like a couple of minutes with you in a dark alley.
Before you scam anymore people I hope you choke on your toast.
I too received a brochure in the post and won USD$175000 they are coming up with more and more elaborate scams to take our money.
Thank you for this page. We were also tageted. This time by Clear Horizon Travels. Won 175.000 on one of the 2 tickets and were denied the price then given with secrecy. When they asked me to transfer the legal fees I researched more and found this site. There goes the old saying ‘If its too good to be true, it probably is’. These guys are really mean and I am sure many will fall victim. Have informed one news and [email protected]
I received my winning scratchie from East Sapphire Travel, and like everyone else I thought I had won $140000 USD. after ringing the number I was informed that the prize was coming from their sponsor in Hong Kong, Centro Monetary Investment and as I wasn’t a client of theirs they did not want to pay the prize as it was put into my envelope by mistake. However they relented and said they would pay the prize but I had to pay $7000 USD in tax to the Hong Kong Government. Please beware of these scams.
Just received ours winning ticket today from Clear Horizon Travels in Malaysia.
On the 15th April 2014 I, Peter Gordon, received a brochure and scratch to win coupon from West Odyssey, Malaysia, the scratch to win showed I had won the 2nd price of US$175,000, I was told to ring +6011-33042364 which I did and was told to e-mail or send a copy of the scratch & win coupon which I did. Followed up with another phone call and did not receive satisfaction. Then e-mailed and informed them if no satisfaction I would contact the NZ Commerce Commission. From this I my e-mails were cut off and have heard nothing since.
I received two scratch tickets one said " thank you"
and the other said
" 2nd prize USD 175000." I am by nature
sceptical but I rang the phone number and was
told to send an email with colour scans of the scratch card. I have done that but decided to do
further checking. I certainly wouldn’t be sending
any money.
The latest offering is from "Crown Regency Travels". Very professionally presented tickets and of course one of them came up with a winners purse of $175,000 USD. The website looks great but how do you run a travel agency when there seems to be no way to buy travel? In addition the website is new, the IP address hosts an additional 83 domain names and the platinum sponsor is Edmund and Joyce Limited – can’t find them on the web either.
http://www.crownregencytravels.com
Just received two scratch tickets & a glossy travel brochure from "Crown Regency Travels" in the mail. Post marked from Malaysia along with Malaysian phone details to collect my "winnings".
Thanks. Just got mine today .East Sapphire Travel from Malaysia is the name of the company. And I feel so rich having just won $140,000US third prize.
We also received a "winning" scratchy, this one was from "crown regency travels", and their website is suspiciously the same as "sporty travels". Total scam.
Got mine today. "Crown Regency Travels". 175K US. Think I might play with them for a while.
July 2014 in New Zealand: same scam. This time called panmarina travel; once again Andrew Khoo parasite.
Hey guys, just got the same scam sent to us in Southland NZ, a new one called Panmarina Travel. Haven’t seen anyone mention it on this thread yet so it must be a brand new one…same thing – scatchie ticket, "won" $175,000, then "oh no the prize wasn’t supposed to go to you but we will honour it if you agree to confidentiality" ..blah blah blah, even went as far as to say he could lose his job for letting us have the prize -guilt trip. That’s as far as we went with it, he ended up saying that we had to ring him back because the line was bad, and so left it up to us to gauge whether we were hooked or not. Thank god for this website!! Such an elaborate scam!!
Hi its reached NZ this scratchy has starshine holidays, platinum sponsor John & Lesley ltd. No date of expiry and one was a thank you and the other was 2nd prize USD 175,000. Contact +6011-2643 0744 etc. Note the website http://www.starshine holidays.com does not have an email link and there is no representatives in the sth pacific, and the website appears to be skanky, tacky, not well done, my 14 year old could do a better website. So I have taken these missing qualities of authentication as a scam. Looks good but beware its here in New Zealand.
I received a mail from Natures Travel from Malaysia. Same here, got 2 tickets, one said ‘Thank You’ and the other said, ‘2nd prize USD 175,000.00’ after scratching. Good that I didn’t contCT THEM AND FALL INTO THE TRAP.
These Bastards, have just fleeced my Darling 80yr old neighbour, of her life savings! its DISPICABLE-
I wonder, how they would feel if it was their Mother!!!!
Yes got one too from Portal Tourism a guy called Eddison Tay he didn’t get to the money to Hong Kong part because we Sussed him out and hung up
Yes we too got a scratch card telling us we have won 175000
What is the point?
I received the same $175,000 secound prize , Christchurch N.Z 26/6/14 played along with it for a while via email to I got bored with it lol
They have made it to New Zealand – Portal Tourism, again 2 scratch and win tickets with USD$175,000 as second prize.
SCAM
I just received 2 scratch cards from a company called Portal Tourism in Malaysia, supposedly winners of prizes for years on end for best tourism company in Malaysia. I live in Wellington, New Zealand.
I knew immediately it was a scam, but thought I would entertain myself by phoning the number and seeing what they had to say. I spoke with a very friendly chap called Edison Tay, who, as others have reported, acted surprised that I was winner of the 2nd prize… asking me "are you sure?" in a very surprised / excited voice. This one wasn’t described as being a competition, it was a promotion across a number of countries in South East Asia and Oceania to increase interest in travelling to Malaysia.
The scratch cards look very similar to the pictures here, just a different name. I’m now awaiting Edison to ring me tomorrow once the verification is complete – which I’m looking forward to!
Interesting that it was addressed to me by first and last name, so clearly they have acquired my details from somewhere.
Absolute scumbags
Same scam different website http://www.topmarkholidays.com created on 2 June 2014. Just tried to scam my parents but luckily found this site. 3030 area.
I got one too .lawrence Kong -starshineholidays .Same story as pete
received the glossy brochure by post on 12th june 2014 in new Zealand. was twelve year old was gutted to learn that the prize might not be for real.
Hi all, I live in Motueka, New Zealand and I’m a 2nd prize winner of $175,000. Would.ve been nice as it equates to over 200k in NZ dollars…but alas, they’re playing tricks. We’ve just had our 2nd phone call from them.(yes I did give it to them…silly me) my hubby thought he’d string them out a bit longer though as they are calling us…and it’s a cell ph number we gave them. Hubby’s expecting another call tomorrow so will be interesting how long he can make them stay on the line. I’ve actually just cut and pasted this site to the email we were asked to send a scanned picture of our winning card to. That email was to [email protected]. Hope he enjoys!
Same deal as Cotchy – dealing with Andrew Khoo as I write this email.
Won 2nd prize 175,000USD – apparently it too is a mistake(not surprised)seeing I could not provide client ID – (what ever that is)waiting for him to call back after he meets the ‘Sponsor’ to sort out a ‘token prize’ for me as an apology for the mistake.
Will let him woffle on for a bit then let rip with the old footy whistle down the phone. The scum bags ears will be ringing for a week.
Recieved one of these from Sunlife holidays in Wellington NZ today, company seems to be Malaysian based , Ive never been there so wondered how I could be thanked for being such a valued supporter for all these years.
This one has a website that looks genuine but lacking in detail like prices for the tours, stay well away from this one people.
Yep I got done, spewing, $3650 gone!
They said they are going to give it back and I have to be patient. Its a bugger because I could have done with $175000 USD!
I dealt with a fellow called ‘Edison Tay’ from Sun Rich Tours, told me I had gotten the ticket by mistake but they were going to honour the prize money anyway.
Made it sound really legitimate by denying me the prize and them making me feel really lucky. Didn’t have the bandwidth to suss it out fully on the internet until at the time, ’cause I was so busy getting ready to travel
Martinpatriciaholdings.com was their sponsors so I was told. After a bit of investigation I found it to be a copy of a legitimate investment firm in Japan.
So I rang up western union and go the fellow black listed (the email from a fellow called Morris Lau)
Receiver’s First Name : Tong Kit
Last Name : Cheong
Middle Name : (leave it empty )
Destination Country : China
City : Mid-levels West
Contact : +852-63336406
Address : Bon-Point 23/F 15, Bonham Road, Mid-levels West, China. Tong Kit Cheong, Bon Point)
I got hold of the net registry people and put them onto the fake website
Well like I suspected
You have nothing to say
Come on put some substance behind your claim that this is legitimate If you have nothing to fear why hold back I am a good man, if I am wrong I will apologise and make good my error If not then I assume you are in error and a common criminal But you have to show me some bravery first Can you do that?
—–Original Message—–
From: edisontay [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, 20 June 2014 10:31 AM
To:
Subject: RE: Prize cancellation
Dear ,
Do you want me to provide you information or are you trying to bring upon false allegations like others do?
On Fri, June 20, 2014 7:53 am, Paul Ferguson wrote:
> I did do more research
> As far as I can tell you have not provided me with any evidence at all
> that this is legitimate For instance a copy of your confidentiality
> agreement you signed with them would be a good start Also a copy of
> the form for the holding of the security deposit would also be a good
> thing for me to see and verify its authenticity The research I did
> came up with the same story you have told me with pictures of the
> tickets Why if this has been going on for three years does your
> company still persist in doing this if the prize has been corrupted by
> illegal activity Also your website for sunrichtours is only in
> english, there is no Asian language version So all the research I have
> done has pointed to this being a scam I looked at the
> martinpatriciaholdings website and found it is a copy of another
> legitimate website and the web address has only been registered for 1
> month Also when people ring me the phone numbers are never
> consistently the same Every bit of research I have done does not hold
> up your story I have provided you with the money that was initially
> asked for it is only prudent that I ask for some evidence This is not
> an unreasonable request and should actually be expected by you Please
> provide me with some actual evidence that this is legitimate and I
> will proceed
>
> —–Original Message—–
> From: edisontay [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Friday, 20 June 2014 9:30 AM
> To:
> Subject: RE: Prize cancellation
>
>
> Dear ,
>
>
> Good morning. That was why I told you to do more researches. I do not
> want to tell you about the same thing over and over again. The police
> is running their investigation to trace this people and it has been
> more than
> 3 years since it started. Our company is the victim can’t you see? I
> would suggest you to fly over to Hong Kong within the shortest time to
> proceed with the procedure if you still keen in claiming the prize
> before it’s too late. So you would be able to see everything by your eyes.
>
> Please reconsider what you have sent previously.
>
>
> Warm regards,
> Edison Tay
New Scam Blue Oasis Tours 0085262089851
check out laryccaelvinlimited.com Sponsor
IP 103.8.25.107 name server 103.8.25.106 Alex Rank
Wilson Lin
Lawrence Kong
Weng Foong Lee
Tong Kit Cheong
Kim Fatt Khoo
Andy Ma
Dont post on website please
Could you let me know please
Well, I got two envelopes, exactly the same, in the mail today. I was curious as to why I had received two of the same, same sender, size etc. I thought it may have been an error by whomever had sent them. I opened them both and they were exactly the same! My scratchie, brochure etc was from Enhance Tours, advertising a 10th Anniversary Lottery. Pfft! I knew straight away it was a scam as I’m a sceptic about winning money by any other method than purchasing Lotto tickets myself or the rare times I’ve been to the Casino or Pokies. I did not speak to anyone via phone as I figured it was a scam beforehand, I also, automatically, check out these things online now. The sponsors name was Victor & Samantha Holdings. The scratchie & brochure are pretty much the replica of the ones pictured above. I hate these dirtbags as they prey on those who are not jaded, like myself, who trust willingly and some that are lonely etc. Please beware and check the legitimacy of everything! Hope this has helped someone.
On 14 June 2014 I received glossy brochure with two scratchies of course one was for $175,000 USD. Yes once again they said it was a mistake but would honour the prize. Excellent actors, and ive had some fun playing along with Alex Wong from Sunrise Holidays. Must have cost them heaps in mobile calls to me from Malaysia lol. Oh well gives you a little excitement for a small amount of time…….
Latest one hitting New Zealand is for Blue Oasis Tours, with a "sponsor" called Larycca and Elvin. Funny how the associated addresses are either for cyber office space or a Subway restaurant – one in Malaysia, the other in Hong Kong. And the phone numbers come back to a site that identifies them as "LIAR" phone numbers.
Thankyou I to have won second prize of $175000 US and are going through the prize claim game. Glad I have this info up my sleeve to lead these slim bags along.
Sunlife Holiday, scratch and win cards.
Received one of these today!! except under the name SUNLIFE HOLIDAY….scratch cards and brochures! They are still circulating so be aware!
Kapiti Coast
Yep total scam, received winning ticked 3rd prize for $145USD, very convincing and very persistent. Initial research showed web sites and contacts to be searchable and valid. had several discussions with them over a period of 10 days. Drawn in by their exceptional acting, very convincing. But always too good to be true, they ought to be locked up.
Tropical Season Travelling – Brian Ong
Sponsor Ago Holdings Investment – Andrew Chan
I also got caught even though I probably knew it was too good to be true and of course it was.I looked at scamtrack and there it was.
What a nasty piece of goods Lawrence Kong is and my brochure was Blue Oasis and the sponser Larycca and Elvin.
Please everyone ignore these scratchies and put them in the rubbish.
Yes, we too received the scratchies – one with thank you and the other with USD175,000
These ones were from ‘Natures Travel’ which only comes up with a website when you enter the URL – doesn’t come up if you Google it. We are in Wellington, NZ Going to report them to the Commerce Commission.
Looks likes the latest is called Blue Oasis tours, same format – 2 scratchies and believe it or not one said – you have won $175,000 USD – 2nd prize.
I also received a second prize, mine was from Sunrich Tours but the contact person has been mentioned in a different post with different company name…Mr Lawrence Kong
On the 28th of May surprise surprise my husband and I also received some luck
Lotto ticket.175.00thousand coming your way.i almost fell for it till they started
Asking for money.i must be getting old.thank god for the internet.these scammers
Should arrested.
Oh, WOW! I’ve won $175,000! Twice!
Same as most, envelope turns up in the mail with one crapily written brochure and 2 scratchies that are very low quality. Card is so glossy, you can’t even write on it with a ballpoint pen. If that wasn’t enough of a give away..then a 2nd identical envelope turns up and incredibly I have another scratchie worth $175K when there are – according to the brochure – only 2 in existence in the world. What are the chances?? Frankly more chance of getting 2 of Wonka’s golden tickets.
So – just for fun I pursue this to see how much info I can get to share with good people in cyberspace.
Company is Tropics Paradise, Prize Sponsor is Livian Nelson Limited (both websites pretty low quality too)
My man and GOOD friend is Christopher Chong.
I’m about to let dear Chris in on my secret that I have been wasting his time for about 2 weeks now, and giggle every time he phones me – 80% of the time I flick his call and apologise for being, SOOOO BUSY! ..We’ll see how that goes!
Cheers Peeps – tell everyone you know about it
Matt
Yes, I got them too. 2nd prize- $175 000. My guys name is Jacob. Beware because they are excellent actors. Jacob seemed genuinely surprised that I’d won, verified the ticket and the envelope. Now – oh, no. A mistake and the sponsor is reluctant to pay. Shine holidays & Harrison & Sheena are the names on the ticket.
Our scam tickets were the same as most here but from shrineholidays.com and major sponsor bs was morris lau from harrisonsheenalimited.com I searched everything websites are only fresh wich was a good indication that it was a scam. Jeff boo is very convincing so is the other scumbag lau… anything for a dollar these lousy shit bags -_-
May 24th, Victoria Aust. Got a similar scan from Tropics Paradise, dealing with a Laurence ONG or. Told us that the 175000USD ticket was sent to us in error, but would be honouring the prize. Was most helpful over the phone and really sounded like he was our friend. Gave us their sponsors details who stated they needed $7000 for the Honk Kong tax department, but were only seeking $3600 from us initially which theyd re-imburse. Got suspicious when I heard this and hence studied this site. Stay away, its a load of crap.
We received the same stuff. 10th Anniversary Scratch and win! USD175,0000. Nigel and Shermin Holdings is the platinum sponser.
I received 2 scratchy tickets with one thankyou and the other 2nd prize 175,000USD from a place called tropics paradise he gave me the old it was a mistake but we will honour it his Name was Andrew Khoo and a very convincing man
I have also have a "Winning Ticket". I emailed to the suppliers and they called. I kept asking what do you need me to do? and what are going to do for me. I cannot get a straight answer. Have decided to contact Fair Trading.I also agree with the saying "If it seems to be to good to be true, it isn’t true".
Yes too good to be true. I won second prize as well! From Asia paradise tours. Contact details of website looks very genuine. [email protected] was my contact. Poor guy, he must be so busy flicking through different e-mails ids. When I asked him whether this is genuine he asked me to prove that I’m genuine. He also seemed very surprised to hear that I won $175,000. I didn’t go any further.
I live in Twizel New Zealand and just received the Asia Pacific Tours 10th Anniversary Scratchy and suprise suprise won $17500.00 USD So I just checked current scams and hey presto.
Bloody scum, think we are stupid, be aware if it sounds to good to be true i usually is.
BEWARE !!! Yesterday I received in my home mailbox a personally addressed correspondence containing a well presented brochure (glossy, colour, etc)complete with two complimentary sratchies. Of the two scratchies, one was a winner – $140,000! I never even heard of these people but as my son is travelling I thought maybe he’d entered me in a fabulous lottery. I do know better so I had a look at what others may have said…well my doubts are vindicated. It would have been great – i am drowning in debt! Hahaha, the joke’s on me! I’m just glad I looked before I went for it…such a mean scam, that’s right, mean. BEWARE !!!
Feel like a fool have been strung along for days with the second prize $175000 and yes like an idiot today he asked for my date of birth and drivers licence number and i gave it to him. It is Saturday tomorrow and Im going to be sick in the guts till Monday when I can ring whoever it is I ring to see if they can use my information. Shrine Holidays is what Lawrence Kong is going by these days and Kenneth Tan is the sponsor from Harrison & sheena. Told me the there was a mistake and I should of got a guest prize not a client prize but honored it anyway. They have emailed me an NDA document to sign tomorrow when he rings me back. I hope I havn’t already given him to much info
Just got one in the mail with 2 lottery tickets – one said "Thank you", the other (oh, what a surprise) $175000 2nd Prize. Thanks for exposing these types of people. Is there any way we can scam the scammers and donate the money to charity?
I am in nz and just received one of those with 2nd prize $175.000 usd. States that tax may be liable or other statuatory payments. Rather worn glossy brochure a give away as this was possibly genuine. scratch cards came seperate one for my wife & one for me. I won 2nd prize. Stamps used on envelope also a give away as companies would have franchised envelopes.
same, they said we won 175000 and we won it apparently by accident but they r were willing to give it to us if we gave them 3800. the company lotto ticket was from tropic paradise.
I too just won 175,000 dollars. I got very excited for an hour or so. The envelope was addressed to my dad who has been dead for twenty six years.
Received our personalized glossy booklet ( English language content unprofessional) and 2 scratch tickets from Fort Travel ex Malaysia – one scratch ticket was for 2nd Prize USD 175,000!!!
Received in NZ April’14
People beware.
Same scam under the name Asia Paradise Tours, also from Malaysia, 2nd prize USD$175,000.
Phone number: +6011-3309 1573 – I hope Malaysian police give them a call
I also received a booklet and 2 scratch tickets from Tropical Season Travelling, one said good luck the other had 3rd prize of USD 140,000. It was to good to be true, what a bunch of dickheads!!!! Grow up you wankers Scam Scam Scam Scam
Scam Scam
The same scam is also happening under the name of noss holidays. They go all the way to ensure you believe them.
Received two tickets from Star Leisure Holidays, one said good luck the other had 3rd prize of USD 140,000. It was to good to be true, what a bunch of dickheads!!!! Grow up you wankers.
I also received a second prize for US$175,000 from "Group Asia Paradise" here in Dunedin NZ 7/5/14. Seams to be lots of second prizes when only 2 were quoted. ??? You work it out!!!!
I also received a booklet and 2 scratch tickets from Star Leisure Holiday in Malaysia just yesterday. One of the tickets being 3rd prize of $140,000 USD. The brochure looks glossy but the language was dodgy, and no details of the actual competition are given except the list of prizes. Naturally I did an internet search for the company and found no mention of it except on this site. I did get two nice Malaysian stamps out of it though.
Received our offer at the end of April from Group Asia Paradise. Surprise surprise I also won USD 175,000. Don’t know where they got our address from as we moved to North Canterbury 2 years ago and our phone number has never been listed.
On Wednesday 30 April 2014, I also received a 2nd prize winning scrathie in Canberra from ‘Riders Vacation’. I did call to ask for more information and have been constantly bombarded with calls. I have since emailed saying I have forwarded their details to the AFP for investigation. The scratchie was idential to the first one above with Riders Vacations. I also viewed their website and it looks professional as a travel company promoting airfares, holidays, accommodation – the scammers are being bolder.
Got one this week from Group Asia Paradise, two scratchies, won $175.00 with one ticket. All gone in the rubbish.
New Zealand recipient of the $175K brochure/scratchy winner. Looks like we are all winning! Cool.
Yes, I received this in the mail yesterday (30 April) to a NZ rural address in Banks Peninsula near Christchurch. My brochure looked very similar (different photos) but purported to come from Group Asia Paradise. Believed the USD $175,000 2nd prize might even be true for about 2 minutes until having read it thoroughly, as I’ve visited Malaysia many times, even worked there for 3 months. I knew I’d never been a customer though, as always stay with friends when I go there. 100 strokes of the rotan to these evil criminals!
Yes, I received this in the mail yesterday (30 April) to a NZ rural address in Banks Peninsula near Christchurch. My brochure looked very similar (different photos) but purported to come from Group Asia Paradise. Believed the USD $175,000 2nd prize might even be true for about 2 minutes until having read it thoroughly, as I’ve visited Malaysia many times, even worked there for 3 months. I knew I’d never been a customer though, as always stay with friends when I go there. 100 strokes of the rotan to these evil criminals!
We received our 2nd prize winning scratchies in Canberra today but from a company called ‘Riders Vacation’. Exactly the same $175K prize with a note saying that the major prize winner will need to submit taxes or other mandatory charges.
Obviously, I will not be trying to claim the prize!
I got tickets from Bells Holiday also. When I told them it was a scam they continued to try and reassure me it was not. They are very convincing with their stories and requests. Take care when dealing with these cunning scammers
Yes, I to have spoken to Jacob Keh and thankfully like the rest of you was given the same spiel as a $175,000 prize winner???
I too, googled his name etc and came across this site.
Thanks guys for confirming what I thought was too good to be true.
3o April 2014, Queenstown, NZ
I received one today from STAR LEISURE HOLIDAY in Malaysia. I got 2 scratchies & won 2nd prize of $140,000 USD. Sent an email to them & told them i won. A bloke named Brian Ong called me back & asked me to scan both sides of the ticket as well as the envelope to prove it was the winning ticket & proof it was me. Wow, it looks so real.
Just received a similar offer from Star Leisure Holidays
MINE CAME FROM BELLS HOLIDAYS IN K.L. WITH THE SPONSOR OF THE $170000 2nd prize being a finance company in HONG KONG RICK &VENICE
PRIZE SHOULD HAVE GONE TO ONE OF THEIR MAJOR CLIENTS BUT BY MISTAKE CAME TO ME
OUT OF THE GOODNESS OF THEIR HEARTS THEY DECIDED TO HONOUR THE PRIZE EVEN THOUGH IT HAD COME TO ME BY MISTAKE (YEAH RIGHT )
WANTED ME TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT , SAID THEY WERE OPENING AN OFFICE IN SYDNEY IN JUNE OR COME TO K.L. TO COLLECT THE PRIZE
WANTED PERSONAL DETAILS NAME PASSPORT NO ETC AND GOT NASTY WHEN NOTHING WAS FORTHCOMING AND IN FACT CANCELLED MY PRIZE BECAUSE I ASKED TO MANY QUESTIONS AND SEEMED TO THINK THEY WERE NOT GENUINE …GOT THAT RIGHT
HOWEVER THEY ARE VERY VERY GOOD BUT REMEMBER ……….IF IT SEEMS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE , IT USUALLY IS
Hi all we too have just received the nice brochure and winning ticket, All I can say is thanks to all you who took the time to make a comment It’s really good to be able to find out about this stuff before becoming just another statistic
We received our winning ticket on Thursday from Outlooktravelling. We have had the same conversations with Jacob Keh as the people who have already commented on this site. He has made several phone calls to us, but got caught out with the Public Holiday. Jacob is a very convincing liar. I too have googled company and sponsors and after today’s phone call have found this site. Thank you for the detailed information. It is an elaborate scam …. beware.
We are in Wellington. $175,000 was definitely too good to be true.
Oh wow..got the same thing..won $175,000?? asked to send email of brochure etc to [email protected]..amazing that this bloke is connected to another company aswell..SCAM..throw in bin..not sure how got my details and a little worried about it..
Just received the same today in wellington New Zealand but from outlooktravelling.com, so have been doing my own investigations and here we are. I KNEW IT! Always too good to be true.
Received outlooktravelling.com brochure and guess what.. I WON 175.000 USD. WOW. I’m resigning now..
not really.
I can confirm that this is currently circulating in NZ/Wellington aea. Don’t know where they got the details from, but mailed to my home address…
Received outlooktravelling.com brochure and guess what.. I WON 175.000 USD. WOW. I’m resigning now..
not really.
I can confirm that this is currently circulating in NZ/Wellington aea. Don’t know where they got the details from, but mailed to my home address…
Don’t trust these barsdards. They are all full of shit. They wounder why they never get anywhere in the world and this is why. They are slimmy creeps .
We received a very nice Brochure from "Outlook Travelling" with two ‘Good Luck Scratch & Win’ tickets. One was not a winner, but needless to say one won the second prize of USD175,000. Our details were obviously obtained from the White Pages.
It is a pity that these scumbags continue to operate.
lol I just got mine now too from Legion holidays and did all the research into them and their sponsors, and what do you know…I’ve ended up here! Australia
Just recieved a brochure and scratchy tickets from Outlook Travelling, http://www.outlooktravelling.com and yep, I won USD175,00.I sent then an email to verify the details and they asked me to ring them or they could ring me which they did.’Kevin Lee’ gave me his email to send my scanned tickets to and they would pay me the amount either into my account or by cheque.Couldn’t be bothered carrying on the farce but just beware if you are mailed these rather impressive packages. They are getting "cleverer and cleverer".
yep me too, im Australian and, having some spare time, I followed the scam right through to being verified and then speaking to the general manager for final confirmation. that’s when I was hit up with having to pay half the costs involved in clearing the funds through the Hong Kong high court. I only had to send $3600.00 US for half the costs refundable post payment
Yep, got one also in Nelson, New Zealand. I reckon they got my name from a recent stay in a Korean Hotel. [email protected] was his"name" and that was his email. Phone numbers and website, very smart scammers, watch out when they really speak good english, don’t smoke while talking to you on the phone and can put on a real laugh, god help us!
Yep, we received the envelope with the brochure and the scratchies too. As with everyone else we got one that said thank you and one that told us we had won US$175,000. Rang to see how far they would go. Asked them if there were any taxes to be paid on this. Was assured only from our own government after we had received it. Promised to ring back after half an hour but, as expected when it had been made clear to them that we wouldn’t pay any "taxes". never did. What a surprise! Their website was a nice detail that could pull some people in. Don’t get spammed by these criminals.
Yup! We got one too. Sent to South Australia. From Sporty Travels, won USD 175,000. They even have a working website. These guys are getting bloody sneaky!
Received my USD175,000 2nd prize scratchy in the mail and thought, what’s the scam here? After visiting the Legion Holidays website and their "sponsors" I figure they will just want me to pay them some "taxes" or "charges" so I can receive my prize. Must have too much time on my hands. Normally I wouldn’t even bother going that far.
I received a brochure and 2 tickets today from Legion Holidays, one ticket stated I won USD $175,000!! I immediately thought it was a scam and googled the name of the supposed 10 year old company which did not come up unless you put http://www.legionholidays.com so I searched some more and found your website! I am in Australia.
Yes received scratches, I asked Jacob if I had to pay tax he said no!
However he wanted my Date of birth for the free tickets to Malaysia to receive the prize.
I checked postcode on ticket & couldn’t find a match, my iphone map & google map couldn’t find address although the nearest was a large empty property.
31st march (sporty Travels) won $175000 USD rang and spoke to Kevin Lee and as all the above asked to send colour copy of ticket !!! DOGS !!!!!
[email protected]
a bullet is too good for these guys
We received the envelope with 175,000 2nd prize scratchy too, they called themselves "Best Season Tours" what a joke. Still waiting to hear back from Lawrence Kong for the third time! Will b giving him a piece of my mind. Beware.
March 21st received sporty travels voucher and won $175,000 . I have been searching for any info on scams going around and found this website, so THANKYOU. The really alarming thing is that they are using real companies such as noodle station and maylaysian turtle conservation association as their sponsors. I wonder if these companies realise how generous they are being. Yes it is a very convincing brochure and tickets. I just hope no one falls for it. The old saying comes to mind .. If it’s too good to be true it usually is.
I too received the brochure and tickets, one said thank you the other I had won $175,000 same deal. Long story short and 5 days of being strung along and yes very convincing I had to pay 3500 to receive. Here are the names and numbers of the scammers I spoke with. Lawrence kong and so called sponsor Kenneth tan. I have all the numbers and original copies of everything. If anyone requires these to help stop them feel free to contact me via message on here. Would love to stop them in there tracks. Don’t be fooled don’t go through the bull s**t.
Cheers
As with others, received two scratchies from Sporty Travels, one with prize of USD175,000. Suspected a scam and found this site.
I too have been lucky enough to "win" $175,000 and called the number. I spoke to someone called Kevin who wants me to scan the ticket to him. I then found this website and want to warn anyone out there that this is a Scam. Don’t be fooled by these criminals
Hi – I’m in Adelaide too and just got the Sporty travel brochure and scratchies with a $175000 prize – knew it was sus straight away! Never trust something you haven’t actually entered.
I live in Adelaide and received this in the post today too. However my name/details are not on the electoral roll or in the white pages so not sure how they got my details.
Got Noss Holiday here in Auckland
$175,000 didn’t sound correct, usually it’s go in the draw to win when you purchase whatever.
Yes…it must be doing the rounds in Adelaide… I received a brochure this week from sporty travel, with a winning scratchie of US $175,000. Knew immediately it as a scam, but am worried some vulnerable people may fall for it, given the professional appearance if the brochure. Let’s hope people use common sense and bin it!
Now they operate as Fabel Travel. Same thing, $170,000 winnings!!! Scammers.
As with the other people,I received two tickets,one with second prize of US$ 175,000. Had phone calls from Fort Travel wanting a payment of $4000 to cover half of cost of Hongkong Court costs to allow money to exit Hongkong. Too good to be true. Do not be tempted.
I too received two lottery tickets from noss holidays in Malaysia, one saying "thank you" and the other saying I had won $US175,000. Immediately suspecting this to be a scam as I have never registered with any holiday companies in Malaysia, I googled it and found this website. Looking at the other comments on this site over the past few days, it looks like their mail campaign is hitting auckland under "F" and "G" in the white pages!
March 17, 2014. Adelaide, SA.
Same story here for me (Sporty travels, Malaysia) but I have emailed the legitimate companies whose logos they are using, Sensormind and 7 seas dive Gili to alert them to this scam.
Yes me too. Saw the Malaysian stamps on the envelope, opened, scratched, I have won A$175,000. Thought this is too good to be true and a friend of mine immediately googled for a scam, and here is the website confirming. So thanks guys. Appreciate taking the mystery out of it for me.
EF from Auckland – Received in the mail two glossy scratch and win tickets, one stating I won $175,000. The huge prize made me skeptikal and mentioned it to my bestmate. We googled and found it’s a scam!
nossholiday.com was registered on 12/13/2013 in Malaysia. It’s main IP address is 103.8.25.172.
Indeed, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is!
Paul from Auckland, New Zealand/ Yes, received the two scratch and win tickets under the name Noss Holiday and noted their domain name only created 8 March 2014 in Hong Kong. Spoke to a Kenin Lee who assured me that indeed genuine tickets – but sorry prizes only awarded to bona fide members of Noss. All too much. Better not read mail from Malaysia – they even lose aeroplanes yet alone promote scams.
We, too, have just received a lovely glossy brochure from Noss Holiday. Immediately skeptical about the huge prize money offered, we scratched our ticket and lo and behold we’d won 2nd prize of US$175,000. Our reaction was "Yeah, right!!" However, most impressed with the glossy brochure and only a couple of grammar mistakes. I guess the moral is — there’s no such thing as a free lunch!
We like everyone else got 2 scratch @ win tickets 1 stating that we had won $175’000. Of course rung up and spoke to Jacob Keh. We got told to scan and email ticket to him and he would be in touch upon receiving it.
happily we have heard nothing. I got suspect and went into google to investigate Noss Holidays, where I discovered this site.
THANK GOD FOR THE GOOD PEOPLE WHO HAVE PUT IN THERE EXPERIENCES. COMES BACK TO OLD SAYING IF IT LOOKS TO GOOD TO BE TRUE IT’S A HAVE !!!!!!!!!!!
Thank goodness my nephew sent me the link to your site this morning. I was declared the winner of a scam from Palace Tourism in Malaysia and had the same journey. As soon as they mentioned the tax I hung up.
thank you.
L Baker
Now it’s Palace Tourism, and the 2nd prize is $178;000, all the other details are the same as before.
We have just had a similar experience in Auckland (NZ) – as mentioned by someone previously we spoke to MR Lawrence Kong who was very convincing. Yes 2nd prize USD $175,000 and as a guest we were not actually entitled to it – something had gone wrong he said. Anyhow now seeing these post we recognise it is a scam The company name is now changed to Noss Holiday and we got the glossy brochure etc. I have now sent him an email of disgust. Feel free anyone else to email [email protected].
Here in Melbourne, Australia, just got the same 2 tickets from PALACE TOURISM in Malaysia, with one winning ticket for USD 175,000.00
Of course it came with nicely presented brochure etc.
Spoke with JACOB KEH in Malaysia who was charming over the phone. Realised something was up when Google found no hits for Palace Tourism. This website helped to confirm the scam.
BEWARE…IT’S A SCAM!
i got a scratchy worth 175000.ilet them know 0n their email address their email does not exist its just a bloody a con
Also received fancy brochure and tickets from Dynmo Traveling on 24 Feb. Also rang the number and spoke to a Kevin Lee, who asked me to scan the winning ticket to him. He rang back and said the ticket looked geniune but asked for our client number, which of course I couldn’t supply. He said he would have to talk to the major sponsor and would e-mail an explanation of what had happened. According to Kevin only clients of Tim & Tony were supposed to be winners of the major prizes and the other brochures had been sent out to people on "Guest Lists" and they had discovered that someone had put the winning tickets, in guest envelopes. He rang back the next day with a story that the major sponsors had agreed to honour our ticket but we would have to agree to a confidentiality clause as they didn’t want any of their clients to find out that a major client had not won a prize. At this stage we approached our bank who looked into the scheme and found it to be a scam. Kevin rang back to see how we were getting on. I asked him if we had to pay any taxes or fees before we received the money and was told no. Money to be paid had never been mentioned. I then told him about his company appearing on a scam sight and he then thought he needed to discuss with his manager but of course never got back. We were had! He was very good, and told us that he was really pleased that the prize was not going to one of Tim & Tony’s wealthy clients.
Got my 2nd prize ticket in the mail today, woohoo $175,000 richer. Have not bothered to call to claim my prize as thought I might look into the company first given I have never heard of them! Looks like these tickets are doing the rounds in Christchurch New Zealand too.
Hope others see this website before they are fooled.
Just received two tickets in the mail (NZ). One was 2nd prize, of course. Really, who’s going to believe this! I bet the ‘sponsors’ would like to know they are using their company names. Nice postage stamps. LOL It must cost them heaps to produce and post all these which sadly means there are plenty people out their filling their bank account.
We just received 2nd prize $175,000 (gone up $5K, must be inflation. This one through Fort travel, Karen & Geoff Holdings (lame). Spotted fake as soon as I opened envelope. Funny how everyone gets second prize. Any lottery you didn’t enter is SCAM and anyone who pays the $7k is deluded. This one currently doing the rounds in Queenstown NZ (the most beautiful place in the world)..Take Care
I received 2 very elaborate tickets in the mail here in. New Zealand 1 with thank you and the another winning 2nd prize of $175,000 USD and a professional looking brochure from Dynamo Travelling celebrating their 10th Anniversary
Kept an open mind, rang the number provided, was asked to scan copy of winning ticket and copy of envelope with postage stamps. Lawrence Kong directed me to website with an official look, valid address in Kuala Lumpur and sponsorship partners who are actual companies.
Great to find them as scammers on your website. Thanks. I wish they would use their skills, time and money doing something constructive
Received the same brochure and ticket, I have asked my friend in Malaysia to check their whereabouts,
can anyone please provide me with their Hong Kong sponsors name and website, as I have thrown the ticket away.
Received the same ticket from Sky Horizon Travelling, have been trying to contact a friend from Malaysia to check their whereabouts.
Can anyone please inform me which is their platinum sponsors and other sponsors… etc as I have thrown the ticket away.
Its definitely a hoax
I too was sent tickets one claiming I’d won 170000 they have been phoning me for 5day with great answers today they wanted 3566.00 transfer through western union to Hong Kong the post office told me he wouldn’t do it it was a scam I’m glad he stopped me , we need to contact ASIC and give them details as these people are not on ther system . I’m soo anger about this I was almost sucked in … I have names telephone numbers and address of these people
Very well presented brochure, $3.20 Malay postage on the envelope, and you guessed it, I won 2nd prize of $170,000.
I telephoned the company and spoke with a Micky mouse voiced receptionist who put me through to theprizes manager.
The whole thing sounded so genuine, but as with most scams, it all sounded too good to be true. I would have to give the originator top marks for professionalism with this scam
Today recieved one in the mail, claiming to be sky horizon travelling.
Called up – wow was he polite (the claims guy). First receptionist sounded like a squeaky push toy, very high voice. lol.
DARWIN, AUSTRALIA
New Brochure out – 10th Anniversary – Sky Horizon Travelling. They have all the excuses and reasons, very confident. Need you to payhalf of the 4.3% of $170K fee to Hong Kong High Court to issue a Letter of Authority to transfer such a large amount out of the country – mandatory for all amounts over $100K. Full prize is pre registered with Government, so they must pay full $170K, can’t just pay you less and therefore make the fee invalid ! They even sound surprised if you can’t just fly to Hong Kong and go with the accountant to the High Court. At least they give you options?! Good luck – beware.
I have received the same documents. 2nd prize, US170000. I was told that the $$ was definitely going into my bank account all i had to do was ring HK and do an identity check, then came the punch line of pay the $3500. 24-48hours after payment the $ would be in my bank. Upon questioning further and requesting to speak with the lawyer involved just to verify situation, the person on the end got rather annoyed and suggested i call the travel company in KL to ‘have a chat’. FULL OF CRAP is what i get…….having never been SCAMMED before…this was a pretty lame attempt!
Please if anyone actually receives the $$$$ do post!
We too have just won 2nd prize USD $170,000 with Sky Horizon Travelling (Tourism Malaysia). Talked with Bernard Low representing the company in Malaysia, very pleasant even I said we thought it was ascam & directed him to comments from other 2nd prize winners. He said it was illegal for their company to ask for any payment towards the cash prize so of course they would not ask for payment towards any tax. Earlier he also said he couldn’t understand how we were eligible as we hadn’t been to Malaysia before. But he would give us the details of the new Brisbane Sky Horizon office & maybe we could help them with marketing by having our photo taken in the future as we were 2nd prize winners, He said no one had come forward to claim 1st or 3rd prize yet and we were the only 2nd prize winners. We will be reporting them.
I just received two lottery tickets from Sky Horizon Traveling where one ticked was a winner with US$170,000.00.
They asked me to scan the winning ticket with my details printed and to return it to them for further processing.
I have no time to waste with these scammers.
I received the same brochure & 1 out of the 2 scratchies had a prize of $170,000 USD, it was sent from Sky Horizon Travelling Malaysia who have a very legit looking website, I knew it was too good to be true! Thanks for the info
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Yep, I received the letter and ‘won’ $170,000 from the scratchy. Thanks for this page, glad to know that it’s definitely a scam.
I too have had the same but from some non existant "Sonata Holidays) Dealt with very genuine sounding bloke Jerry Lin who after put me on to Alex Choo who rattled on half english half chinese and then come the $3500 crunch.
Yep, I received the letter yesterday from Avion Holiday and hooray, out of the 2 scratch tickets, I won 2nd price of USD $170,0000. How lucky can I be.
So I decided to persue this. I rang them and Mandy Teoh took the call. So convincing that she asked me to scan the winning ticket (front and back) and also the envelope and send to her email. I did and she rang me back and said the IT area will scan the number for authentication. Another phone call from her to say the ticket number is valid and now she will need to contact the main sponsor "Leslie and Kennedy Ltd" to provide confirmation to release the money. She rings back and says that I am not a client on the sponsor’s records. She will check with Marketing to see why I was sent the envelope and maybe the marketing area will have my records.
Mandy will call me tomorrow to hopefully release the money. Luckily I can across this website as I was trying to find out more information on the sponsor and what a scam. I maybe fooled up to now but if she ask me to put some money upfront for security….she can start dreaming.
So beware all….
Is there any way of getting your money back?
Is there further risk that these people can access funds from our bank accounts?
Today I received a holiday brochure and two scratchies from AVION HOLIDAY in Malaysia. Yes, I won the $170,000 second prize too! It seemed fishy to me, so I went looking on the internet, and here I am – adding my comments to everyone else’s.
I got one of these today and didn’t give it a second glance. How can this be called an "elaborate" scam? An unsolicited envelope turns up in your mailbox telling you that you’ve won $170K and you actually decide to pursue it?! Since when did you win any prize in any lottery that you didn’t know you had entered, let alone one of this magnitude? Have we learned nothing in all the years that this kind of garbage has been circulating on the Internet? Give me a break …
I got sent a glossy brochure from AvionHoliday and scratchie tickets. I supposedly won a second prize of $170,000 USD. Please be aware this is a scam. I spoke with a ‘claims and events executive’ called Owen Khoo. He was very convincing. First he asked me to scan the winning ticket and envelope it came in, and to provide my name, occupation, age and address on the card by email. He told me their IT department had to validate the claim which included a bar code and a winning lottery number. Later I got an email saying it was authentic and I was the winner; they just had to look me up in their system for a customer ID. I got a phone call saying that the major sponsor, Leslie and Kennedy Ltd. did not have a record of me and were very reluctant to release the funds because I wasn’t a corporate investor for their travel portfolio. However, since I was a legitimate prize winner they would try and negotiate. The next day they rang back to inform me that Leslie & Kenny were honouring the prize. I was then asked to complete a Non Disclosure Agreement, stating that I would be granted a "non client" status and that to keep other major investors from finding out that a non client had won, I would not discuss this with anyone. They also wanted me to provide bank account details, an expired passport, license or library card ID and date of birth. I haven’t provided these details because by then I’d found out online that no such sponsor exists – it’s just apartments for sale. They also don’t include ABN numbers or specific travel packages or investment options on their Avion website (www.avionholiday.com) or a company logo in their emails. From what I’ve gathered from Scam Detector (read this: http://scam-detector.com/travel-scams/malaysian-lottery-brochure-fake/item_limitstart/page-35), they will then say you are responsible for government tax on the prize money of $7000 and they will pay half. Initially I thought it was a scam but became more convinced on account of the fact they used really good psychology. This Owen Khoo was really apologetic, even flappy about the company not releasing the funds and this seemed reasonable to me. So, they dangled the carrot, took it away and then dangled it again. Tomorrow I’m contacting the AFP Scam Watch 1300 795 995 with all the details. Perhaps you can share this with others as it’s the most elaborate scam I’ve ever been exposed to.
In New Zealand, Now called Angels Traveling and Mewrry Christmas.
Ho Ho Ho!
Oh my! On Monday 2 December we received this glossy pamphlet from Aeroques Holiday with two scratch tickets inside. Of course we won second prize of 170,000. They published their address, phone number, email and web addresses on the brochure. I rang them and told of my lucky number! For the next 3 days they have been bothering me with very unethical questions and I know for sure that the guy was reading the speal over the phone to me. I woke up after forwarding the pdf of the winning ticket to them. Then checked if it was all a scam and sure found out that it is.
Hi all ,
Yep I won $170,000.00 as well funny how many of us have won the same prize considering there is only 2 of this placing.lol
mandy Teoh from julian Holidays and kenny Tey from Eddy and Christy Limited.
As if once they wanted money for a security deposit that was fully refundable could I then have the money .lol Not that stupid .
This lottery ticket has a xmas present on this time so watch out all
Received this today under the title "Angels Traveling". Checked the website printed on the "USD 170,000 2nd prize" ticket and it looked real enough but I dug deeper and realised it was a scam
Jim from NZ said. I am still waiting for the first prize from Everlast Holidays to arrive in my post box. Looks like they paid out too many second prizes. ?? as there seems to be a lot of them. Funny no third or lower prizes. I told Ranson Chee or whatever his name is, I was only interested in being a winner. That 2nd prize didn’t cut it with me. I suspect I will be waiting an awfully long time. A bit like when they announce the winners on X Factor or some of those cooking shows. You could just about go and cook a cake in the time they take. LOL you people out there, all have a great day. and good luck.
Lucky me too!! I won (yeh right) $170,000USD from Xelima Holiday…. (Genuine looking GOOD LUCK Scratch & Win) I asked them to email me their details after I received a number of calls over a couple of weeks from them, initially accounts department then the prize department etc. etc.. I then asked them to deduct the government tax and send me the balance via wrie transfer and guess what….. dead silence. can’t work out why 😉 Next!!!!
Aeroques Holiday sent me second prize $170,000 cash lottery ticket on 27 November,must say they are pretty good at convincing people they have won especially Felix Boo,Lucky didnt give bank details as requested.
Oh we’ll people we got scammed too….my husband was so excited and I had different thoughts to good to be true…..we had raintree tourism scratch and win for second prize…..I feel for the propel that do sent the tax money….we have to be very careful this days as too many scams are going on ……Brenda Sydney…
"Julian Holidays" it is now, still with the delightful RANSON CHEE & VINCE LIN…scumbags
Whoo-hoo. USD170,000 Luckiest Me! Looks like they are now known as ‘Aeroques Holiday’. (received in South Australia)
I got one for Aeroques Holiday yesterday.
In Australia the current one is "Aeroques Holiday".
Hi was just tried with the same scam. Luckily I only wasted a little bit of time on the phone etc before I read the back of the ticket about taxes. Then I looked up Julian Holidays and up your site popped. Many thanks. Would have been a nice Xmas present though
Many thanks for posting your experiences. I also received a scratch ticket & guess what ? I have won $170.000.00 also. Mine is from JULIAN HOLIDAYS in Malaysia. If it seems to good to be true it is. Fortunately I read your comments before doing anything else
Just received in the mail today 25 Nov 2013. Scratchie $170k. Daughter told me to stop dreaming! Searched and found you guys after 5mins. Thanks. Michelle
Oh damn….you mean to tell me I’m not the lucky one of two to win 170k……never suspected it to be legit but had a look anyway to see what I might find….thanks to the people that set up this site to let others know…..as much as I would love to have some fun with these people humouring in phone convos….think I could find much better things to do…..fingers crossed no one loses any hard earned from these low life people.
I’ve received an email stating I have won some lottery in Malaysia called 88draws catch is they want me to pay for my winning cheque be delivered in 21 days for 500.00 and more for this delivery and next day delivery is 1,500 by Nationwide delivery. Are these people or company real and why charge people so much for delivery?
My father in law almost caught on the latest evolution of this. The company is now Blue Wave Paradise and their sponsors are KF (Kingsley & Fernnie) Holdings.
It’s a sophisticated scam really, they’ve gone to a lot of trouble.
New Zealand seems to be their latest target judging by a lot of these comments.
It’s now ‘Julian Holiday’ same everything else. I thought it seemed too good to be true and my distrust led me here. Trouble I had was I was searching for the Julian Holiday but as they have just changed their name again, I couldn’t find anything. Only when I searched for ‘fake scratch and win’ did I find this page- thankfully.
I recieved a second prize tiket with Sonata Holiday and rang Owen Khoo in Malaysia.They wanted me to email a copy of the ticket which i did.Then they needed a copy of the envelope a couple of days later.I thought 170,000 US dollars was worth all the hassle but then i read the back of the ticket about taxes to be paid and the penny dropped.Luckily i googled you guys and confirmed its a scam before I lost any money PS I recieved it on 13th nov in South Australia
We received a winning ticket for the lovely prize money but being dyed in the wool sceptics we did not get excited. Owen Khoo from Malaysia has rung three times but can’t find our Client Number!!! They seem to be working on the premises that the more they stay in touch the more realistic is all seems. Obviously quite professional. Glad I found this website, was wondering how they were going to proceed.
Thank goodness we never sent money. Although this seemed too good to be true, we almost fell for it until a wonderful lady in post office suggested we should check the internet for scams. Although we didn’t lose money, there should be some way of stopping these crooks!
Well, lucky me – my scratchy says I’ve also won USD 170,000.00 (ha ha). But even luckier that in this day & age we have the internet to check these things out, THANKS to all the alerts!!!
I feel sorry for any of the older generation that may be more easily duped. Hope they all have ‘Belinda’s’ they can go to to stop them before any money gets wired…
The scam is still circulating .I received the letter this week -duly scratched – second prize – yippee .Several emails and phone calls later,and after a quick check with BNZ – told felix Boo whre to go !
Received genuine looking second prize scratchie. Got to the point of speaking to Ranson Chee. Was talking about them setting up a branch of Everlast Holidays in Wellington. oh yes and celebrating 10 I think years in business. I tried to make contact with the "sponsors" but that proved elusive. Anyway spoke to person at Malaysia embassy and she said its a scam. Spoke to Ranson one more time. Explained to him there seemed to be too many second prizes, That I was only interested in the first prize, forget about clattering on about he needed the numbers for verification etc. just send the draft to my Post box no and I would handle from there. Still waiting. JMB Auckland New Zealand
we have also recieved a similar lottery ticket with a man called ranshi ringing to say that yes we had won but I needed a client number to claim my prize. I have been sceptical all the time about this and have had the police investigating. I have also been stringing them along. This was sent to my home address in South Australia.
Was about to phone to have prize confirmed. Decided to google blue topaz tours sponsers and all was revealed. Will still phone to see how cunning they can be then will tell them where they can put their ‘winning ticket’. Thank you google!!!
My nana too received exactly the same as everyone else only hers was a 10th anniversary of Sonata Holidays with the sponsors being Bobby and Constance. I have been dealing with the very friendly Felix Boo. He has not asked for any money but did want my bank account no which I told him he wasnt having. Told him I was opening a new bank account which obviously did not do. Unfortunately he does have my email address and my mums telephone no. Hopefully he cant do much with this??
I am going to send a copy of this page to him so he will leave me alone though. Very persisant they are
Yes, ditto, mine was from red bliss travels and they also were excited and transferred me to a Mr Ranfon Chee who asked me to send a colour copy of the ticket. I have even sent him a follow up e-mail. This is a very elaborate scam.
Received a brochure yesterday in the post had my name on it and the address, brochure looks Legit, Mandy Teoh (google her) was the lady on the other end of the phone again sounding very legit, we had won second prize $170,000 US through a promotion with Parklane Holidays Malaysia searched the net yesterday for scams Parklane Holidays nothing came up, got an email this morning confirming anything to good to be true usually is….
LOL well done though alot of thought and time went into this one….B@st@rds
Thank you
Patrick
Ireceived the same letter here in mangawhai30oct from red bliss even though it was very well done I checked on the net and found yes it is a scam I can quite believe some people could be taken in WHEN IN DOUBT ALWAYS CHECK is my motto
I received one aswell. I scratched the ticket and 2 everyone’s suprise I won 170k…notice the sarcasm…..very well put 2gether but don’t understand how they can keep getting away with it….not right!!
My 90 year old mum was delighted that she had won $170,000US and wondered what I (her daughter) thought of it. I immediately thought scam. Checked the web site, was still not sure, looks all pretty legite ! Thank goodness for Google and this scam-detector website – now I can convince her. Why the hell upset innocent 90 year olds !!
I also received a 2nd prize ‘winning ticket’ USD 170,000 today from Sonoto Holiday Malaysia postmarked 23/10/2013 stampled at Pusat Mel Nasional, Selangor, Malaysia with no return address on envelope and my details on atyoed label.
Thank you for this website ..(using Google search I have been able to find these comments about the scam quickly).
Hi there,
Thanks for this website. I received 2 cards, one won 170k. I was so excited to start with and looked so genuine.contacted the number and the lady put me through claims officer "Carlos Tay". He took the details of the card and said will check with IT department to ensure its genuine. I asked him if this is a scam and he said "We are here for more than 10 years and registered with the authorities in the country" then on another occasion I asked if they are scam, he said this is the 4th time you asking me this question and I can assure you we are genuine and he goes on and on to confirm that including the intention of opening office in Wellington. Luckily i came across this site and found heaps of people trapped in it. Obviously I would not give any bank details to him had we reached that stage.
I got the scratch ticket, sonata holiday, owen khoo rang many times (I initially googled for scam but missed this site)given how much time and effort they were putting in,(and not asking for money, part of me started to think maybe ) but then in order to send winnings(I got the client mix up story) I had to send $3500, so I did get scammed out of my time.
They are nothing but a scamming outfit sucking money from the unfortunate.
We received the scratch tickets on Monday in mail. As we had been to Malaysia and Thailand & vaguely remembered entering competitions when we were there, we thought this could be plausible. We rang company & woman on phone was genuinely excited for us. We had to provide photos of ticket which we did, lady rang back & said that she had verified ticket and we had won USD$170K. All she had to do was find a client number from the sponsor. Later she called back to say that we had been sent the ticket in error, sponsor (Bobby and Constance) was refusing to pay money but their company (Sonata Travel) was on our side & last we heard the 2 companies were going to have a meeting to see what arrangement they could sort out. Alarm bells started to ring & we found this site so at the moment we are stringing them along to waste their money on phone calls. However, we had decided from the start that we would not provide account numbers or any bank details of any kind. Let’s see where it goes from here.
On Friday 25th October I also got 2nd prize US$170,000
Had a few calls from a Felix Boo, has called again tonight but I was out, he says he will call again, see what he says when I tell him that I have people in Kuala Lumpur looking into the history of his company,thats where he says he is from.
He also says that the company is going to open an office in Wellington in December.
I to got 2nd prize of 170k then a few phone calls always from different numbers and when you try and phone back there is no such number. they then sent me a non disclosure agreement to sign with information they wanted, signature bank details etc. If anything seems too good to be true you can be sure it’s a scam.
I received this last week in Wellington, New Zealand from "Red Bliss Travels Company" saying I won US$170K. Seemed very authentic, website was set up etc. Given my position that "if a deal seems too good to be true – then it probably is", I searched the internet and was thankful to find all this information about this scam.
It is very well put together and very plausible. No way would I ever put money up front but sadly, there will probably be people who do!
I got one too, while others thought it would be true, I refused to get excited. i searched website and noticed there was no links to any other business. I knew instantly it was a scam. Soon as anyone asks for money up front it is always a scam.
I asked Mr Vince Lin of Raymond and Jessie Ltd to provide me with the name of his lawyer (who was handling the court application for an permit to export the $170,000) so my HK lawyer could make a joint application. Suddenly silence. Bugger! the $170,000 would been nice.
Yes I also got 2nd place prize, $170,000 usd from RedBlissTravels, along with brochure etc. I emailed my ticket to them to play along. Got lots of phone calls from Owen Khoo, he told same story as others have mentioned on this website. Pretty clear it was a scam from the beginning, but I made them waste a few dollars on phone calls.
Thank goodness for this website. In amongst my mail tonight (Auckland, NZ) was a beautiful brochure from Red Bliss Travel and 2 scratch vouchers of which one revealed 2nd prize of USD$170,000.00. I instantly thought it was a scam, yet Google searching of Red Bliss and the sponsors made me start to wonder if was legitimate, until I found this website – phew and thanks again!
How many second prizes are there? I got one today for $170k USD and immediately looked up scam and here I am! Many thanks for posting informaton however they would be very clever to get money from me!
I’m glad you have this posted. I too received a 170,000 USD winning ticket. When Google couldn’t find "Red Bliss Travels" I knew it must be a scam. Then I found this site.
I have received from Red Bliss Travels a scratch and win $170.000 us dollars….10th Anniversary etc
Thanks to this website – I know the truth!!
Thanks again
Received this in the mail today and immediately knew it was dodgy. It took me less than a minute to find this page. Thanks guys, your info is an interesting and invaluable read.
Got one of these today (Wellington, New Zealand). Addressed to me by name and address. Using the name and logo from this website http://redblisstravels.com – probably not affiliated. Watch out!
Here they go again 170k with the two tickets only second prize though MR Boo Asia pacific travel.
And mr Kenny Tay wanting $3650 for court clearances and even come over to Hong Kong to see it thro.
I could imagine waiting in the airport for him.
There should be a fraud squad to sort them out.
I was also a winner of the 2nd prize of the Xelima scratch card. I now know the truth!
Thanks everybody,
Geoff Hill
Have received similar sounding brochure from Asia Pacific Travelling with reference to Raymond & Jessie Ltd H.K. their platinum sponsor.Several very plausible emails and calls from Jerry Lin, the last being to congratulate me on winning the same 170,000 USD. No request yet for money but asking for personel details inc. Drivers Licence.
Thanks for alerting me to this.
Thanks for putting this on line. Was suppose to ring Hong Kong this morning but Mr Ranson Chee will not be hearing that I called his friend Keeny Tay
We have also had dealings with Felix Boo with Asia Pacific Travelling Group. Having received two scratchies in the post and winning 2nd prize of USD$170,000.00. Sounded to good to be true and it was. Hope they get what they deserve!!!!!!
got a winning ticket too $170K.tried to get on the website and no mention about any promo,e-mailed them and they asked me to call the numbers.No name signed at the bottom of the email either.also nothing on the website will allow to search or even register.
What a scam………
Ranson Chee is a busy boy. He is also peddling the same under Winnie Travel. My family have 4 second prizes to share…. Lucky us!!!
The company they claim to be is not Asian Pacific Travel – which is a legitimate company, but is Asian Pacific Travelling. they have even crated a website for themselves, but if you look at the website it has no links nor anywhere you can book an advertised tour, and I have discovered that the text, photographs amd video about Malaysia used onthe website have all been pirated from other websites.
Note that on the scratchcards they give various companies as sponsors or supporters. Most of these companies are real companies and I have gone into their websites or Facebook pages and contacted them to tell them their company names are being used in a scam.
They are currently waiting for me to scan my ewinning card and email the scan to them for verification. However i certainly won’t be doing that as it would immediately give them my email address.
Scam is working from a company called Asia Pacific Travel and surprise surprise Felix Boo is working there. I see by the blogs that he has also scammed under Angelic Holidays and Amber Tourism. I am expecting a call back from him on Monday and now that I am more informed I will be ready for him. Not getting any Money from Me!! And I will certainly tell what him what I think of him.
We too received 2 scratchies and delighted to see we won $170000 US !!!!!….
Whip épée but as there are only two prizes of $170 k and reading all the posts here you can clearly see that lots of the winning 2nd prize are out there !!!
We spoke to Justin Kok be interesting to see if we hear from him
I received brochure and scratch cards today and told me I had won USD 170,000.
I spoke to a Owen Khoo. I immediately asked if this was a scam and when was he going to ask for bank account details that I would not give.He took offence and started raising his voice.He wanted me to scan envelope and scratch ticket and wanted me to send through to him at [email protected] he would send off to get verified and then he would ring me back.Well I’m not falling for that.Thank you for putting this information up to alert people.
Woow! I was about to send the money in the morning said I had won 2nd prize been in contact with this Felix dude nd another guy, lucky I decided to google it, they need to be caught!
Yes, same con. Blue topaz Tours. Welimited as sponsors. Same Owen Khoo and very engaging. Same story (wrongly allocated prize but to be honoured, then eventually, need for authentification and need of thousands for the release).
As people have said, he doesn’t give up!!!
Thanks for the site. it’s helped us confirm it.
Here is another one to watch out for’PASSION TRAVELLING’.Yes they have a colourful brochure, two scratch tickets,1 reads ‘Thankyou’ and the 2nd one reads’2nd Prize $170,000.00.Celebrating their 10th anniversary!Yeah right!Their website domain has only been registered in the last 3 months and they are based in Malaysia.People beware…if you have to send money to get money…its a dirty rotten SCAM!!Don’t go there!
I also received a very professional brochure from
Blue Topaz Tours, with two scratchies, one was no go the other said you have won USD170.00.00 and to contact them, which I did by email as the phone number on brochure doesn’t work, but also I didn’t want an international phone bill. Then Ranson Chee asked me to send copy of scratchie, and then he advised me that I had mistakenly been sent the wrong envelope, he rabbited on about clients and members, to cut a long story short, he said his customer would honour my ticket. Then I had to provide stuff like passport number and DOB. This was passed on the to Vincent Lee in Hong Kong. When he contacted me after lots of waffle about Authoristion he got around to telling me I would need to send $7000.00 to get the money cleared through the courts.
Thats when I knew this is a SCAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Received Great Luxury Holidays brochure and two scratch cards in my Wellington NZ mail late September 2013. Sure enough I scratched a "win" of USD 170 000.00!
Thanks for confirmation of a scam – I assumed it was but good to spread the word.
Well guys I am a disabled pensioner with brain damage my main impairment , fortunately I have just stumbled across this site but unfortunately I have already invested $3891.62 .i started to wonder as the deal progressed and they are now asking for $6000 to cover the tax on the $170,000 i had supposedly won, they are well rehearsed and very polite some of their communication links are Felix Boo on +60169937248 Vincent ling on +85263325730 addresses wing on lodge 72-78 blue pool rd, happy valley, lok fu heng china and then it goes on to [email protected] address 18/f fairmont house 13 cotton tree drive, central china .they insist you use Weston union and not your because there has been an era and this ticket was intended for share holders of angelic holidays and would prove embarrassing to the company if word got out that I as non investor had ended up with the prize . I bid them a toxic death for they are earth maggots !!!!
I received the same brochure from Ambertourism that I had won USD$170.000 and yes we could have done a lot with the money. I also spoke to a Mr.Jerry Lin who put me through to a Mr. Dickson Lee from Adam & Cassey Limited in Hong Kong. Very smooth operators indeed. I only wish that I could charged them for the calls I made to them in Malaysia and Hong Kong. I hope all the worst to prigs like them who pray on the likes of good people.
Wow I nearly fell for this scam, same thing happened to me. Won 170,000 USD, after lots of talking to Mr Jerry (who is the claims officer), set up a meeting with another guy (who is the manager of another company) I needed to come up with 3,655 dollars to pay for a letter of Authorization from the courts of Hong Kong, for them to release the funds to me. But when you send New Zealand money it is 4,500 dollars because the exchange is in US dollars. I bet these people don’t even come from China. These guys need to get caught ASAP or this needs to go on the news before some other person make the mistake and sends the money!
We also received the brochure and scratchies from Great Luxury Holidays the same as Iain received. We are in Wellington NZ. Looks very professional. Thanks to google search and this site for confirming our suspicions.
I received my brochure and two scratchies on Wednesday (2 Oct 13) from XELIMA HOLIDAY. First thing I did was Google scams but didn’t find this site – pity because it would’ve saved me an O/S call to Malaysia – and then checked the Xelima web-site, etc. Even checked the "sponsors" out on-line and a really scary thing is that they do seem to be legitimate. Although very sceptical (these things don’t happen….not to me anyway) I thought I’d make the phone call – who couldn’t use USD170,000? I got to speak to Mr Ranson Chee (a play on Ransom Cheat or Random Cheat?) and what a cool customer he is. Asked me to read the ticket number out and then scan and e-mail him a copy of the "winning" ticket for bar code verification, which I did. Then today a mate gave me a link to this site. While I am always very wary of these sorts of things, this one is the most professional I’ve come across and gee the money could have been put to good use. Mr Ranson Chee called me tonight and simply hung up when I told him I wasn’t interested. Can’t imagine why. I don’t believe I would ever have parted with any of my own money here but I want to thank this site for removing any doubt and/or temptation.
I received the same of Felix Doo. I won the second prize. Fortunately I heard of similar scams before. I did still send the scan of those tickets and also a screenshot of a comment here. I am still waiting for his reply LOL.
I won US170,000 too, from 2 scratchies that mysteriously appeared in the mail (in NZ). So I have sent them an email asking what this was about. Now I know its a scam I will be interested to see how they respond, and how long it takes for me to get out of their clutches.
This scam is still doing the rounds in New Zealand. I received two scratch cards and a fancy brochure from Blue Topaz Tours in Malaysia (October 2013). Also their web-site looks pretty good. Surprise, surprise I won 2nd prize of US$170,000. Thought it too good to be true and thanks to checking this site didn’t waste money on the phone call to Malaysia.
On Friday 27 September my elderly mother was sent two vouchers from Amber Tourism which, when scratched, said Thank You and 2nd prize $170,000USD.
After one returned email and 5 phone calls from Malaysia, speaking with Ranson Chee, she was asked for her driver’s licence and bank details and to ring a Mr Alex Choo on 0085263327993 to confirm and verify details prior to receiving the prize. No mention was made of paying any money to Amber Tourism. On asking why the money could not be sent by cheque to an Australian post office where identification could be verified, she was told that special consideration had been made to award the prize because she was not a client and only clients could be awarded 1st, 2nd and 3rd cash prizes. A search of the sponsor, Adam and Cassey Limited, revealed this scam site with other similar reports.
I recieved a voucher from Amber Tourism to my home address in Queensland Australia and it was for 2nd Prize to the vlue of $170.000 USD.
I new it had to be a scam but did call Amber Tourism to see how far I could go to see what they would tell me etc .
I had several phone calls with a Felix Boo who advised me they had to check out the ticket and see if it was forged etc .
I scanned copies of the ticket , front and Back and also the envelope it arrived in and forwarded to Mr Boo .
Upon completing this I called Mr Boo again only to be informed that the ticket was original but could not be honoured due to the Client had no record of me or the address it was issued to.
I refused to give him my personal contact details etc as requested by him .
I feel he was wise that I was not going to get sucked in by his politeness etc.
The scam was over and hopefully nobody will be caught by this companty in the future.
Steer well clear of Amber Topurism and its operators , especially a Mr Felix Boo.
I am surprised it had taken so long for Glowing Travels to get a mention,all the names are the same or very similar eg, Mandy,Boo,Khoo,Kok what agreat name for this d…head,Nelson & Esther in hong Kong was my financier,it was a good website for a sham.
Beware give them no time and NO CASH.
I am another who received 2 scratchie cards – one with the 2nd prize of USD 170,000.Mine was in a brochure for Akasha Holiday. Same for everything else – not a client of the sponsor but after a meeting with the sponsor the prize would be honoured,needed to proceed with a letter of authorisation with the Hong Kong Government requiring 4.2% deposit of$7140 paid half each with the deposit paid back less $100 after the funds were released etc. My contact was Bryan Wong who sounded very polite and helpful. No wonder,when he thought he was going to get some of my money. He said if I didn’t want to proceed with claiming the cash prize they would give me an all expenses paid travel prize.
Which is what I am going to email him back and request.I won’t hold my breath …..
I received ‘Great Luxury Holidays’ 10 anniversary scratch and win tickets in Wellington, NZ and lo and behold won second prize of USD $170,000 Knew it had to be a scam, but was tempted to enter into dialogue with the outfit just to see what would happen. After reading others comments, I will not bother. Thanks for the information.
I received one in the mail on 27th September. Looked at the Postage Stamps on the envelope, suspicious before I opened it. And yes 2 Scratch tickets.
1. Thank you
2. USD 170,000
Included glossy brochure.
The company is Amber Tourism 10th Anniversary
Platinum Sponser Adam & Cassey Limited
others Diamond, Mobile, Red fm and something else too small to read.
We are located in Queensland.
I have not yet contacted this company, however did check out their website. http://www.ambertourism.com
Decided to use google search for scammers!
As I thought, I’m the winner!
We also got two of these vouchers from Absolute Travelling and on checking it out on this website it has saved us paying out all these taxes….thank you.
Just goes to show how easily we can be taken in when these tickets look so professional.
Even the phone calls and emails were so convincing from Carlos from AT and Edmond from Oscar & Alice.
My father in law nearly got scammed by angelic holidays. I told him i would look it up and came across this site. Thanks heaps for making me aware. He was disappointed (of course as what pensioner dont need more money) but he is glad he didnt lose any money which was a bonus.
Thanks again
I was really taken in with the quality of the brochure from Great Luxury Holidays and was ready to take it further, second prize of $US170.000 would have been a dream come true, luckily I photocopied the material and sent it to a friend who put me onto this website. My thanks to her and this site>
im still waiting for my money Russell nathan from New Zealand usd 2nd Prize $170,000.00 41233- 24782 my bank account is 12- 3036- 0834609-00 I hope this is real
Russell nathan Age 37 Occupation Care taker Address 6636 Far North Road R.d.4 Kaitaia Phone 094097855 2nd Prize $170,000.00 41233- 24782 Asb Bank Account 12- 3036- 0834609-00 New Zealand
Here is the latest from Ranson Chee
I have explained to you, we are a genuine company and this is a legitimate
competition. Below are our company’s address, contact number and website.
You can get your authorities to visit us in our company.
Official Website: http://www.raintreetourism.com
Tel: +6011-2672 2290 / 011-2672 2291
Address : No. 190-3-3, Wisma Mahkota, Jalan Mahkota, Taman Maluri, 55100 KL.
Tel: +852-96350900
Website : http://www.dbholdings-hk.com
Address : 234 Hung To Centre, 88-91 How Ming Street, Kwun Tong, Hong Kong.
Sir, we are not here to proof to you that we are genuine or to beg you to
receive the prize. You as the 2nd prize winner, we are very happy to honor
you the prize. As I explained, we are still lacking of a legal document
which is the Letter of Authorization. Without this LOA, are are unable to
facilitate any transaction to you out from Hong Kong to Australia. Sir,
this is the Hong Kong law, I am not the one who created it, not the
sponsor who created it. This is the law and we cannot go against the law.
If you are being so skeptical and so much hazzle investigating us
reporting this to the police. Sir, my advise is, please do not waste your
time. We are a registered company in Malaysia and we are already here for
10 years. We are not doing illegal things and we welcome the authority to
visit us. The Law is the law, we have to get the Letter of Authorization
before this transaction could be made. If you are not ready with this, you
can always cancel the prize.
STILL WAITING
41233-24782 2nd prize usd 170,000.00
Many thanks , in nz they send the brochure under Great Luxury Holidays , with identical story , 10 yr celebration give-away scratchies, 2nd prize of $170,000 , website and physical address in Kuala Lumpur, brochures – but apart from their website they have no other presence on the web ,and their website was remarkably short on facts – it took me sometime to find the scam as the name they are using is new ( website only registered on 5/08/2013)
I am tempted to play along but probably not worth it
Thanks again , this is a great site
I’ve been dealing with a man from Raintree tourism who calls himself Mr. Ranson Chee. When he asked for the $3000 and I accused him of running a scam he replied as follows:
I just hope you to understand that this is the Hong Kong Government’s law
and we CANNOT go against the law. The bank won’t be able to release the
funds to you without this Letter of Authorization from the High Court. I
believe in all country, we cannot just send out such a huge amount of
money without any document. Right here in Hong Kong, the sponsor are going to send 1,200,000HKD (170,000USD) half way around the earth to New Zealand (can’t even get the country right) to your account. That’s why we need this Letter of Authorization.
I just hope you to understand that this is a security deposit required by
the high court. Both party, you and the sponsor have to participate in
this security deposit in order to bind you in the contract. Sir, I do
understand that there is a lot of scamming issue happening around us all
around the world. But sir, I would strongly suggest you to head down to
Hong Kong and get this done by yourself so that you can see things with
your own eye. Our sponsor is a very big financial and investment company,
and we do not want to risk our reputation because of this 3655USD. Sir,
you can always cancel the prize if you feel that this is not true but
please reconsider. This is a 170,000USD and this is only a deposit to the
High Court which is refundable.
Mr Anderson, I will also not stop you from listing this to the
internet/police/media/paper. This is your rights and I respect it but
please make sure that you did not pass the wrong information which will
mislead the public. Please state everything down clearly, and file a
report accordingly to the fact. Do not accuse our company with what we
have not done. Thank You.
Certainly smooth, cool and confident operators
dateline September 24… I just received my two tickets. These ones are from "Angelic Holiday" are are for their 10th aniversary celebrations (yeah, right!!)
The tickets were as described above, one "Thankyou" and one 2nd prize winner of US$170,000
Mine was from "angelic holidays" and I talked with Owen Khoo and later a man named Felix. I have the 2nd prize of $170,000 and was nearly taken in by the very persuasive Mr Khoo.I found your website and realised I was a fool to think it was legitimate. I insisted to Owen if he thought he was going to get money from me he was out of luck, as I don’t have any to lose! and he told me he was upset I thought he was a scam!!!! You just cant get them to admit defeat. Still they persisted and kept up the con until in the end I said I was hanging up the phone and did not want them to call me again, that I knew they were just scammers. To which they took offence!! As asked by others, how can they get away with this, is there nothing to be done to bring them to justice.
Good catch. Yes, I got one and was really surprised when it was confirmed as initially I was told I got the prize in error, and the sponsor decided they would honour it. Because of this I was sworn to confidentiality.
Sigh. I could really have done with that money.
Just got one co-inciding with my birthday; second prize in a beauty contest, I mean fake lottery, for USD$170000 Angelic Holiday. This is the best scam I’ve seen so far, with a fairly convincing website & a travel brochure that looks quite professional, although there’s a few spelling/grammar errors that give the game away. The website is also initially convincing on the first glance, but lacks the depth of a real travel agency. Bugger, no big birthday present for me…
Some email addresses that should be reported as scam
<anyone />@absolutetraveling.com
<anyone />@oalimited-hk.com
Can we get this web site to be shown as a scam site ?
http://www.absolutetraveling.com
Since I published my encounter with thes A***holes, I haven’t heard from them, as I mentioned before I think that they a re monitoring this site
I have received a brochure for Absolute Travelling, with two scratchies included, one of which said I had won the second prize of USD 170,000.
I emailed them from an address of their website, and got several missed calls from somewherei Asia.
I emailed back and was asked to scan in the scratchy and the letter to prove authenticity.
I received an email back from a Ranson Chee, [email protected] confirming I had the winning ticket and that with my details they would confirm it from the sponsor providing the funds "Oscar & Alice Limited is a reputable financial investment company in Hong Kong"
They asked for my customer number which I havent had and am waiting on a responce now.
Luckily I found this website as I might have been sucked in. Thanks a lot for this
I have received mine this week with several discussions until they asked me to send money and be discreet about it. Obviously no money changed hands but it is so cunning. Be very careful.
Absolute Traveling sent me the now infamous 2nd prize USD $170,000 ticket. They are very, very convincing, I’m talking to a representative from ‘Oscar & Alice’ tomorrow, who will send the money to me straight away. Actually looking forward to it, needless to say that I’ll be polite until the request for half the $7,000 to be deposited into their account. I’ll excitedly ask for their bank account number and will forward it on here tomorrow after I talk to them. Mandy is such a great con artist.
I’ll get in touch with their bank as well to inform them that scammers are using one of their accounts to rip off people. This is a great site. I’m still gonna be poor, but will retain a sense of humour about it all.
I would expect that they are monitoring this site.
Thanks for all your comments.
I got my winning ticket ($US170,000) in early September and the travel company is now shown as "Raintree Tourism" and the contact is Mr Owen Khoo in Malaysia.
Again, a very convincing story with numerous phone calls from Mr Khoo telling me how I was making my way through the verification process.
Today I sent him the link to this website so that he can see that he need not maintain contact with me.
Let’s hope that nobody actually gets sufficiently taken in by the upmarket scam such that they send off their own money.
got one today 19-09-13 2nd prize $170000 10TH ANNIVERSARY why are these maggots still in operation , shoot the bastards
The brochure, while looking ok with nice pictures and good paper, has really amateur looking fonts and awful English. And of course you get the two scratch cards. They look quite professional, with logos all over them – Oscar & Alice limited, Diamond, mobile made simple, red fm and station coffee. One scratch card of course just says "thank you" (not a winner :-() while the other says 2nd prize USD 170,000.00 (what a surprise). What really amazes me though is that you can go to their website http://www.absolutetraveling.com and it all looks pretty legitimate. It’s too bad about the small print on the scratch tickets though – prize winners may be obliged to submit taxes or any other mandatory charges as a result of the award! I hope no one s tempted by this sort of nonsense.
Same thing from an organisation called Angelic Holiday. Filed in the bin.
Re: Float Travelling’s 10th Anniversary Lottery
Several weeks ago I received 2 tickets by post addressed to me.
One of them was the second prize USD170,000.
The ticket was confirmed by Terence Lee at Float Travelling as the second prize.
Since that time I have phoned and emailed Mr Lee but I have not received a reply.
my dad got the same letter and then today my wife also got the same letter,
must be targeting the name Hopkins
You really have to have your wits about you with SCUM
like this coming up with such fancy documentation.
I was skeptical very quickly so tracked down your site.
You are to be commended for publicising this nonsense, and I like others find it galling that the authorities have not been able to "squash" this guy and his activities.
Parasite like that are just consuming the resources of the earth (and its inhabitants) and put nothing back. Oh well they wont be tasking it with them!!
just recieved the brochure today… be nice hah…screamed scam from the miss spelt traveling to the small print of a possible tax payment!!!
Hope nobody takes up the offer… the web page doesnt exsist but sadly for Absolute Travel (not ‘Traveling’). Some people could get confused.
I got the brochure this week in New Zealand. It seemed almost real, but I had to check online, and thank goodness I found this site! $US170,000 sounds good though….
Jonty
justin kok is at it again for raintree tourism….. i apparantly won 170,000 usd and he was very conviencing at first…….. this name is on the scam regigsty so please be careful we were soo close of being sucked dry…. i really dont understand it how r they getting away with this our goverment should really start taking action cause they are illeagly taking money out of or country soo as far as i concern they should get involved this is behond a joke how many people does this have too hapen too its not like they cant catch them… if it was a tourist attack they would be straight on it???????????? DISGRACFUL……. any ways i am taken evrything to acurrent affair’s so everybody know’s cause it needs to be published and get out there furthur action needs to be taken SO SCAMMER IF U R READING THIS wrong person to try to take advantage I AM COMING FOR U……
Received the promo via post today (nice authentic Malaysian stamps and post mark). The scam is now running under the name of Absolute Traveling. US$170,000 for 2nd prize on the Scratch & Win. Used the glossy travel brochure start the fire tonight.
Thank goodness we found this sight as we are elderly and my husband nearly got sucked in but I did some web research and thats the end of $170,000.00 USD. Thank you
Received two scratchies with a Tropican Holiday Brochure. The English in the brochure is not bad, but seems a tiny bit foreign. I "won" $US 170,000 on one card. Emailed the company and received a phone call from their operative. Asked me to email scanned copies of the envelope and "winning" scratchy.
They will then come back to me.
Have sent the images … waiting for a response.
I am a cynical ex-businesman and computer expert… yet the whole thing looks very believable!
SO … let’s see what the next step brings! I will pay nothing to them and supply them with no more information then they already have!
Received my scratch and win the other day. Very pretty looking. Did not believe a word of it but thought I would do some research. it is not surprising that some gullible people will actually believe this. It is a very professional job. Please just use it as burn fodder.
The most recent form of this is "Tropicanaholiday":similar formula to what everyone else has reported on this site. I guess they must be gaining from this or they wouldn’t do it – so it must fool some people. Thanks to this site for the warning, but some people aren’t getting the warning, what to do?
My mother, aged 86, received a brochure from Gateway 2 holidays, but luckily was canny enough to ask me to look into her unexpected ‘win’. The poor English of the brochure was a bit of a give away,("A wesome places to go and see that is what we all agree"). Thanks for this site, it confirmed our suspicions.
I had exactly the same… Professional brochure from Gateway2Holiday. I supposedly won 2nd prize $170000USD. I emailed them and then had a call from Aaron Lim. He asked me to scan my ticket, etc and then had to phone the sponser Vincent and Janet Holdings Ltd (by appointment) and the same as above, got told that as I was not a client of Vincent & Janet Holdings they would need a Letter of Authorisation and I would have to pay half of the $7000 cost, etc etc… I had my suspicians all along, but as soon as they asked for money I knew it must be a scam – so then I found this website… thank you!
Please everyone be careful, I have been scammed stupidly and badly, if there is anyone who wants to collectively lodge a complaint to the NZ Government / police as to what they are doing to protect us please activate
I recently received a well designed brochure from a company called Rain Tree Tourism in Malaysia. Enclosed were to Scratch and Win tickets one of which informed me that I had won second prize of $US170,000. Because the claim form asked for my client number I sent them an email asking where I could find this number. Their response was for me to telephone them and they would give me the necessary details. Before doing this I decided to check on this website and am pleased I did. The claim for is almost identical to those pictured with just a few changes to the organisation’s details.
emailed them a copy of this blog,,, the bastards still say its all legit and i will get a prize but maybe not the 170,000 as im not on the list for the sponsor!! They even sent me the web site for the sponsor in HK F*** it looks real. told them i will notpay taxes or give bank details or passport info , they still say all is ok!!! WTF??
Its in New New Zealand now—looks very "official’ and is backed up by fairly convincing phone calls.
As the old saying goes: If if sounds to good to be true it is most likely a scam!.
bugger—I was dreaming of my new car 🙁
Every letter that is posted come from two stacks…so that one will be nothing and the other will give you 2nd prize.
I’ve too won a 2nd prize in their 10 year anniversary. Justin answered the phone and then made out he was transferring me to someone else…two holding noises and then he picks up and introduces himself.
Playing along, what to get as much info as I can. So far I’ve found their master DNS details of their web site with another 237 sites attached. All running scams.
Spoke with Justin last night…and have emailed him some copies of this B/S scam back to him. Like a few others here, I’m playing along. I really want to give this guy some grief.
We looked up their DNS credentials last, and for a Company that is supposed to have 10 years of history, their Web site was was built recently. Clever sods have wrapped a ton of locked down protection on it, so I can’t hit it with some of my own tools. (I’m an Senior IT Specialist). I note that their are also another 237 webs site linked to the Master domain. These guys certainly are making a career of it aren’t they.
Time to play nasty back me thinks.
Just another addition to the long saga of this gang of criminals. I note that gateway2holiday has been black listed but they have several other sites apparently. VJHOLDINGS is also a fake site. I agree Mandy, or whatever her real name is was very convincing – but did you talk with the alleged Hong Kong clown Kenny Tay or the "accountant" Mr Amit – talk about professional con artists. One hopes these thugs will get their just deserts. The mailing list was obtained from the NZ White pages – this is the only database that has my address wrong. Hopefully this site will stop too many getting stung
Am playing along at the moment and will try to scam the scammers. Am sure they won’t bite but will give it a shot anyway. At least if they are still talking to me they are wasting time and money. Have forwarded their emails to HK and Malaysia police. If they could only be traced would be great. Gotta give them credit for the elaborateness of their scam though. Mandy is so convincing its not funny. Well hopefully not too many gullible people fall for this scam.
I just recieved a glossy brochure from Glowing travels with second prize winner scratchy 170,000
I emailed them through their website and recieved a phone call in 20 mins saying i was a winner and to scan the ticket and email it to the site i had originally accessed.
i have not done this as i thought it was dodgy! i am concerned tho that accessing their website may have given them information such as key strokes or personal info in my email account. any suggestions? i will change my passwords
Ive received the second prize for pangkor travel and jumped onto the net to confirm my suspicions and came upon this site in 1 minute. good work guys!
I have just received one from Gateway2holiday.com also stating it was their 10th Anniversary. Nothing on their web site re Anniversary or their promotion. I also won 2nd Prize $170K. Nice stamps. In attached documentation is a speach from the General Manager. No Name No Signature. Have emailed them. We will see what happens.
They have changed their company again!!!
Justin Kok is now at gateway2holiday.com, and the Hong Kong major sponsor is Vincent & Janet Holdings!!
Same deal – 2nd prize $170,000. We had to fly through a few supposed hoops but we were a winner!!! Justin very convincing. We were not a "client of the sponsor" so when we phoned the sponsor today (by appointment) we were asked to pay half for the Letter of Authorisation from the government. Half of the $7,000.
All very very similar. I came looking for scam info when they wanted money, and thank goodness I found this sight.
yep thought it was a scam, but because id helped someone recently in Kuala Lumpur (where my tickets came from) I thought it might be her way of thanking me and that she knew someone that worked for this company, and knew which envelopes contained the winning ticket etc etc,,, i’m good at making stuff up so it kind made sense that it could possibly but not really. when a call-center-ish guy named ranson chee phoned me immediately after emailing them i searched his name, and. here. i. am. heheheheh scam off mfkrs
Got one yesterday. USD 175.000 2nd prize!
Gateway2Holiday. Looked at their website and it was very convincing.
Shame on them!
Yes I got second prize $170,000 10th Anniversary scratch and win from Changkat Tour Group. I thought it was a scam and ignored it but I just came across it and thought I’d just google it, just to see, and found this page straight away. Thank you for posting this 🙂
Sue
My glossy brochure was from Pangkor travel and 2 scrath ticket and I won $170,000US as a second prize. What was interesting to me is they took 3weeks before they asked for any money to pay some HONG KONG Tax so i thought/hoped there was a chance of it being real. I also checked out their websites which also looked real. My gut feeling at the beginning was it was a hoax. I did not give them any money. Be careful people. I wish we could catch them because they will suck people in.
My friend received one of the winning second prize tickets last week. Same story as everyone else. A really nice Mr Justin Kok was really amazed that a non-member of Pangkor Travel had received a winning ticket. He made a few phone calls at pre-appointed times , sometimes from different mobile numbers and asked for details by email. Couldn’t explain why there was no mention of the 10th anniversary on the company website etc; I just found your site when I made a search for the sponsor Ryan & Jenny holdings. Thank goodness I found this site.
Got home and there was one from Malaysia for Glowing Travel with two lotto tickets. I was already suss because of it being from Malaysia and something we hadn’t asked for.
The first ticket said my dad had won 170k US, the second won nothing. I’ve torn them up and the brochure too. The brochure supposedly had a message from the General Manager, but no name, signature, nothing.
The only part I’m keeping is the stamps. Nice stamps.
These scammers are using the Telcom White Pages to select Names and addresses of "Winners". My name is spelt differently in that publication so was easy to pick where they got the information. I also supposedly won second prize of US$175000 on the elaborate scratchy ticket but I didn’t fall for it.Be Aware!!!
I received 2nd prize $170k US, but if you add up teh value of all the prizes they are giving away, you can see that no company could afford to give away that much money to people who are not even customers with no effort to transform their winners into customers. I decided it was definitely a scam, good to have the confirmation. yes the brochure was glossy and a professional looking site. I might go and see if you can actually book travel through it, probably not.
I too received my ‘winning ticket’ from Pangkor Travel and you know they almost had me. Right up until the very end when they said that I couldnt send my share of the "transfer fee" to their bank account as they run a ‘transparent’ book or that I couldnt pay the court direct. After some investigation I found this site and I even contacted the Hong Kong government court and surprise no "letter of Authorisation" required…
Glad my gut told me to check it out…
I too have received something similar from Float Travelling. Yes their site looks authentic and you have to be impressed with the effort they make to get something from you.
I also had a call back number which returned the message that this number was no longer operational.
Thanks for listing the data on this site
I was also duped by Pangkor Travel, Mr Ranson Chee.This occured on Aug 13, 2013 in Canberra.
I wasted 3 days – in a rollercoaster of elation and disappointment.
Thanks to great friends, I didn’t lose any money.
I too have been dealing with Ranson, he has used the exact same story as he did with Phil Clarke. Check the phone numbers he calls from – every time a different number and from different countries around the world.
Received the scratchy tickets from Pangkor Travel a few days ago, and it revealed USD$170,000.00 2nd Prize winner. Definetly too good to be true! I spoke with Ranson Chee who has given me a very similar story to the other posts. He verified me as a winner, even though I am not a client of the sponsor "Ryan and Jenny Holdings". I have googled them and nothing comes up. Ranson has asked for my bank details now…which I am not giving now that I have discovered this website! I am worried as they have my full name, DOB, mobile, address and license number.
Definetly a scam!!!! AVOID!!!
My parents in Auckland got a passiontravelling.com brochure with 170,000USD winning scratchie. mum thought it was a scam but I said I’d check it out. this website helped I also checked whois.net for ownership.
Supposedly running since 2003 (hence 10th anniversary lottery) passiontravelling.com was registered on 21/5/13 and Registrant Contact Details are Kiwies Design Room, Kiwi wong.
Obviously passion travelling is their NZ operation hence the contact name of kiwi.
Oh dear! Mandy sounded so convincing on the phone that I offered to take her out to dinner! Of course the sticking point is that the "client’s number" required can’t be found – I’ve certainly never had anything to do with any of the sponsors (Sam & Cassy are supposedly a financial management company in Hong Kong, and I only found this thread by trying to Google THEM!).
I’m still waiting, however…
Thank God for the internet!!! Aaron Lim has made 3 attempts to get me today in Canberra and finally asked me to send a scanned copy of my winning ticket to him at Pangorwhatever bullshit travel. Hopefully he has wasted money on his international calls. I suggested to him this could be a scam and he became quite agitated! I dare say I won’t hear from him, nor he from me again. Please, everyone, just chuck it straight in the bin.
Hi Christchurh NZ must be the lucy place I got USD$170000.00 too!!!!!!!
Float Travelling
The site is a scam. They are posting out professional looking brochures to Aust and NZ with scratch tickets usually with 1 ticket indicating that the receiver has won USD170000. They claim their sponsor is a HK registered Co by the name of Terrence and Karen Ltd which is NOT registered in HK. The website for Terrence & Karen is also a fraudulent website. One of the people at fortunetravelling goes by the name of Aaron Lim. [email protected] He is happy to provide the contact details of Terrence and Karen.
Aaron Lim or whoever he is will ask you to pay "taxes" to an account so that he winning ticket amount of USD170000 can be released and paid to your account. If you do pay any money, usually about USD 10% to 20% of the value of the scratch ticket you will never hear from them again.
When you contact the numbers provided for Terrence and Karen they are answered by other scam artists. BEWARE DO NOT GIVE BANK A/C Details or send money.
received today 7th of August a beautiful booklet for Pangkor Travel, and won 170.000.00 US dollar, immediately I went on Internet to look for the society, thank you for informed people with you site, I appreaciate it, scammers are really clever, was a victim 7 years ago, from Nigeria!!! now I am careful !!!
I dunno…. Mine seems REAL LEGIT!
Can anyone lend me the 7k for the tax purposes? you know I am good for it now 😉
We just received a brochure with a "winning" scratchie of 170,000US here in Australia, Canberra. They have used the name Pangkor travel, impressive brochure and website. Knew this was too good to be true (ha ha ha ).
I received one also – USD 170,000 Christchurch NZ
http://floattravelling.com
I just got one of these from pangkor travel, Ive won 170000 2nd prize and ive got emails from a jerry lin, i am saving the emails and will publish here.
how can you all have won 2nd prize? there are only two and i just got mine!! someone is being ripped off, do you think ?
Just returned from Australia and found that I too have wone second prize of $170,000.US smelt a rat straight away. "If it sounds too good to be true it usually is" as the saying goes. Cant wait too clear my bank card. Ha ha Hope they catch the scoundrals.
Jeanette Paraparaumu New Zealand
I also received the brochure and 2 scratch tickets but guessed that it was a scam so came on line to have a look I also won 2nd prize of USD 170,000,00
so it definitely is in NZ
Yes.. Just received second prize in the mail..August 3rd . Canterbury New Zealand.
Good to have this site to reveal this scam!
I just received one in Christchurch NZ. I was the lucky second prize winner of USD170000.00.
Quite impressive brochure and scratch cards though – and even a website to back it all up!
http://floattravelling.com/
Yes Mandy is "just processing " my claim for USD $170,000 and I will get the $ in a couple of days. I am already spending up large as of course I will be loaded soon, can’t wait , ha ha.
Just another scam
I work for hunt your holiday and this is a scam!!!!I have seen 4 second prizes of $170,000.
Hi I am in the middle of this scam. Received the winning 2nd prize of $USD 170,000 from Aries Holidays. I was not stupid enough to ring their number but sent an email instead. A Jerry Lin has called me twice to congratulate me on winning the prize. They are just processing the claim and will call me to advise that the yare sending the cheque. I’m expecting the phone call tomorrow to ask for the half of the tax money to release the fund. I knew it was a scam and your web site has just confirmed it. I will pass the details onto the Australian consumer affairs.
This has recently happened to me from Aces Tourism. Exactly as S Clark has written above!. I’m dealing with a guy called Ranson. He called me 5 minutes ago at work saying he’s going into a meeting to discuss my predicament – apparently I was not on the customers list and only on the guest list so I didn’t qualify for the $170,000US prise from the scratch card.
These guys are very clever aren’t they. I would never be so silly as sending money or giving out my personal bank details.
People beware – do not send money or give your personal bank details out!
Definitely in NZ….I have just got a 2nd Prize USD137,000 with Aces Tourism. Sent from Malaysia with stamps on envelope but did have a name & address label on it. Looked dodge so checked it out and got to here thank heavens. I will ignore!!
calls come from
++38583346420
++88626546000
++6667232188
Then when asked via email to call me
–Greetings my name,
I am unable to make any calls at the moment. The line is down due to the storm we have here I assume.
Just to let you know that I will refer your case back to the marketing dept to find out where does your name & address come from as they are the one who sent out the envelopes.
Will keep you posted once I found out anything in my end here.
Regards,
Mandy
Claims & Event Dept
ACES TOURISM
her email is [email protected]
So there you go goes hit her if you can and lets take this scam off air.
Its just a bloody time waste.
Aces Tourism
Same scam
they keep calling
cost me nothing so far
us too! $170,000 us BUT I don’t get fooled THAT easily. Thanks for the info. New Zealand beware!
On Wednesday, July 24,2013, I received an envelope containing fancy brochure and 2 scratch & win ticket. It said I won 2nd prize of $170,000 US. So I rang the number on the card. My call was transferred to the reservation dept. Someone by the name Mandy Teoh asked me to scan the ticket and send to her by email. So she rang me after a while and said she has given the ticket to the IT dept for verification and the next day she rang again and said congratulations that I am the official winner of 170,000 USD. The ticket had some sponsors as well "sam & Cassy ltd, Diamond, Mobile made simple and red fm. We have been exploring the net for Aces Tourism and their sponsors but couldnt get into cause the page came blank. I bet that MAndy will ring me again for my bank details. That woman Mandy even asked me how I am going to spend that prize money. How come they get our address.
I just received the winning scratch ticket as well $170000.00 USD 2nd prize – I wasted my money calling Kuala Lumpur and spoke to Bryan Wong in the claims department. BIG scam people stay clear. Hope these guys go broke printing these fancy tickets etc. Only winner here was Telecom who will charge me for the international call.
Watch out for Fortune Travelling too, thats the latest name they are going by!!! Don’t be fooled!!!
I HAVE JUST RECEIVED THE SAME VERY CONVINCING BROCHURE. I thought I would google the person Aaron Lim Malaysia pre ringing him back for more instructions having just emailed him the "winning" ticket. A waste of a phone call to Malaysia.
Thank you scam detector!
"Aces Tourism" = same scam, different name.
$170,000 US second prize. Wow!
Yeah, right.
I just "won" 2nd prize, $170,000USD from Aries Holiday. Bright glossy pamphlet and 2 scratch tickets. Their website seems a bit odd and they claim to have won awards, which I checked out and they appear to be legit awards but can’t find them in the winners lists. They have not asked for any money or bank details, but it states on the tickets that if you win you need to call them – which I haven’t done. Definitely a "too good to be true" win.
This Malaysian scam also operates as "Aces Tourism". Same lottery prize; similar fancy brochure; scratch and win cards; same conditions; the phone contact instructions, etc. The police in Kuala Lumpur need a kick in the pants to encourage them to put a stop to it. Still, I guess it gives our under-utilized postal workers some extra work to do! Oh, and the waste paper collectors and recyclers….
We also received a scratch and win. It said there were only 2 prizes of $170000 US$, and guess what WE WON! Was just a little too good to be true, and we haven’t done anything about it. I have looked up the website and it looks … wrong. We sent an email, but didn’t get a response. On google earth, there address appears to be an empty lot, or at least just a house. It took until now for me to find any information like this and appreciate it greatly. What amazes me is that someone out there has nothing better to do with there time and money than to plot this rather far fetched scheme. I hope it breaks them, and I hope that we are now savvy enough to not fall for such craziness! Thanks!
Yep you’re on to it. I just received my "winning" (2nd prize USD170,000)scratchie in the mail today here in NZ. How can your site get higher on the list of Google? Might save some poor sucker parting with their money:-)
I have received the same from Comfy Holiday. 2nd prize $170,000 US. Sounded really plausible. Wanted a deposit only bank account, which they didn’t get. Went on google Earth looking for independent verification of the Address. No luck there. No luck searching white and yellow pages in Hong Kong and Malayasia. Web search found their websites, but weren’t 100%. Then I found this web site. I have the app now. Much easier finding a scam than my way. I have shared via Facebook. Thanks heaps.
22 Jul 2013. Blenheim NZ
Its now in New Zealand same same
Yes I just received the "huntyourholiday" brochure today – and guess wha?t I had won $170000 USD – too good to be true of course.
SCAM… http://suittedtours.com/index.html ..Throw those lottery tickets in the bin.
Also operating under Hunt Your Holiday, same blah blah, same USD170,000
Thanks to scam detector website!Got my winning ticket in the mail.. it looked professional but sounded dodgy… the website "looked" real and an added bonus was the awards they had "won"..
wondering how they got my new address with my maiden name (married a year and a half ago).. Cheers
Hunt your Holiday sent me mail, same deal, colour brochure and two scratchy tickets. Authentic-looking too! Carlos Tay was the name I was given.
I received a letter in the mail from a supposedly Malaysian travel agency with two scratch and win tickets. One ticket said that I had one 170,000 US dollars. I rang the number in Malaysia and it sounded like someone at home answering the ph. I was told to scan the ticket and send for verification by email. After this however I talked to a friend that said it had be exposed on tv a few days ago and some poor elderly gentleman was fleeced of his life’s savings. The scammers rang me again a few days later as I had not contacted them. I get emails from a woman called Mandy.
RICHARD LAU the manager of lotus Travel and Leo Albert has lied to me regarding the lottery and taken Lots of money from me and never honored the lottery.
They also tokk money from customers in malaysia and never honored the holiday.
Staff from Alfred and Daphne is the same they have asked me money from Jan but never honor the lottery.
There was one person i believe and respected but he lied too.
NEver trust any one from the two companies.
Got one scam too:
Proffers winners of the 2nd prize with a $US170,000 nest egg.
Provided:
you pay half of a 4.3% as a refundable security deposit for a Letter of Authorisation (ie a half share totals $US3,655) and then …
local tax of 4% = $US6,880
etc etc etc …..
Don’t follow up
Don’t contact in any way
Do throw all material out (received via post etc) and enjoy your day!!
Just got one today from Hunt Your Holiday.
same deal two scratch and win tickets and one stating 2nd prize of $170,000.
If I won $170,000 surely they can take the tax out first. lol
MOTTO
IF IT SOUNDS TOOO GOOD TO BE TRUE …
THEN IT PROBABLY IS !!!!!
I ALSO SCRATCHED 2ND PRIZE USD 170.000.00
THANK GOODNESS FOR THIS WEB-SITE
SAVED ME TOLL CALLS TRYING TO VERIFY ”win”
THANKS SO MUCH
CAROL
NEW ZEALAND
Just got mine – from Suitted tours, yep $170 000 2nd prize-wot a ripoff!
Southland NZ
My brother has just scratched and won $170,000.00 USD for the second place prize from Suitted Tours. I followed up on behalf and Aaron Lim from Malaysia assured me they are genuine..mmmm dubious !! Today I just received my own envelope and have also conveniently won a second prize of $170,000.00. I have compared both tickets with my brothers and they are identical in serial number and bar coding. Suspect. Furthermore brochure indicated 2 x second place winners only. With Doug above, myself and my brother that makes 3 ! They must have a bucket load of cash to give away.
I think we can now possibly assume its a scam !!!
I played the game, so convincing they were, only when the "sponsor" from Hong Kong rang and told me that I needed to pay $4250 for gaming taxes did the scam then fall apart. Clever printed brochure with scatchie style tickets, one could not be blamed for getting a little bit excited. After finally confronting Fable Travel they still had the nerve to say that because I wasn’t taking the US$170000 they would compensate me with free travel tickets…….pardon me if i dont hold my breath!
Hi I am in the middle of one of these scams we are up to checking with the sponsors.The guy on the end of the phone calls himself Owen k hoo .I googled this name and ended up at this page. So for all you that have been scammed in one way or another I know how you feel these arseholes need sorted. I have contacted internal affairs NZ they were very helpful, and I am going to send them the details.
My 78yr old grandma got scammed into this by a company called divine travels. The men with whom she was in contact with was Adrian Choo and Marcus. They made her sign documents about investing her money in their primary sponsor and obtained personal details from her. In total they stole $22,000 from my grandma and continued to pressur her into giving them more. What makes this story even more upsetting is that we didn’t find out about this until after my grandma passed away recently. We are now in the process of tracking these criminals down and getting justice for my grandma! How people can do this to the elderly or to any innocent human being is beyond me. It absolutely breaks my heart to know my grandma would have been suffering with the thought of having next to no money due to these horrible and cruel human beings. Please I urge everyone to make those close to them aware of this scam and others of a similar nature. I will fight to get justice for grandma and have these people caught out and shut down.
Hi guys I got 2nd prize too, but they needed $3655 fora letter for hongkong gov. Wanted me to pay by western union! As if!
So glad to have found this website. We got one today from Suitted Tours, we’d won 2nd prize of 170 grand. Looked very professional, two scratchy tickets. Looked up their website and def. smelt a rat when there was no facebook about them. Also wonder how they got our address, but the stamps were nice LOL Fancy a whole lot of us in NZ "winning" the same amount. It’s a SCAM and the brochure and tickets will be chucked in the rubbish where they belong! Don’t be sucked in you guys out there!
Fabel travel has confirmed I’m a winner of $170,000 usd But I already knew this was a scam. What worries me is that they had all my details, name address and phone number.
Unfortunately I don’t have a client number. So I wont be able to claim the money. Fabel have not asked for money or anything, so I am wondering how this scam works.
I would be interested how they got our address. Very convincing. Had to verify the ticket etc.
Waiting for them to ask for the tax money!!!!
How dissapointing. I too got the ‘2nd prize 170k’, i actually have no idea how comfy holiday got my name or address… Kind of concerning. I knew it was too good to be true. I might copy and paste all these comments to the wankers! I’m glad i thought to check them out before wasting anymore of my time!!
Well, wouldn’t you know it – we are also $USD170k 2nd prize winners with Comfy Holiday in Wellington! Apart from being too good to be true, it was interesting to note that a ten year old travel company had only registered their domain in May this year, 2013!
Kudos to their printing company but hang onto your cash folks.
My name is Doug Bear, I also received two scratch tickets along with a brochure from Fabel Travel. One ticket was of course 2nd prize, value U$d 17000.00
I contacted them by email and was asked to scan and send for validation. I was called back a few days later by a lovely sounding "Mandy" who assured me that I had indeed won and my tickets were genuine. She needed my client number which I was not able to provide. She sounded genuinely puzzled when I could not provide and asked me if I was a client of Calvin and Carrie, who she said was the major sponsor and provider of the funding for the prizes. She said she will look into how I was sent the tickets as they were meant to be sent only to clients of Fabel travel or Calvin and Carrie. She seemed convinced that I must be a client through my holiday to KL back in 2003. I have not been asked for any money or bank details as yet but I am sure this is a scam. I course I maintain a little hope that it is not a scam and that somehow I will be the happy recipient of $170000.I live in Hope.
I am from South Australia and received two Fabel travel 10th Anniversary Tickets one of which was 2nd prize US$170000. I email’d Fabel Travel and received a call(Owen) asking for a scanned image of both sides of the winning ticket. It was subsequently confirmed as genuine but they wanted a sponsor client number which I couldn’t provide. They seem genuinely puzzled. I have not been asked for any money or financial details?????
The ticket I received was supposedly sent by Passion Travelling for their 10th Anniversary lottery. I was then put on to Terrence & Jeanna, their ‘sponsor’, and spoke to Vince Lin in Hong Kong. This is a very sophisticated racket and very convincing. I realised it was a scam only when Vince Lin asked for US$3,655. Up until then, I thought I had won one of the second prizes by error – the ticket had gone into a batch of ordinary letters rather than a batch of ‘clients’ letters, hence the messing around and ‘no, the sponsor won’t pay, yes, they will – because Passion Travelling are opening in Wellington and don’t want adverse publicity if they don’t honour the ticket.’
wow me too another wellington 170K WINNER NOT!!!
My dirty swetty smelly chef shoes after a long service smells better than this comfy holiday lottery scam….up yours
BEWARE!!! Fabel Travel with Sponsor Calvin and Carrie Limited. Names of Contact: Justin Kok (Fabel Travel) Vince Lin (Calvin & Carrie Ltd) it is a scam people with a 10th Anniversay Scratch n Win sent in the mail and of course a winning ticket. DONT GET CAUGHT no matter how convincing they may be.
I too, am one of two second prize winners!! I wish! Mine comes from Comfy Holiday and well schooled in the "If it looks too good to be true it probably is" philosophy, I carefully checked their web site. It didn’t seem to have enough information and their ‘awards’ did not check out. However it was a clever ploy to create a history for themselves Phone number is almost the same except for the last 2 digits as Julie’s Fabel travel. What a pity! Glad I did not contact them though I would have been absolutely sure it was a scam if I’d heard they wanted money.
@klaas – haven’t you read all the letters and information on this site?? PLEASE don’t send your money away. Have you ever heard of NZ lotteries asking for money before they give out prizes? Of course it is a scam! I have just received the same $170K 2nd p
Well sorry Whangarei couple it is a scam, we too are in Whangarei and had a brochure with a 2nd prize win of US$170k and the man named Carlos was also very polite and seemed genuine. However the more we talked to him the more we knew it was all a scam, his reason for not apparently giving us our prize was because we did not have the envelope the brochure came in and when asked to deduct the so called tax from our winnings and send us the balance he told us we were trying to scam him yah right!!!!! he then promptly hung up..
Wow……just WOW!!….I really cant believe how stupid some people are….if you honestly dont have 100 percent certainty that this is a scam then you DESERVE to be ripped off! Natural selection at its best….the idiots are wiped out financially, what a laugh! old Charley Darwin would be proud!…haha!
My husband received one of these with the second prise of 170k american dollars. I was very suspicious but he thought we should check them out as he did not wish to lose out if it was legit. We have done a lot of checking, very good website and looks good but I would not trust anything that looks too good to be true. We are in NZ looks like they are heading this way after Australia.
My partner and I got the same thing in the mail today. Upper Hutt nz, bugger it had me fooled!!!! I thought it had something to do with booking flights through mayalasian airlines.
Hi, Thanks for the great info. A Malaysian here, in which I have nearly fell into their scheme.
Received a mail from a company called Fabel Travel with 2 scratchies and brochure from the company called Fabel Travel. Skeptical at first but played along nevertheless. Phoned the number from the website and I was introduced to a bloke called Aaron Lim. Corresponded with him and I was then introduced to another bloke who was the ‘sponsor’ in Hong Kong. His name was Edmond Tan. Essentially, the sponsor mentioned about me depositing 3.6% of the prize money with them for the ‘sponsor’ to claim a letter of authorization from the Hong Kong courts, to allow a huge sum of money out of the country. In which, of course, the 3.6% bond is 90% refundable once the ‘letter of authorization’ is issued.
Smelled fishy because if it was legit, they would have used the funds from the ‘prize money’ to pay the HK courts to release the ‘Letter of authorization’ and, Hong Kong is a commerce hub, huge amounts of money enters and leaves the country!
Frustrated that a fellow Malaysian tried conning me. Nevertheless, a good lesson learned and luckily no money was lost in the process.
Note: This guys are professionals and are very convincing.
Hmmm I am in Upper Hutt New Zealand and yesterday received 2 tickets. One a $170,000 prize too. Nice brochure and all. Same phone detail 006011
I got the 2nd pice too. US$170,000…..Ha haaaa.
I wonder how they got the address. By the way im also from NZ Wellington. This is a scam.
Just got the second prize as well!! WooHoo!!!
Convincing looking tickets & brochure but I wonder
How they got my name & address. From the phonebook I guess.
Im in Porirua, NZ by the way
Can you tell us if any of their supposed lotto scratchy tickets have a heading of "10th Anniversary" on them . Friends received tickets and thought they had won $175,000 US so I checked it out the best I could and found this site .I’m sure it is a scam as it came from Comfy Holidays in Malaysia, accompanied with a nice brochure but I cannot find much about that company on web sites to back them up ?
On the 1.7.13 we received a brochure and 2 scratchy tickets one with the 2nd prize $170k usd looks very professional from FABEL TRAVEL GROUP 2728g Wisma Siew Eng, Jalan 2/92c off Cheras Batu3 56100 Kuala Lumpur phone +6011 26735161 email [email protected] web http://www.fabeltravel.com They have tried to cover all bases as they have put real company names on the back as sponsors or supporters and special thanks, I checked out a lot of the companies and they did exist eg RED FM radio but all the info you could get online.
we have 2nd prize 170k! hope this isnt a scam..they want $3665US dollars but not keen to send the money just yet. we are in whangarei small nz town retired couple. we never bought lottery tickets but the colourful brochures and website looks ligit. the lady Mandy is very nice too. Surely not a scam?
I too have talked to Ranson Chee and Vince Lin. When asked for money I told Ranson that I thought it was a scam!.
28/6/2013 Received one todat 170k usd from Embrace holiday group. The fact that their web site does not exist rung alarm bells Jackie, Kerikeri New Zealand
any mail from comfyholiday.com is a scam
The brochure states ‘active from 2006’ WHOIS.NET for the site states:
Registration Date: 13-May-2013
Everlast holidays is another name they are using, and Yes Aaron Lim is in the thick of it also a Vince Lin from Hong Kong, From Ad investments, watch out they are very clever, and so convincing. We are going to contact Fairgo about this and chase it up. We know of another person who has been targeted by these people, and fancy the 2 2nd prizes both came to a small town like Whangarei Nz
My mother in law in Australia receives the same ticket from this bloody conman. Luckily they told me about it where I know this is 100% a conman job where I’m a Malaysian. My wife will going back to Oz soon and she will bring back the tickets, any related documents as prove and we will made police report in Kuala Lumpur after that. Hopefully they will stick they ass behind bars for many years. This bloody shit are making peoples live miserable.
Hey maybe all of us "winners" can go on a vacation together! Just got mine in the mail too!
Yes and again dealing with Ranson Chee from Embrace Holiday in Malaysia with exactly the same 170K second prize – Emails and phone calls about sponsors in Hong Kong etc – Even get there voices excited but want secrecy at the end when it gets to talking about money transfers. The old story too good to be true it probably is.
I placed a comment in this space two days ago, reiterating what scores of others have spelled out with disgust at being so manipulated. Don’t know whether my written concerns have been released for others as I would have to scan through at least 60 pages of comments to find it.
THANK YOU FOR EXPOSING THIS CANCER still spreading in the circulatory system of Malaysia’s business world, dragging the good name of Malaysia into the same disrepute as that of Nigeria.
Significant to note that the staff of these phoney companies nearly all bear Chinese names like AARON LIM who tried to scam me. The agents in countries outside Malaysia who could be transferring the prize-bank-to-bank after fees demanded have English-sounding names e.g. TERRANCE AND JEANNA WRIGHT (tjlimited-hk.com) …should read con!!!! Are these Chinese passing the buck to avoid being held responsible?
China is one of the world’s most corrupt nations so these operators with one of the worst human rights reoords. PASSION TRAVELLING is a classic example to be AVOIDED LIKE POISON.
Yes – We live in Auckland and also have two tickets, one saying thank you – the other one saying we had won USD $170,000. But the address isn’t on Google earth. That’s a good sign they don’t exist.
Yes received the mail from KL, intresting they used my first name on the envelope not my know as name, so they must be using electoral roles to mine. So in the bin it went.
I’m apauled at the blatant lies of these the people. They had our 83 year old father convinced he had won 170k after a week of emails and phone calls .shame on you. its the same people behind all the different brochures scum
CURIOSER AND CURIOSER….I received an envelope Thurs 13th and like Kate above had two cards Zero and $170,000 I went along with it a bit had to submit scans of tickets and envelope and photo of self
Being 73 and somewhat computer illiterate I called in the neighbour who directed me to this site so before I "wiped" the site I thought I would add my two penneth worth
Hi
I am in Upper Hutt, Wellington, and got mine in the weekend. I am the ‘lucky’ winner of $USD170,000, wouldn’t that be nice!?
I am so attempted to email them to tell them to get lost…. Do I ring the police or Fair Go so they can broadcast the issue? Surely people will not believe that they have won any money? It smells of scam all over.
hi yep just got my 2 tickets and now im $170,000.00 richer – GREAT
Received Passion Travelling brochure with scratch and win tickets. One said Thank You. The other said I had won 2nd prize USD$170,000. I see that Kate above received the same thing! I called them and they asked me to scan and email ticket to them. Then they called asking for my middle name to verify my customer number. I did not give it to them. What a scam. (New Zealand
Same as above, received brochure and scratch cards to my home address. One saying thank you and the other that I had won second prize. Immediately thought this is a scam and sure enough on checking the internet was proved right. Be very careful, bin the stuff and do not contact them. Caroline NZ
Today I recieved a brochure from Passion travel along with two scratch cards One said Thankyou the other said I had won 2nd prize of USD$170,000. The brochure claimed that there were only two prizes of $170,000 Wow I’m a winner – But strange that the other winner must be Stephen who left a comment on Tuesday – Beware (from NZ)
Got the same, two tickets, one saying thank you and the other saying I’d won $US170,000. Realised it was too good to be true. Had too many of these scams before, including a cheque for a car that I was selling that was stolen! All that glitters is not gold. Googled the name and scam and found this web site.
Just received a scratch card from Passion Travel saying we had won USD 170,000. The brochure was well done ha ha but the web did not mention anything about the competition. Beware of this scam
Received the Everlast Holidays scratchy in the mail almost threw it out but thought why no give a call. They are VERY convincing!!! Really lovley guy on end of line asked to scan a copy and email it to them so THEY could make sure it was real. Then he has rung back to say he has been busy will get back soon, then phoned to say yes my ticket was real and congratulations he will get back to me on how to claim a prize and that they are celebrating the fact that they are opening in NZ. Checked out their main investors on the web and phoned them it took ages before they realised who they were and in the contact section the picture was the same one used in the Everlast Holidays contact tag!! The are very tricky as they drag the process out and I still haven’t reached the stage where they ask me for money, i’m guessing that is the next step 🙁 It sucks that there are these horrible people out there. It sucks even more that no $170 us isn’t coming my way! lol
Today received brochure from Passion Travelling Group. Shows address in KL as well as web page address. Web page looks real but no mention of competition. Two scratch cards enclosed, one with ‘thank you’ the other showing won second prize of $us170,000.
The scam has hit Whangarei and I too was promised the same as all the other winners. I was interested to see how far they would go before no more contact. I got up too having to forward $3700.00 american to release the money, when I accused them of scamming a nasty Mr Dickson lee informed me that i could go without or come to Hong Kong to collect my winnings myself and that I had let Mandy down who had been working so hard on my behalf.So be aware of what seems to be too god to be true then it is.
Everlast holidays tried it with us saying we had won $170000us dollars. Very prof brochure and scratch ticket – glad we checked this out first before giving any details. NAME used was Owen Khoo.
Scammers now claim that their company is Antony and Divine investors Hong Kong.
Add these to your list…i got scammed $20,500.00 Changkattour Leonardo Keh…Edmond Tan
I am so sad cause these people sucked me in to the very last dollar. Dumb me can only hope to get the money back I sent. wish I had seen this page before. Can you still take Larry Van Holdings to court does anyone know?
Yes watch out for this I have also received the letter and the scratch and win tickets and guess what I am only one of 2 to win the 2nd prise of USD$170000.00. Yeah Right!!!!
Mine came from Colourful Holiday. This looks great down to the brocure and scratch tickets. It took me a couple of minutes to spend the money and then accept this was a very good scam. These guys shoulc be hung out to dry!!!
Mail Fraud is illegal. I just got one of these today and am going to report it to the DIA. Suggest more people do the same.
Refer to:
http://www.dia.govt.nz/Services-Anti-Spam-Reported-Scams#rep
Report Postal Scams:
Email a scanned copy of the scam to [email protected], or post a copy to Electronic Messaging Compliance, Department of Internal Affairs, PO Box 805, Wellington 6140, or fax a copy to (+64 4) 495 9314.
In Australia.. $20,500.00 later….i was sucked in bad..Chankat Tour…sponsor was CK Holdings…bank was Banco Delta Asia…all had legit websites
Talked to Leonardo Keh at Changkat Tour, Edmond Tan,Louis Koo at CK Holdings.
Looking back now i was so gullible, but the tickets and brochures looked so legit!
Got the "ColourfulHoliday" 10th Anniversary scratchy winning 2nd prize for USD$170,000.
Website was de-registered 2012 so current site created recently, not years old as they claim.
Articles link to a UltimateTravel in the UK which I assume is a real site.
Strange for a holiday site they have no actual holidays you can take!!!!
Makes a difference from the phone calls…
They cannot be investing thousands of dollars in printing and international postage so they must be defrauding these companies of printing charges and postal companies. I am surprised that these large companies are not pursuing these frausters
Emailed them too, I received one on the 6th June, yesterday! They replied with "If you want info on prize claiming you need to call our rep" or something along the lines. Googled them( Bliss Tourism), they have barely ANY search results apart from their tacky low effort designed web page. Don’t exactly know who to report this too, looked pretty official but people don’t just give money away!
THIS GUY >> [email protected]
I am actually in contact with the same scammers for Everlast Holidays presenting Complimentary Scratch & Win Tickets and like you Jim Berg, same prize same BS security deposit before prize can be released. He is ringing e tomorrow to confirm if I have the deposit and with details of where to transition amount.
Lol, I got suspicious after 2 days. Would appreciate your assistance to notify officials before they ring me again.
Cheers!
Yep – they are using "Colourful Holidays" as a front now – very convincing website set up as well. These scratchies were received in Wellington NZ.
Sue
Just received mine in Karori, Wellington NZ. Company going by name of Colourful Holiday. I googled assuming it was a scam and this site came up – thanks! Hope the desperate don’t succumb to this.
I had a brochure from Everlast Holidays with exactly the same procedure. They really hook you in with their sincerity. They leave the request for the $3500 right to the moment when they say they are going to hand over the money. $170000 USD really sounded tempting – but too good to be true. So professional and helpful. I was even told they were having a conference in Wellington in October.
yes I have had the same thing…summit travelling…a guy called Leonardo and garry and aston are meant to the sponser who is paying out the $170.000 I apparently won…I never actually believed it but they are very convincing and its been a number of phonecalls over 2 weeks.They take their time and have come up with such an elaborate story about me not being a client and them putting my envelope in the wrong pile so not sure whether they can pay out the prize but f for any reason the sponser wont pay they will give me a free trip to Malaysia then them coming back and saying guess what they will pay you the money!!!
Im amazed at how much time they put into trying to get you and especially about the elaborate story they com up with
I was the lucky winner of USD170,000 also. I guess I was a little gullible for a couple of days until I was asked to pay a "security fee" of USD3655. These guys are slick, believable, and have all of the answers.
I have reported them to Interpol, who have begun investigating the group.
This scam has come across to New Zealand – interesting I spoke the the very same ‘Mandy’ and told her the whole deal was a scam and this had been confirmed by NZ police – she ademantly claimed this was not the case and she would send verification details of her company – I also commented to her that her web site summit Travelling was not a valid one – she said that it was and that I obviously hadn’t typed in the details correctly – is there any way we can catch these guys in the act? I would love to help – David
Have had the same fiasco from Summit Travelling.
They are still trying, will have great pleasure in
giving them a kiwi definition of a scammer.
Thank goodness we have sites like Scam Detector.
Yes. I got the brochure from Ravine and sent a copy to the Malaysian embassy. There was nothing on this scam on Google so I must have been an early receiver. I spoke with Mr Chee on the phone and told him that he was a scammer (his name was on Google search as part of another scam) Anyway our Internal Affairs dept were on to it straight away, and posted a warning the following day.
Yes – incredibly credible and sophisticated. I have just got off the phone with them, the whole process is so convincing. Similar details – 2nd Prize $170K US. This company was called Summit Travelling.
I very much hope that no one falls for the scam. The elaborate nature of it is quite incredible – good websites, convincing details, a very patient approach taking you through the various steps along the way over a number of days so that you are invested in the outcome. If they were to apply a similar approach to a legitimate business, it might do very well.
I have had the Summit Traveling Group scratchy, they would ring me twice a day from Malaysia for 2 weeks . Although I wasn’t a client they still allowed me to claim the prize. I told them to take ten thousand out, buy themselves a return ticket and fly to NZ with the rest of the money. No, they couldn’t do that. So I am now the winner of $170,000 dollars which was a really nice feeling for a week, in-fact I was abit shitty once I found this website. I had got to the stage of contacting( Garry & Aston Investment HK )
asking them for a letter of conformation that that money was ready to be released. And this was legitimate. I’m waiting for the letter. This is the letter from the travel company.
Dear Mr H
As prior to our phone conversation. I will need to create a temporary
client profile for I need to forward it to the sponsor ( Garry & Aston
Investment HK )
Because this is a very large amount that we are talking about, for safety
reason, the sponsor decided to send you the fund by using international
bank to bank telegraphic transfer. This will be the fastest, and the
safest way. As I understand your concern regarding providing us your
personal account number, I suggest that you can actually open a new bank
account just for you to receive this fund from the sponsor.
I will need these information for the sponsor.
Name of the Bank:
Account No:
BSB/Routing Number:
So these are the ways you can claim your prize, either you can do it at
Hong Kong, or you can do it in New Zealand. Please be discreet as if the
existing client were to find out about this, the sponsor might just cancel
the prize without prior notice. Thank You.
Have a nice day.
Mandy Teoh
Claims & Event Dept.
Summit Travelling
+6011-2673 5126 / +6011-2673 5127
Just received that wonderful too good to be true offer of a scratch card winning 170 thousand us dollars. I filed it in the bin………!!Nasty people isn’t strong enough.
Watch out New Zealand. they have hit here!! It looks great but remember Fair Go’s saying "if it looks too good to be true…..
I rang the phone number after winning $170.000.00 USD and accused them of a scam, hence I have heard nothing back. Funny.
Please pass this on as it looks great but I would hate to see people scammed because it looks so professional.
Those in New Zealand can report it here
http://www.consumeraffairs.govt.nz/scams/report-a-scam
Mas Odyssey is another one. We received a coloured brochure and two tickets in the mail and we won US$170,000 but too good to be true. They advise there could be taxes or other mandatory fees to pay. Didn’t even bother ringing Malaysian number on the ticket.
Run from Mas Odessey, Malaysia,financial hub Lewis Emerson Holdings Hong Kong. Involved was a with a fundamental Christian group in the States. Money is cleared In mailand China. I would avoid it as tourist provider Don’t touch the tickets !
I just had the same thing happen to me today and won USD 170,000.00. My contact was Leonardo Keh. I have sent them the scan of the ticket and am now waiting for them to phone back, luckily I know it’s a scam as I rung one of their ‘sponsors’ on the ticket (Costcutter) in England and they told me they knew nothing about it. The tickets certainly look very real, nasty nasty people!
Yes, I won 2nd prize of $170,000 USD from Regiontravels.com Malaysia…. tomorrow they phone back with the sting I presume …. thanks for the heads up as it is all very slick and exciting it could be easy to forget that there are thankless people out there… A
i also won 170,ooo usd with masodyssey. they said i would be sent the prize by there sponsor lewis and emerson holdings in china. but because i was sent a top prize by mistake i would need to send them $3655 for a offical document before they could transfer the prize, this was because i wasnt a member of masodyssey and a mailing error resulted in me been sent the prize.once they had my money they could get the doucument and i would have the prize within to hours, i would aslo be refunded the $3655 minius $100 witch was a hong kong goverment fee.they even said if i didnt belive it i could fly to hong kong and see them get the doucument and collect my prize.all very beliveable and both companys websits look real.
These dudes are GOOD.
Had a very sceptical oldtimer pretty well convinced of winning $170K TWICE. OK, they did explain that that was a printing error, but I had certainly won 170K.
Fortunately a more aware mate Googled the name to discover the rort.
Thank you for this page.
Yep – I won the MASOdyssey US$170k prize too – in Wellington NZ…so all you Aussies sod off! 😉
None of the above contributors can have won the 2nd prize beecause I have infront of me two scratchy card, one of which says I am the second prize winner of USD170,000.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Same here this one is MasOdyssey anyone had that one?
Yes well I need to join to this web as well. like others I got a brochure in the mail, but not like the ones on this page slightly different corusholidays with 2 complementary cards and yes I winning recipient of the 2nd prize of 170,000 USD. I emailed them they rang me explained the process of how the transfer works, still waitin for the you need to send money buzz. Meanwhile I checked out all their sponsers mainly John and Jill Limited Bangkok kualalumper etc, they all had contact details and appeared real.
Then they got back to me and asked for my Banks BSB number I had no idea what that was, so I rang my bank explained the situation and they replied to me saying that sounds pretty kosher, and sed to me its a routing number in nz we call it SWISS CODE, now because the bank said it seemed kosher, when they rang again I gave my bank number, weel heres the thing they did ask me for a client number because 50,000 brochures are sent out to their clients and investures I did say I was not their client they insisted that I must be otherwise I wud not be in their data base. then they found out I was not a client but they cannot erase my names from the prize, then they said that there were an xtra 2,000 brochures printed for future guest and that is where I came in not as a client but their company said they would honor the prize as it is not good for business that some of their administration colleagues have made mistakes, and that was it. But I reckon maybe some of these businesses are legite and brilliant manager scammers are using legite businesses as a front. But they also asked me to send fotos of the back and front of the so called winning ticket. 1st prize 250k 1 winning ticket and 2nd prize 2 winning tickets of 170k. this is the gist of it they are ringing me tomorrow with an update…Contact details of correspondence are
FIONA AND JOHNNY LIMITED
MR CALVIN LO OPERATIONS MANAGER
TEL: +85269098937
HONGKONG.
http://www.fjlimited-hk.com
Anyone who is interested or able to catch these people out I have more info. And also have fotos of the cards and brochure.
My husband received two scratch and win tickets and won 2nd prize of usd 170,000. Not sure that its a scam or not. The company name is THE FAMOSA, MALAYSIA and its their 10th anniversary complimentary prize. And their main sponsor is JACOB AND HARRY LIMITED, HONGKONG. We already send our personal details and bank details to them please help us.
Yep nearly had me convinced. Got one from corus holiday and very flash and sophisticated. I am no dumb bo but did email just in case. Never got a reply and after a week saw this site and have been duly disappointed!
Thank you! I have been sitting on this ticket too scared to respond or to throw it out. After checking with your site, it is in the bin!
ALAS! ITS IN MELBOURNE TOO. MY HUSBAND GOT2 SRATCH AND WIN TICKETS FROM FAMOSA IN APRIL 4TH WEEK. SECOND TICKET WON $170000 USD WE CONTACTED FAMOSA AND CONTACTED THE CLAIM DEPT. THEY TOOK OUR MOB NO . MEANWHILE I WAS READING THE SAME STORY NOW. CHEAT AND SCAM ……. FROM MALAYSIA
Yes we think we have also been scammed here in New Zealand. We have records of all the e-mails should they be of use to anyone ,last one received 50 minutes ago.
Fancy that Bryan Wong workds for sooooo many companies
I received my ticket with USD170000 on from regiontravels, they asked for my contact number so i gave them my local police station number!!!!!
Same deal – 2 scratch cards, I emailed Corus after checking their web site. Refered to different dept who checked the card number with computer and rang back to say it had been verified. Then had problem as I didnt have a customer number. They rang again later to advise that it was a major problem in their mailing dept and I should not have received this, BUT they would honour the prize! I only needed to phone HongKong for final confirmation. The KL number had a strange country code but at least the HK was a correct code. I’m not going there! Thanks for confirming our belief that we were being played!
well today i was scooped aswell, Platinumstar travel sent me a envelope which contained 2 scratchies one of corse said Thank You and lucky me the other said 2nd Prize draw of USD 160,000.00. yeah, i emailed them to suggest that i held this winning ticket and i scaned the winning ticket over to Aaron Lim. when he contacted me, told me i dont have a membership, yet i hold this ticket i should be able to claim the prize i knew it was a scam…………. Dont get caught out,we would all love to win money but others want to steal it from us first..
Yep we have had the same Woods tourism brochure sent to us, I just hope the vulnerable and desperate people don’t fall for these scams. They certainly are getting very sophisticated and convincing!
Spoilt my mum’s Mother’s Day.
On Wednesday May 8th Whangarei New Zealand
Received from WOODS TOURISM Malaysia well designed fold out brochure with web site, scratch tickets stating 2nd Prize USD160,000.00 thought probably scam putin site great your site is up and running they are getting very inventive. Will stick to lotto.
Familiar story sent to New Zealand – this time "Bliss Travel", based in Kota Kinabalu Sabah, Malaysia.
Sponsors Tommy & Mandy Holdings, Royal Asia, Coway, Red FM, Station Coffee and Costcutter.
Two scratch tickets, one for USD160,000. Very professional brochure and website.
A scam none the less – stay away and do not give out any personal details (such as date of birth, bank account or credit card). Do not pay any money for taxes or whatever !!
I just received a Scratch & win from Corus Holidays and won $US170,000.00. In the rubbish it goes.
I got the Corus Holiday one and went as far as them wanting me to ring Hong Kong lol as if I was gonna ring then and he wanted my birth date. No way am I giving private information so I said forget it lol.
Aaron Lim was my contacts name. Beware people it is not legit. Oh they also said they opening a centre in Wellington if you can believe that.
Hi Albr10,
We had the same experience exactly exept it was The Famsosa group. Brian Wong very smooth operator…
To-day i received from Woods Tourism two complimentary scratch tickets, one of these tickets said i had won cash USD160,000.so glad i checked this website, as i thought it maybe just another scam.have just burnt the tickets. if you have received same just just step away please dont get caught.
Hi there, I received on Tuesday 7th, a Corus holiday brochure with two scratchies, one of which was the $170k USD and of course tongue in cheek followed up with the copy of the ticket,return phone calls etc just in case it was real, you know how it is. Then now we’re at the point of ringing Hong Kong I do another google check of the company and your site came up – thank God although once it came to money being paid in taxes, that would be the end of it. So thanks Scam Detector and Google!
Just got a brochure from Woods tourism with 2 lottery tickets inside and guess what I won $160000.00 on one.
Not that I will ever try to claim it. Too good to be true.
Just received a lovely brochure and two scratch tickets; one of which shows me as a winner of US$170,000. Can thi be treu I ask myself? Doubt it. Have e-mailed them to requet my "prize; then immediately googled them for scam detectiion! A major hotel and theme world in NZ? I don’t think so.
Yesterday, May 7th 2013, I received a brochure from Corus Holidays together with two Scratch & Win tickets. One of them was a 2nd prize winner of USD170,000! I immediately contacted Corus Holidays and was put in touch with someone named Owen Khoo, who says he will contact me to-day re my claim.
Naturally,I won’t be passing on any money or information.
Just got a Corus holiday one from Malaysia. English was a bit dodgy on the brochure and the ticket had the T&C of ‘prize winners may be obliged to submit taxes or any other mandatory charges as a result of the award’. I particularly like the way there are 2 scratchies – one with the prize and one with no prize – nice subtle touch. Wonder if they ever stuff up and accidentally put in two prizes?
Hi ; I see that ABADIHOLIDAY.COM has just recently been registered in KL [ LIKE 2ND APRIL 2013 ] and is only registered for 1 year —hmmmm !
I researched ABADI HOLIDAY GROUP and find no record of 10 years in the Tourist industry – ———!!!????
I research LEONG BROS HOLDINGS [HK] and find a rant about how much money there is uninvested –and veiled inference that THEY [ LEONG BROS ] have the answers to investment needs but no actual factual data ——- hmmmmm !!
I look more closely at your brochure and see how you have used READERS DIGEST TYPE GUFF ; specifically highlighting NEW ZEALAND ——–as a new destination – 2016 being the projected date of completion – BUT !!! Your main man Bryan Wong tells me [ potential prizewinner of your fabulous second prize $170000.00 US Giveaway ——-] that the Hotel will be opening in September this year and ——- “Will I [the lucky winner be able to be there?”]———— hmmmmm!!!!
ALL IS IN PLACE EXCEPT FOR THE LOST [NONEXISTANT ] CLIENT NUMBER –[AS TOP 3 PRIZES ARE TO BE ONLY GRANTED TO CLIENTS OF LEONG BROS AS A REWARD FOR THEIR SUPPORT ]——- WHAT NOW ??????
I BET THAT ;;;;;;;;;;; FOR A FEE I CAN BE ISSUED WITH A CLIENT NUMBER
I ALSO HAVE A WARNING ON MY EMAIL SAYING THAT DUE TO HIS MAILBOX BEING FULL MY EMAIL [ CONTAINING PHOTOS OF MY WINNING TICKET ] HAS NOT BEEN DELIVERED —-HMMM!!
NOW ; JUST TODAY BRYAN WONG TOLD ME THAT YES ;;;; MY WINNING TICKET HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS BONA-FIDE ———!!!!!! HMMMMMMM !!!!
I SMELL A RAT !!!!!!!
Yes another one in Northland NZ. Major sponsor Fiona and Johnny! Luckily this day and age of ‘Google’ what a fabulous tool!! Too good to be true. 170kUS is so tempting to so many people these days.
Nearlt fell for this one i am ashamed to say. Very well organised and Anthony comes a cross well-give hinm an Oscar.
Hi everyone yes I to just received the envelope with two scratchy tickets one of course being the 2nd prize…..people like this really make you sick and really continue to paint Asians in a really bad light if I was Asian I would be really upset. Thank you for taking the time to put this out there
I received a brochure today from "Corus Holiday" and won USD 170,000, NOT! My suspicion was aroused after reading what you had to fill in and when they wanted my client number – well – what client number? Never have been and never will be one of their clients. Thanks for this site my suspicions were confirmed.
Dad got the same 170,000 2nd prize ticket in the mail and thought it looked quite legitimate. They do go to quite lengths to make the illusion that you are going to get something. He hasn’t been told to pay any money as they need to "verify" that it is a winning ticket. I’ve since told him about all the other people writing in here winning the same prize and that they’ll soon ask him to make a deposit. He wants to play it out to see what they say and will be telling them no way when they ask to make the deposit.
Yes, me too, didn’t pay the money, but did give them my drivers licence number and bank acc number! What should I do now?t they probably will contact me again today
Yes, I got duped in New Zealand too, but when I did a search three weeks ago, this website did not come up on Google! The travel agency was Ravine Travel and that coupled with "Leon Philip" in Hong Kong, both with convincing websites, made it all seem real.
I received a nice glossy brochure from Chang Kat Tours (Malasia) 10th Anniversary and 2 scratchy tickets Fri 3 May – thought it too good to be true and then the what if it is – pay off the kids new car and go on a long and luxurious holiday, Thanks for this site is all I can say. But still a little deflated – that holiday sure sounded soooo goooood!!!!!!
Yes it has reached northland , New Zealand. Luckily the scam was a recognised one. Of course my husband and I knew this in a "gut feeling" way. My dad always said " If it sounds too good to be true….Then it probably isn’t. Good on you dad
I Have just been scammed by these terrible people out of $10 k USD….(wish I had found this website earlier)
Have never won anything before and was sucked right in by this…. until the last payment of $2800 USD which was the 2% charge for the bank in H.K. to release my $160k USD prize money…I now feel ashamed and desperate as I try to find ways to pay back people who loaned me money for the payments…
how could anyone be tricked by this? seriously, do you think $170000 just arrives in to your letter box?
Their latest appears to be Corus Holiday Group. We received a letter from then in Northland NZ today. We "won" the 2nd prize of USD $170k! Our contact was Aaron Lim which when googled – lead me to this site…. Thankfully….! Must say – pretty good scam operation! Everything is well presented and they have most things covered – couldn’t find much out until I searched for Aaron Lim!
Wish it was true as could always do with the $….But…. Not to be!
Hi everyone Atnthony has made further contact saying much the same as some you have already stated ie on consideration they awarding the money and a list of personal questions I am required to answer to make the claim to Leong Brothers. However i must keep it a secret etc etc.
They were advised that sadly by L.O.L Swindall (my supposedly sister) that I had
"Passed over to a better world" therefore there cannot be any more communication.
I could not help but wonder that some of the information asked to supply may be used to get copies and then used to get false passports or any other documents required to used in Western countries. Along with tapping people’s bank accounts these too could be of value to people wanting to route the system that would help them in Western Countries
I might be drawing a long bow here but a lot of effort went into those brochures
Anyhow I have left the "stadium"
Ravin Travel…Malyasia. Scrathch + win – I won $160000.00 USD but was not a corporate client. Had to talk to sponser etc…(see comments other clients posted, spounds familiar-you bet) confirmed + I had to ph Hong Kong…leon & Philip ltd (yes a very professional looking web site does excist in this name)verified some NON sensitive information + then asked to send $3,600 USD to cover 5o% + they cover other 50% to lodge a securities bond which will be fully refundable (less $100) to cover admin, They said this was because it was more then the HK Government $100000.00 threashhold., and HK law had implemented this to stop "Money Laundering". If I did not wish to do this I could of course fly to HK and Lean & Philip company rep would meet me at the airport and accompany me to the HK High Court (however I would have to fund the flights myself) when I asked for this info in a bullit point e-mail, Mr Kenny Tay (operations mgr) of Leon & Phili said he would do this(11.30am NZ time) It is now 7.45pm NZ time + surprise Zero, ziltch, nothing received how ever the travel company keeps phoning my mob and saying this needs to be done urgently as L&P need to tie all loose ends up. I mentioned talking to my lawyer and was reminded that my dealings with Ravine Travel & Leon & Philp was sensitive and did not want my lawyer involved, as if word of me getting this $$$ reached there other sponsers they could get suied.
Sponsers on the ticket are…Leon & Philip, Royal Asia, Conway, Mobile made simple, red fm, destination 1 coffee, Cost Cutter proud to be local. I have asked my Malaysian Friend to e-mail his friends in Malaysia and to date none of his friends know of this travel company…I’m just waiting 4 Ravine Travel to use the excuse that they are a "corporate travel company"
If this is NOT a scam, can anyone verify this.
Their domain names can be checked on Whois. Abadi and Leong Brothers Holdings had their’domain names registered, by the same person, on April 4 2013.
As we can discover through this ugly scam, Malaysia is a pathetic country. I will tell all my friends to never visit such a lawless nation. A scam tourism operation has operated blatantly in Malaysia for over a year. We know that Malaysia is a nation of business cheats and liars. Indeed, if we search for "scam site:my" we can see that there are billions of dollars lost by Malaysians to scam operators, and is it any wonder? Malaysian embassies apologize for scams and can provide lists of legitimate businesses, but if the Malaysian authorities are powerless to punish the scammers and return the monies, it’s a pretty sad reflection on this place that I would not want to visit.
2 May 2013
What are the Malaysian authorites doing about these Bs? Are they asleep or just corrupt?
My son and I both received US$170000 2nd prizes same day – how stupid can they get.
Also received a Changkat Tour Brochure and won second prize of USD170,000. Since I’ve co-written and given papers on computer information security and scamming techniques I didn’t think for a second that the information was genuine.
Funny though, after reading the above scam information (was pretty useful actually)for a few minutes afterwards thought, "Wouldn’t it have been great if it had been genuine."
That’s how those scumbags operate. They know that there is virtually no way that human optimisim can be totally exinguished when it comes to finding a hidden fortune somewhere. Ah well. Rot in hell boys.
I just received one today from Changkat Tour for their "10th Anniversary". They have a website, however no mention of an Anniversary and any business willing to give these kind of prizes would definitely be advertising their milestone.
Emailed them and was advised they would get their promotion department to contact me LOL
If they do contact me back will enjoy mentioning that i in fact work for the Australian Federal Government.
Pity though would have enjoyed giving my kids money for a house deposit 🙁
My final e-mail from Carlos Tay (Abadi Holidays). As I said, I don’t want to talk about the prize claiming anymore. Whether or not you want to proceed with it, you can inform me or our sponsor so that they don’t have to keep waiting for it.
You can always call me back in my office whenever you want and I will take this as never happen before. No more prize claiming discussions please.
Carlos
I just went through this crap now with a fellow named ranson chee bloody scam artists
Can you believe it that afetr all the phone conversation with Carlos Tay (Abide Holidays)telling him that he is just a scammer and every thing else, he is still proclaiming his innocence and that he, his company and scam lottery is legitimate. What an absolute looser. How dumb and gillible does he think us Kiwi’s are!
these people are bad karma they will get what they deserve one day
if they use sparkstourism they all the same
charles kong ardian choo noah yat jun kin goh
they also say summit finance is involved
these are the names they use and companies
they cheat lie steal personal information & money beware
tell them go to hell they can burn in hell
To John. I too was told that I was not a customer of leong brothers and that I had received a client package in error instead of a guest package, along with other unbelievable
explanations. However not to give up Anthony is going to talk to management because
he believes that the prize should be rightfully mine as the mix up was their fault etc etc
He was tripping over his lies that made him sound like an idiot along with being a scammer
All I can say is shame on then and feel sad that some people have been hurt.
I received the 170,000 usd Prize from abadi holidays.Then I was told it was a mistake because I was not a client of the sponsor Leong Brothers.I am waiting for the next step.
Hi have received the glossy pamphlet and yes guess what my scratch ticket contained second prize of $us170,000. As I am aware of the many dishonest incidences coming out of Asia I was suspicious and remained so as I began to "play along".
Remember "if it sounds to good to be true, then it is".
I responded to "Anthony.lo.abadiholidays.com." and there began the cat and mouse game. After a whole lot of protracted garbage I finally told the writer of the E Mails that I would contact the Malaysian authorities . His response defied all logic and made me laugh. You have to admit that their glossy pamphlet plus enclosed scratch ticket looked pretty convincing but there was a lot of hidden warning clues. Anthony has not finished with his bull shit to me yet so it’s time to rain the little bastard in. Forgive the language
as I hate people like him/them and they spoil it for good honest Asians.
Yeah Same here….. Quite convincing. Tho stamps on envelope used and not auto franked.
check these names and numbers: Ranson Chee (Malaysia) 6011 2674 8402 or +6014-9896 590 / 591 @the famosa and Kenny Tay (Hong Kong) 852 9350 8229. with the major sponsor Jacob and Harry Limited. Some of minor sponsors are real though not necessarily aware of the association.
Had some interesting incriminating/detailed emails too. Anyone needs it let me know.
Yes, I nearly got hooked ready to send the $US3600 but for the warning from a lovely lady from the Post office.
Carlos Tay sounded so friendly-well-groomed for the job no doubt. They wanted me to fly to Hong Kong to receive the prize. HA HA! just as well I couldn’t afford it. Alex Choo from Leon and Philip are "the sponsors"
30 April. Hi all, from new zealand, I to just won 2nd prize of usd $170,000.00 and Spoke with Ranson.
Im to much of a skeptic , but was fun dreamin for a night of how I would spend it.thanks to my sis who instantly looked up this site
Mandy Martin N.Z
I have just received the same scam documents and two scratch & win cards in the mail. This time the scam involves Abadi Holiday as the travel agent in Malaysia and Leong Brothers Holdings in Hong Kong as the sponsor. According to the scratch & win, i have won 2nd prize with a value of $170,000USD. After many phone calls with Abadi Holidays (Carlos Tay) and Leong Brother Holdings (Edmond Tan) we have got to the point where i am required to pay 4.5% of the prize value to a Honk Kong court as an insurance bond until the money is paid into my bank account and receipts of ther deposit has been submitted by me to the court.
Thanks to you this is not going to happen and when i get the next call from either Mr Tan or Tay ( i expect this afternoon)i will be telling them to (#$&$%$#%)off.
Thanks again
The current one seems to be Abadi Holiday. Same old $160,000 but as yet no request for personal data. In fact they are offering a bank cheque subject to verification. I think this is where the personal information will be required.
I received two scratch cards a few weeks ago claiming I had won $160,00USD from peace holidays, and I live in South Australia, now I would like to win $160,000USD but not like this, all winner in real life would have present the winning ticket in person. My two tickets had a date with the bin in pieces.
I live in Victoria and received my scratch tickets from "The Famosa" travel group. I sent an e-mail to Leonardo Keh. He asked me to send a copy of the front and back of the winning ticket. He is going to ring me tomorrow (sat) or Monday morning. May have to waste his time and phone account. The dirty rotten scoundrel.
Hi I just got one, and it was so convincing and each time when the guy talked to me say congratulations, it is a lot of money- I am handling this type of bulk money for the first time. You are so lucky!.
Then pass it to another person in Hongkong- he says I have to go to Hongkong or pay money ($3600)to get the money.
Thank God, I never paid any money.
Scammers go away. they are from Missy travel from Malaysia, and paul and Daniel holdings from Hongkong.
Just received a nice brochure and the 2nd prize scratchy today for $160,000 USD. This time claiming to be ravinetravel which does appear to have a website. I’m glad to have found your site before wasting anymore time. These are going in the rubbish.
If you get a card and call AARON LIM it is a scam and he doesnt give up!
My mum recieved this also here in christchurch new zealand same situation $160000 usd when questioned about scam they very quickly were defensive. Keep ringing all hours etc saying they were having a video confrence as my mum wasnt a client so they wernt sure wether they would honour prize but then came back and said they would as they are a respectable company and do not want bad publicity everyone should be very aware do not let them trick you!!’
Just experienced the same scam. We received a "winning" scratch ticket – $160000Us. We checked scamming sites etc, but for some reason couldn’t find anything under the company name littledottravel.com – so went along with it. Did all of our other homework too – even rang the ACCC.
In the end it took quite a few days before we realised it was a scam. Same story as everyone else reports here: we’re not a client, mix-up in the mail room, they will check with the sponsors (ours were "Wayne and Chris Holdings", dealt with a so-called, Leonardo Keh and Edmond Tan, the sponsors are going to honour the prize to avoid bad publicity…we thought we really had done our homework, and it wasn’t until they asked for the $3500 that we realised. To be honest, I had thought they were too disorganised (with the mix ups, the miscommunications, etc) to be organised crime/ professional scammers. I’ve since learned this is what is referred to a ‘grooming’ – or being hoked in. It would be quite clever if it wasn’t so, utterly dispicable.
Lucky for us they didn’t get any serious information, and no harm done other than a whole lot of my time wasted. Definately a learning experience.
just got one today in Queenstown New Zealand!
Oops! I forgot to mention: some of the text used on the "Kenny & Gary Limited" (so-called sponsor) homepage [to make it look like real company] is lifted straight from a US Federal Reserve page:
http://www.frbatlanta.org/consumer/highlight_11ncpw.cfm
Still, a phony that could fool quite a few people, I think.
Yep, if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, chances are good it’s a duck. These folks sure walk and quack like scammers. I opened a bank account with no funds in it, ’cause I thought the whole thing sounded like a scam — so now they have the bank number for a bank I don’t trade with normally anyway. I wish I’d known about this site sooner — I could’ve saved myself the trouble. Why don’t law enforcement agencies doing something about these people? The scammers seem to have been able to carry on doing this with impunity for quite some time.
Scam now hitting NZ, just got one in mail box Alicetown Lower Hutt, BLISS TOURISIM (with .com) is the new name used, same tickets 160000USD etc.
Interestingly no post mark so must have been dropped off in person. This is a pure scam, dont fall for it.
I looked up website for Platinumstar Travels – and got a ‘danger’ warning from internet security. Not a good sign. Then found this site – such a surprise, I don’t think!
It’s a case of the old saying – ‘they contacted you/me – must be good for them, not you or me.’ Believe me – no such thing as a free lunch!
I just would like to give a huge thumbs up for the great info you have here.
Thanks for confirming what I already thought.
Watch out for PlatinumStar Travels.
Scratch lottery tickets, same spiel.
The man who rang me was Justin Koko (who also gets a mention elsewhere in these posts.
Thank you for this site!
I am in Australia and have just received a scratchy confirming I have won $160,000.
Thank you for this site
If it’s too good to be true…Then it is a scam…
thought I would check out the scam details and their website before making an arse of myself…
Their website was developed in 2005, and has not been updated since…
Thanks for this site…
ha i thought my luck had change only to get home and find out its a scam mine was from missy travel
We recieved same scratch type cards from a company
called blisstourism,supposed to have won USD160000
follow up was that a fee of USD7000 was reguired of
which i was to pay half, left them to stew in their own juices.
just got one today, so glad i found this site.
they are still in the middle of trying to scam me, they are going to ring me again tonight or tomorrow.
things aren’t going to go the way they think. lol
They have now hit Wellington. Same names ,same prizes.. Thanks to this site I have confirmed my suspicions
Thank you for all your comments,i,too received personally addressed mail from MrTerence LEE,@ decenttours.com with scratch-it which showed second prize win of usd160,000.oo. Have provided all the required information. To date have not received any request for payment of "taxes" or any other payment. Iknew it was too good to be true but went along with it too see just where it would lead.
My wife just won as well! Missy Travel. I have reported to Australian government scam watch and will look for a similar Malaysian government agency to report to. It is very convincing.
Have also received one from missy travel, as the old saying goes … "If it sounds to good to be true ….". Straight in the bin! It is sad that someone people may actually sent the money though.
elaborate measures to hook people in i got a letter today with the exact same situation as those before me smart enough to google the contents thank you all for your previous posts hate scammers do a honest days work for a honest days pay you pigs june 2012 was the first post here almost 12months later and still going wish someone could stop these guys before someone falls for their trap.
I got one last Friday, same thing company was missy travel and John & Daniels holdings in Hong Kong were the sponsor, they nearly had me until I found this site, so thank yogi
also received similar glossy broucher and 2 scratch tickets won 160,000,from missy travel malaysia.elaborate web site,same as others different name dont get caught
I recieved two letters in the mail on the 26/03/2013, both had enclosed a well designed brochure, both had a scratch card saying that we had won $160 USD. We called the ph number, Aaron Lim asked that we scan and email back the tickets. Thanks to my sister checking this site we have not sent the email.
don’t have anything to do with Ardian Chu Charles Kong Noah Yat Summit finance in hongkong sparks tourism they are all scammers and theives about fake
lottery $160,000usd they ARE SCAMMERS I Hope they
get caught and punished to full extent of law
Yes, also just received this well designed brochure and scratch card in the mail.
The envelope had my name and address on it with physical postal stamps on it from Malaysia. Someone has spent a lot of money on this scam by the looks of it. Funny wording in the brochure though. First thing I did was look up on google about travel lottery scams – and here it is.
Do people genuinely ACTUALLY ever follow through and pay money in hope of receiving their winnings? Guess some do, it just baffles me the efforts these people go to like this.
Hifrom Auckland NZ
We also have received these scratch tickets on the
04/4/13. We were immediately suspicious of this but called the ph no on the scratch card,and emailed this back to Arron Lim.
Thanks to our son we were able to look into this web site and confirm our suspicions.
I have now emailed the radio station 1ZB in Auckland to try to inform as many people as possible of this scam.
John
Yes ME too ! On 5th April I got a well designed brochure and two scratchy tickets, one saying I’d won 2nd prize of USD160,l000. Very nice. Then I had a thought – a SCAM ? I checked the email site – thanks for the warning !
I received this mail yesterday, with one of the scratch cards saying I had won US$160.00. Had a hunch it was scam. Glad I checked this website. I did email [email protected] to tell them I received their mail, and for them to give further info. Very aware NOT to give bank details,phone number etc. but hope they don’t take advantage of my email address.
I must admit, I was quite excited …. For a few minutes, then after visiting their website, smelt a rat. The rat was [email protected]!
Friday April 5th 2013
Yes they are very active this lot I Have a ticket
USD winner $160,000 2nd prize and sent an email
to the ticket issuers – guess who called me
MR LEONADRO KEH from Malaysia – sent him a scanned
copy of my ticket and yes he confirmed it was a winner – and I get a personal invite to the grand opening of there new travel agency ra ra ra – now he called this morning – do i have my client id number
hmmm dont know what you are talking about now ??
lucky i found this site this morning – I will deal
with Mr Leonardo Keh when he calls back – WATCH OUT FOR DECENT TOURS BROCHURES. rotten mongrels these
people shouled get a real job and work for a living
like the rest of us poor bastards.
Yes these mongrels tried it on us too scratch and win from decent tours $160,000 second prize. logged onto their web site could not find any info on scratch and win so I emailed them. Leonardo Keh (Low mongrel) phoned us very convincing asked us to scan both sides of tricket and email. He phoned the following day and said he did not receive it I thought does this guy really want to give me money so badly that he would phone. Googled scams decent tours and there it was I am waiting for this lower than a snakes belly to phone back again it wont be pretty Ha Ha
Hahah, me too… nearly sucked in today, in NZ! The company was called Bliss Tourism, who happened to be having a 9th Anniversary promotion. I had also won US$160,000 and was told to scan my scratch ticket and email it to [email protected]. Thanks to this site, I won’t be bothering! Thank you & keep up the good work!
I received it also. Emailed them and they ask account number (which i didnt give), driving licence number and date of birth. I was dealing with kelvin loo and terence lee. then i checkd for scam, thanks.
I "won" USD160,000 with lottery ticket from Peace Holidays in Malaysia. Contact there was Bryan Wong – very convincing. Same story as others on this site. Principal sponsor was Jerry and Teresa Limited in Hong Kong, contact Calvin Lo. Slick operation but I bailed out when they wanted bank account details.
It would be nice if they could be prosecuted! Thanks for this site.
Yes also received the brochure and 2 tickets one saying $160.000 he has rang me several times a day his name is Gabriel from peace holidays, I would not give bank details I am not that stupid however did get my email address and drivers licence no in the beginning, I hope they cannot tap into my email account or use my licence no for anything, not sure what to do.
I received a letter in the mail with a Woods Tourism Travel brochure and 2 scratch tickets. One of them said I won 2nd prize of USD$160,000. I went on their website looking to see if it was real, and I thought it was legitimate. I emailed them and they asked me to scan the front and back of the winning ticket and also the envelope it arrived in. I have been dealing with Aaron Lim. Many phone calls later, after discussions in barely audible bad english, they told me the sponsor is honoring the ticket as it would be bad publicity for the company. I was asked for verification details, including my bank account number, drivers licence number, full name and date of birth etc. I am meant to call an Edmond Tan tomorrow (who is apparently the sponsor) in order to get the prize. What a rip off! I emailed them to tell them not to contact me any more, this is after I had given them so many of my personal details!! Gutted.
We received the same scam from Cherry Tourism with two tickets, one was the second prize of USD160,000. When they asked for USD3,600 we became very suspicious and found this web site. We are now closing our bank account.
You read about it happening, but not to you!
I got the same letter in the email from Peace holidays- two scratch tickets and amazingly I won $160,000 USD! I figured out that it was a scam and finally found this website. I asked the company to leave me alone and still i got this email today
" tried to call you twice today but no one answered the phone. I regret to
inform you that our company has encountered an issue with regards to your
prize-claiming.
I have checked with our co-sponsors but none of them has any membership
records existing under your name. Thus I had consulted my manager about
the problem yesterday.
My manager has confirmed the situation and informed our main sponsor,
Jerry & Teresa Limited, about this but as of now they seemed reluctant to
honor
you the prize if you are not affiliated with any of the participating
companies involved in this competition.
My management is very concerned about this and my manager has investigated
with our marketing department as well as to where and how did our company
obtain your mailing address. He has informed me to attend a video
conference meeting to be held between Peace Holidays and Jerry & Teresa
Limited tomorrow morning. Our company feels that it will be extremely
unfair to you if our sponsor do not honor the prize as we had scanned and
verified the authenticity of your ticket.
As of now I am not able to promise you anything, Miss Abbott, but we will
try our best to speak to our sponsor.
Kindly scan a copy of the envelope and the brochures that came along with
it, and email it to me, if you still have them. Our sponsor is kind of
skeptical as to how you obtain the scratch tickets and require proof from
you that you indeed receive the envelope from us by mail, and not because
you received them from someone else. I sincerely apologize for any
inconveniences caused to you."
Definetly go a long way to pull you in as still no mention of money!
Just received this today. Scratched it and said I’d won 2nd prize USD160,000. Thought I would check it out online and came across this site. Thanks so much.
Received in South Australia 22nd March 2013 from Peace Holidays with the sponsor of Jerry & Teresa Limited. Of course I won 2nd prize. I had fun dreaming. Thanks so much for this site.
scratch scratch! yes! I won $160,000 USD. Then my scam brain kicked into gear. It is to good to be true, like all other scams. My question is why can’t these people be shut down?
I almost got sucked in by this piece of useless crap. I decided to check out scamwatch.govt.nz and also the department of internal affairs and woodstourism was there. I thought about stringing him along and try to scam him back but in the end I just let fly with a torrent of verbal abuse and told him to get a life. So far he has not called back and didn’t like it when I said he has come to the attention of interpol and the E-Crimes branch of the New Zealand police.
I received a letter in the mail with a Tunes to Travel brochure and 2 scratch tickets. One of them said I won 2nd prize of USD$160,000. I went on their website looking to see if it was real, and I thought it was legitimate. I emailed them and they asked me to scan the front and back of the winning ticket and also the envelope it arrived in. I have been dealing with Leonardo Keh. After many phone calls, particularly because we are not clients of theirs, the sponsor is honoring the ticket as it would be bad publicity for the company. I was asked for verification details, including my bank account number, drivers licence number, full name and date of birth etc. I am meant to call an Edmond Tan tomorrow (who is apparently the sponsor) in order to get the prize. So bummed I did not look at this first as they know so many of my personal details!!
Well unfortunately my husband and myself, who I will add are also intelligent, cautious people like the rest of you, also nearly were sucked into this scam. We received the Cherry Tourism brochure with two tickets one of course the winning 2nd prize USD160,000. Was sure it was a scam but we pressed ahead checked out all the sponsors and there they all were seemingly legitimate! We also got in touch with a young man called Justin Kok scanned ticket, envelope etc and received a big speil about how they got our name and a long story I wont bore you with but we were about to sign a confidentiality agreement today although we hadn’t been told yet about the so called fee, that would have started the alarm bells ringing. I still had a feeling and after hanging up the phone from my husband I typed Mark and Carrie Investments into google and came up with this site! Rang my husband back pronto huge disappointment of course but the old saying holds true if it sounds too good to be true! Thank goodness for sites like this and all of you.
What an elaborate scam this is!! I got sucked in to scanning details etc and got the call explaining Hong Kong Law and the need for 4.5% fee to be split between us to process. They are bloody clever ! My company was Woods Tourism and their sponsor was Kenny & Gary Limited web site kglimited-hk.com
Doing the rounds in NZ .Yes I too won 2nd Prize USD160000. I emailed the company "Tunes to travel" asking if it was a hoax/scam. An Aaron Lim promptly phoned me "Hoax-no way check our website… scan a copy of ticket to him for verification….and phone him when I have sent" I scanned it through and waited… Decided to check them out in the meantime and found this site. Knew it was tooo good to be true but hey you never know your luck LOL..
Dont be fooled by these fraudsters.
They have reached Tasmania also, thought it was too good to be true
YES A SCAM, I THOUGHT ALL ALONG THAT IT MIGHT BE BUT WAS TOTALLY SUCKED IN BY LEONARDO KEH AT SO CALLED CHERRY TOURISM, MALAYSIA AND THE PLATINUM SPONSOR IN MY CASE WAS MARK AND CARRIE HOLDINGS, HONGKONG. I AM SO GLAD THAT I FOUND THIS WEBSITE BEFORE NEARLY PARTING WITH $3600.00. I HAD TO SPEAK TO EDMOND TAN IN HONGKONG. THEN THEY ARE VERY VERY CONVINCING ABOUT THE IDEA THAT IT IS A LEGAL REQUIREMENT IN HONGKONG THAT IF ANYONE IS TRANSFERRING ANYTHING OVER $100,OOO OUT OF HONGKONG TO GET A LETTER OF AUTHORIZATION THROUGH THE HONG KONG COURTS AND THE COMPANY WOULD BE LIABLE FOR HALF OF THE 4.5% FEE AND MYSELF THE OTHER HALF, ie $3600. THIS THEY SAY WOULD BE REFUNDED MINUS $100 – $200 COURT COSTS. i HOPE THAT NOONE ELSE GETS SCAMMED. I WILL TRY TO POST A SCANNED IMAGE OF MY TICKET AND THE BROCHURE.
We have received the exact same "glossy brochure" and scratch tickets, the name of this one is Cherry Tourism. We, like many others have won 160,000USD!! Called the number and was transferred to a very convincing Bryan Wong who asked us to scan and email the "winning" ticket along with the envelope. He is apparently calling tomorrow to explain how we can collect our prize – but we are ready for him! We have downloaded an app so we can record the call and post it on here and other scam websites so people can hear the spiel they give to convince people to part with their own cash before receiving their "prize". Very frustrating and really makes me so angry that these scamming bastards are getting money for nothing!! I also can’t believe how elaborate the brochure and tickets are, for a mere moment we believed it could be real 🙁
Stay tuned for recorded phone call……
HA HA they got me to, I went along with all their story until they wanted an account number to "transfer my USD 160,000.00 into" It was at that time that a relative rang and said that they had won the same amount from a different company – Watch out for WOODS TOURISM- Leonardo Keh and also 0085298219677 Mr Dickson Lee.
They have a crappy website and a very bad understanding of the English language
Bloody TIME WASTERS !!
I am sure that they will con some old lady into giving away too much information and steal her life savings !!
ASIAN BASTARDS !!
yep…Woods Tourism Malaysia – appears palusable at first with the $1600000 sencond prize win. Totoal scam.
Yup – doing the rounds in NZ too. If it’s too good to be true then it probably is. Wow I’ve won USD 160,000 – for goodness sakes – who’s going to give that amount of money away – there’s a recession on. Went on this website to see if I could somehow warn people and lo and behold you are all on to it.
The moment I opened the envelope and saw the brochures, I knew there was something fishy going on. I scratched the tickets to find, yes, thank you, and then, $160,000 USD! Even though I knew this was too good to be true, I e-mailed the company. [email protected] e-mailed back asking for my phone number. I e-mailed it back. And so the tooing and froing began. We are at the stage where, despite me not being a client, our sponsor is honoring the ticket as it would be a bad publicity for the company. Now I have been asked for identification. He told me they will send money via international bank to bank exchange. Now just for a moment I almost believed this to be true, even though my instinct said it wasn’t real. Aaron is ringing in a few hours as he called during ‘witching hours’. My children need feeding, bathing, reading and bed. So, Thank you all out there. I would not have sent any money. We have none to send but appreciate knowing the truth.
Im going threw that now company being decent tours rep bryan wong also im a 2nd prize winner for usd160,000,00 also they want me to pay $3600.00 and 3500.00 gets refunded im so glad i looked it up or i could of also been scammed wait till the bastard rings me in the morning he will hear all about it…big sponsers are ment to be eddie and melisa holdings people beware i hope they get caught also phone number +601126799070 also +6011267990 71.. Another associate calvin ho +85298221466 and that one is a hong kong number..
[email protected] & http://woodstourism.com/ are my scammers!!!
I recieved a random brochure in the mail from this company with 2 scratchy cards free for their 9th birthday anniversary! I scratched 1 and wow won $160,000.00USD.I then emailed them and told them! they then phoned me and said please scan ticket and email it to us! They sounded excited which got me excited then……………no response, no email, no phone call…I have emailed numours times since! still no reply! But I still wait in hope!hahaha
I RECEIVED A SCRATCH TICKET ALSO SAYING I WON 160,000.iSENT A EMAIL AND HAD PHONE CALLS ALSO ASKING TO PAY THE HONGCONG GOVT.A GUY CALLED ETHAN KEH MADE NUMEROUS PHONE CALLS TO ME EVEN AT MY WORK. LUCKY I DID NOTSEND ANY MONEY. IT WAS ALL VERY CONVINCING I ALSO DREAMED
Can’t believe so many people were promised to be refunded like we were…& STILL WAITING–WHEN?? Is there someone/something that can be done so all innocent people like us can have ALL THESE CROOKS ARRESTED, brought to H-K’s HIGHEST COURT, AND FOR THEIR PUNISHMENT, FINED THEN HAVE THEM PAY/REFUND AT LEAST HALF OF THE MONEY TO EVERYONE THEY "SCAMMED!"
THEY SHOULD BE BROUGHT JUSTICE A-S-A-P!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hafa Adai from Guam,we received the same mail scam too. Yes,the Co. is EnormousTourism in Malaysia & claims 9yrs.of existence;wants to come to GU & one main sponsor was Brandon & Kathy Holdings-HK,Their reps.(imposters?)are Alicia Teh, Jerry Kong, Edward Lee, Michael Chan, Andy (Regis.Dept.), Derrick Per-HK Bank.We are "2nd prize winners"(who won nothing-but lost a lot since we are "non-clients")with their bull-shit lottery. If these people are all really imposters, hope someone/something is done because they also mentioned about the H-K High Crt.for a Ltr. of Auth.for them to "legally"transfer our 2nd prize award(electronically! They need to be DONE NOW TO STOP THIS ILLEGAL ACTIVITY A-S-A-P!!
Same thing has happened to my husband and me.Just moved to Tasmania when the ‘lucky’ticket from Pacific Travelling arrived just before Xmas.Same deal we were sucked in big time.They’ll pay one way or another,bad karma.
Thank god i found this site because i too was about to get caught. I got to Mr Yap and a Mr Choo and they promised me that i was aqbout to be paid $160,000 US as long as i forwarded $3600 to pay the Hong Kong government.
Mr Yap is going to call me at 6 pm tonight (23/1) to confirm everything. I can’t wait to give the prick the good news.
hi im another stupid person that fell for it. we sent 3,200 to western union. they told me as soon as they recievr funds they would call. Not a call after that. please dont be like me i fell for it. spoke to a mr. wiiliam gho. and a edwrd lee in hong kong. that was my families whols savings. what can we do?
Hi,
Sam think hapen to me! I’m at the stage that I wan to fly to Honk Kong and colect the win. What should I do? Please anyone have any info on this?
Same thing still happening, they are just rotating the names. Stephen Yap now works for Principal Tourism, same tickets, same $160,000 second prize. Thankfully I was suspiscious and googled it and ended up here!!
The saga continues … to cut a long story short.
Jimmy tells me his client will honour the second prize of $160,00AUD, but he needs to swear me to secrecy, as these tickets were only to be distributed to "clients".
He offers to sign an agreement, on my behalf, but won’t tell me what is in the agreement or even send me a copy.
I have had enough. I’ve stretched it out and strung him along for a few days, adding to his telephone bill.
I tell him I am aware of his scam, thank him for his time. See ya Jimmy.
I have been scammed. Lost $3600 giving funds to Lotus Life Travels- as a deposit to release the prize money. This was out of a loan on my mortgage, that I was going to use to visit my grandchildren overseas>
I always thought I was too smart to fall for this type of thing,,,but there you go. Its CRIMINAL I wish there was some justice to this situation.
Yep, exactly the same as everyone else, one ticket reading "Thank You" and the other "2nd Prize USD160,00".
I played along, scanning the the "winning"ticket" for Jimmy Kee at Lotus Life Travels to verify. He rings back and advises it has been verified as an authentic "winning" ticket.
I am congratulated as being a winner and invited to the official opening of their Sydney Office in April.
He asks for my address details and client number.
Oh dear. I don’t have a client number, but he will check his data base and get back to me.
Jimmy calls back and queries my lack of customer number. Did I have dealings with an associate company of theirs? How did I obtain the "Winning" ticket.
He will now take up the matter on my behalf with his management in Hong Kong.
Stay tuned for further developents
im a 2nd prize winner who got bull shit from jimmy kim that man can kill hope and feed you with nothing but lies…
hope enormoustourism dies and gos to hell if there real.
Hafa Adai from Guam, We received the same mail scam. The company was Enormous Tourism in Malaysia and the main sponsor was Brandon and Kathy Holdings- Hong Kong. The person from Enormous is named Stephen Yap and the Brandon and Kathy rep is named Edward Lee. Thank the Lord I did a google search. Same song and dance.
I too received the same two tickets, but silly me being desperate and thinking I had won contacted them with all of the same responses as you all have had. I was just hoping it was real as someone from Hong Kong cleared out my bank account on Christmas Day by hacking in through my wireless internet, so yes I was hoping I had won but thankyou to all you kind people I won’t be scammed this time. I don’t have any money to give them anyway as they have already taken that. So my family and I have not had a great start to the new year and it could take months for me to get back the money and it will deffinately take me months to catch up on the bills…I hope you rot in hell you rip off. Karma is coming for you all soon.
ATTENTION: Can anybody please send us pictures of these fake brochures or scratchies so we can post them on this page?
Please send them at: [email protected].
Thank you!
Scam Detector Team
I received a brochure and thought the envelope looked suspicious….no return address, my name is not even on it, only my address, and Malaysian stamps. I opened and found the brochure, and two lottery scratch cards. I didn’t really pay attention to it for a couple of days. Last night I went through my mail again and was about to toss it out, but then decided to scratch just to satisfy my curiosity! One just read "thank you", the other one read "2nd Prize USD 160,000.00 (one of 2 2nd prizes in their lottery!) with a money bag pictured on top! I didn’t even read details in the brochure yet, I just focused on the scratch cards. After seeing that I won, of course I read the entire brochure, it seemed legit and authentic, but only one short paragraph about the tickets. All contact info matched. Checked the website, looked like one too, (but I’ve seen much better) I found it weird that you click on several links and there was one that kept saying error!! Decided to google instead! Thank God, I came across this. I was about to call the phone number on it, but wanted to do further research. It’s not that great a brochure, but it has enough on it to look like one, full color even!!
In answer to Sue’s question about how these scammers sleep at night, I imagine they sleep in the hotels they advertise. at the expense of innocent prey that fall for these scams!!!
The Company Name is Enormous Tourism and their website is http://www.enormoustourism.com
It’s amazing after reading all the comments how many 160,000.00 winners are out there, even though there is only supposed to be 2 winners!
The real winners are the ones smart enough not to fall for these scams! I feel sorry for the ones that have! 🙁
Please Be Warned!!
I am glad.I googled about lottery tickets that led me to this issue scam. I did receive the same lottery from enormous tourism with the same as thomas above from Guam. I emailed back and called the number indicated and confirm that the ticket is genuine? tomorrow they will send me tje claim form
once received I will tell them straight.forward.about.this scam.
Received two tickets as well, but my first impression of the envelope, it looks sloppy – only my mailing address and no return address, stamps from Malaysia. I searched the website http://www.enormoustourism.com and the website is of poor quality. SCAMMERS!!! desperate for money…Get a Real Job losers.
Yes, have and the same experience. This time from Standard Travelling, pretty ordinary web site. Jimmy Kim has contacted a coupe of times, I’ve sent a scanned copy of the ticket, now he is on about finding my client details, and has taklked about contacting the guys from Alvin & Yumi in Hong Kong. Obviously after finding this site I have not intention of giving them any more info.
I have received the same by the name of concord holiday. I did not know that this scam come from Malaysia. They have very good website -http://www.concordholiday.com/index.html
If you see their website, you will be convinced for sure.
Hi, I am yet another winner of the above mentioned prizes.
I did what most others did, searched the sponsor websites which all look legit, though their copyrights are outdated.
The website itself lotuslifetravels.com has a nice little touch saying they won a travel award in 2012.
What made me search further was that my husband and I had just visited singapore and maybe our address was passed on somehow through the Shangri-la network, but was VERY suspicious when I received another two scratchies at my holiday house address!! Is this just coincidence or are these people hacking and then trawling phone books or utility account files? I dont believe I have this address listed against my name apart from with Utility companies.
Imagine having this type of gig as a job. Not sure how they sleep at night.
Enormous Tourism Scracth Ticket, 02415-59100 ISBN 168-5-86135-7, 9 591685 861357 9th Anniversary Scratch & Win Good Luck, Winner’s Details. By the way, My name is Tomas R. Cabanayan Jr. Single. Ages;49 years old. U.S. Citizen. DOB. 07/01/1963. SSN. 586-72-3692. Address. #2 Jahame Apt. Agat Guam, U.S.A. 96915. Mailing Address. P.O. BOX 8755 AGAT GUAM, U.S.A. 96928. Fortunately, I did win the Complimentary Lottery Prizes of 2nd Prize: Cash USD160,000.00. Please send me some information about obtaining this prize details reward now. Thank You very much. Happy New Year To You All.
Majestic, My Perfect Paradise, Concord Holiday, Principal Tourism are some of their names. I will say tho they have spent a bit in brochures, scatchies and phone calls so hopefully it back fires on them. the bastards
Sparks tourism is also involved a company that has no legal entity summit finance hong kong
charles kong ardrian choo a person Jun Kin goh Noah Yat
128 Glouster rd Wanchai china
steals you money bank acoount details medicare card
Fake Lottery all the same as above
bad karma is all they are and they will get there bad
karma back right this very moment law of attraction
lying scam artists
Someone should notify the hong kong courts lock them
away forever they deserve the death penalty. That would stop them forever.
Adrian Choo, Charles Kong, Noah Yat All Bad Karma
All Theives AND Scam Artists Will Get The Law Of Attraction Back At Them Now For Lying Fraudesters
Dec 27 2012. I am also a winner of $160,000. They must have a lot of winners out there. Didn’t even bother to ring them.
Thursday 20th December and Im the winner of $160,000, 2 scratchie tickets, 1 will nothing one with the 160k prize. Spoke to them a handful of times on the phone, very smooth slick operation, had to scan filled in ticket to be verified and then finaly told I need to cough up around $4000 for a court application to transfer $160,000 USD out of Hong Kong. Absolute Parrasites. Anything with Lotuslifetravel should ring alarm bells.
Just received 2 tickets today from "Lotus Life Travel" to my home in Australia. Thought it was odd that the envelope had an address sticker (crooked) and Malaysian stamps rather than from a franking machine, that is, a mass mailing house. Same deal, one ticket that says ‘thank-you’ and the other with 2nd prize of $US160,000. Looked up their website http://www.lotuslifetravels.com. Thought it odd that a travel company would have no pricing & offers etc. on their site. Called them up, I was *very* suspicious. Spoke with a Robert Ho who was stand-off’ish himself as he claimed there were many people falsely claiming to have the winning tickets. He asked me to fill out name details on the ticket which is the address (they already have that, so whatever..), and age and occupation – bugger I put that on, guess that’ll be on-sold 🙁 and then scan the ticket front and back. My thought all along was give minimal info – I even sent the scan via an email account I don’t often use but did supply a phone number (bugger! again).
Robert said that they’d have their IT department verify the ticket and that he’d call me tomorrow either way. Thanks to this thread I now know what to expect. Many thanks.
Recieved a letter today from Malaysia with 2 scratchs in it one 2nd prize 160,000 other thankyou.. thought scam straight away,rang the number on the back and was put threw to the so called claims department spoke to a stephen yap from lotus life travels,he told me he has to do verification on the ticket so i needed to scan the ticket and email it to them luckly i did my reseach,although i know if someone asked me to send money overseas that i didnt know id tell them to stick it, im so glad there are websites like this one out there so people can be pre warned about these horrible people, if you get one throw it away..
He is a very smooth operator. Must spend all day on the phone.
Be warned SCAM !!!!!!
I too have received the promotion brochure and also have "won" USD 160,000. Wow!!! scam,scam,scam. I Became very suspicous when I noticed two glaring mistakes in the brochure. won’t say what they are at this time.Must admit very sneaky to offer two scratchies, one nothing, the other "Wow".
Regards,
Darrell Fuller
I’m yet another "winner" of USD 160,000. I see they did a rather bad job on their web site – the Contact and About Us links on their Promotions page points to http://www.theultimatetravelcompany.co.uk – I guess that is who they stole their web from.
Am in Sydney, Australia. Just got the same tickets from Standard Travelling in Malaysia…..immediately thought scam, scam, scam but emailed them and they replied so I rang them. Spoke to Stephen Yap who has been mentioned in other emails here. Exactly the same story – scan the envelope and ticket to him at [email protected] Yes, he was very convincing and soooo excited that I had won $160,000. Think he was surprised that I was so dead pan and unexcited. When I said I didn’t have access to a scanner he came up with the "idea" of taking photo with my phone and emailing it. He was soooo apologetic that he could not assist me further today until the ticket was authenticated. THEY ARE VERY GOOD at what they do – beware! I have noticed mention in other emails of a sponspor Alvin & Tony Limited. Standard Travelling are using the name Alvin & Yumi Limited as their major sponsor. The other sponsors names look legit from their website. Surprising (not!) Alvin & Yumi Limited do not have a website. No mention from them yet re sending money – will be interesting to see if they contact me when I don’t email them the scanned ticket etc. I’m sure they will ring me – they have my mobile number now. I specifically asked him to go through the process once the ticket was authenticated and asked if there were any membership fees or other fees required to claim the prize and he acted so surprised and said why would there be membership fees to claim a prize? So very sorry for those who have sent money – remember if it sounds too good to be true, it is! I hope they are spending their ill gotten gains in telephone costs ringing around the world! A very cruel scam to play on people – hopefully these people get "their" just rewards one day.
20/12/2012 – Newcastle
My pensioner Dad also received the same info ("Standard Travelling" brochure – this company even has a half decent web site – but no mention of the Lottery competition – so maybe the company is legit, but being used by the scamers).
Same deal – two scratchies – ones says "thank you" the other says "you have won $160,000 USD" . Thanks to all the other posts on this web site. Didn’t expect it to be genuine, but oldies can get pulled in and build up false expectations by such slick scams.
I have contacted Dept of Fair Trading re this brochure to check it out. This has been registered as a scam. Everything said above is correct. Cant give up my day job just yet
It’s amazing how many more than the 2 prizes of $160,000 mentioned in the brochure seem to exist!!
The bottom line is that you’re not going to win a competition you didn’t enter in the first place!
First thing I did was do a search on the net for travel company lottery scams and this site was first on the list!
If you read the brochure very carefully, it is full of mistakes and the standard fine print outlining competition dates and lottery registration etc. is missing>
HI Lucky I just checked this site about the scam and although I was hoping that I won the money i will not waste my time with scanning the ticket etc. Thank you for writting and alerting about the scam. I gave them my mobile no. and they have my email but hopefully they can’t do anything.
i too was nearly one of those unfortunate people , except my gut feeling kicked in , I recieved 2 tickets too , both tickets 2nd prize of US$160,000 from Grand Imperial Travels, with a brochure. The story is exactly the same- I wasn’t a client therefore I needed to send $1800 after many phone conversations with Marcus Khoo for government authorisation to protect them and me from fraud and money laundering (they should know!). The people talking to me were Mr Marcus Khoo from Malaysia (2 543 000 18250 ) & Adrian Choo of Hong Kong (0011 852 9823 7199 )unfortunately when they ring me it comes up as a private number, yes they are very persistant , hopefully they will be caught and suffer the justice of the courts
I’ve just received a glossy brochure from "Pacific Travelling", telling me I’ve won USD 160,000 . Wow!
Obviously it’s a scam, and their motto is: "We’d love to take you for a ride". Boy, ain’t that the truth.
Their address is: Lot PT 2481, Jalan Padang Hiliran4, 21100 Cabang Tiga, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu.
It’s a scam – why would a Malaysian company give US dollars to someone in Australia? Beware!
HAFA ADAI!
SO LIKE THE REST OF YOU, I RECEIVED THE SAME SCRATCH CARD IN THE MAIL TODAY ONE SAYING THANK YOU AND THE OTHER SAYING USD 160,000. I WAS ABLE TO CONTACT THE NUMBER THAT WAS ON THE CARD AND THEY DIDNT ASK FOR MONEY BUT THEY WANTED ME TO SCAN THE SRATCH CARD AND EMAIL IT TO THEM. NOT TO SURE WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT. BY THE WAY IM FROM GUAM.
Yes we got caught too on the 11th December, glossy colour brochure 2 tickets with scratchies on them, one saying Thank-you and the other 2nd prize worth $160,000 USD. As we were not a client had to pay $3600 for authorization from the court. We were speaking with a William Goh in Malaysia, Ph No 601126707859 and a Edward Lee in Hong Kong and a Frankie Lo also in Hong Kong, ph. no. 85298237199.
They are good at it aren’t they.
I just got 2 tickets too , one thank you and a 2nd prize of US$160,000 from Grand Imperial Travels, with a brochure. The story is exactly the same- I wasn’t a client therefore I needed to send $3600 for government authorisation to protect them and me from fraud and money laundering (they should know!). The people talking to us were Robert Ho in Malaysia and Adrian Choo in Hong Kong, they are very convincing and persistent.
just happened to me too..pacific travelling….i won 160000 usd ….not eligible as Im not a client…..but managed to convince sponsor that I should get the money…only after I pay USD 3600 to secure letter of authorisation…..watch out everyone…They are very convincing!!
Omg it took me ages to find this i recieved the same thing i was silly enough to ring and give out my personal details 🙁 but they want me to send 3600 through western union which i thought was odd so i started looking for anything on Grand imperial travels and also talked through to a BENNY LEIW who seemed like a honest person OBVIOUSLEY NOT!i hope these people get caught its so wrong to do this kind of stuff im so mad and they have my personal details what should i do??thank god i didnt wire through 3600 i just dont have that kind of money anyways HES GOING TO BE CALLING ME TOMORROW BECAUSE HE WANTS THE NET TRANSFER,IM NOT ANSWERING MY PHONE!
Joecilla, I am from guam as well my advise for you is to not answer their call or just tell them off! it’s a SCAM!!.. What I did i told them off after they ask for MONEY!….
Wow the same thing happened to me 2 envelopes and 1 that said Thank You and the other said $160,000USD I thought straight away scam look them up on there website and it looks really legitimate, and was going to go through to see what they would have said to me but I did not give them my phone number as I know about these scams the guy who helped me was Marcus choo, DON’T BE FOOLED THIS IS A SCAM!!!! Thanks to this website I’m just going to burn the tickets. There is a special spot in hell waiting for these people!!!
Same here i thought it’s a christmas card from a family. They just address it to my P.O. Box # no name or return address i notice that the stamp is coming from Malaysia.. I opened it n there is a brochure that says Enormous Tourism and 2 scratch ticket 1 is Thank You and the other 1 is 160,000.00.. At first i knew it’s a SCAM, my husband went ahead and called that number n this guy name Marcus Khoo who assist him and yes he told my husband same thing to scan the winning ticket and envelope alone with his information and email him. He said his going to call him back so he can check his profile if his a member, he did call back and told my husband that his not a member and he will discuss this matter to his manager name Frankie Lo.. He called back and said they grand his winning ticket and they need more information, to scan his drivers license to him and yes he did that again and he said he’ll call back again so they can process his winning prize, he called and asking for his bank account and routing #, well we gave him our savings account that has no funds and now we need to close that account… He did mention that his manager will handle the rest to proceed with the winning ticket, he ask again for his drivers license# , account# and routing as the conversation goes on he mention that he needs to pay 3,200.00 for the government court in HongKong and some kind of authorization letter. My husband told him to minus it from the winning prize and he said he can’t do that cause the check is at their sponsors in HongKong and my husband need to pay his share 3,200. Well my husband told him he don’t have that money and Frankie Lo started to get mad and said CALL me when you have the money and CLICK!! hung the phone, how rude, from there we knew it’s a SCAM!!!.. If ypu do win a lottery they won’t even ask you to pay anything at all they will take the tax% and the remaining goes to you….
We live in the island of guam just reading all this scam. It really hurt me and my family we where about to send $3, 200 of to Hong Kong for a deposit for a lawyer I have speak to a guy by the name of Adrian Choo from Hong kong I have talk to william at malaysia knowing that all of dis was a scam I cant believe knowing that mii hopes was so high only cause christmas was around the corner can someone pls help me and give me a direction what to do only cause there still calling me pls
It also just happened to me. Stephen Yap. $160,000
I had travelled to Borneo earlier this year, so when I received the tickets, i
I at first thought it was something to do with that. I asked the local police about it and they couldnt find anything and even said it was ok to give out bam
nk details. Still not sure I rang and spoke to the bank and was told to " not give out my bank details". Sometimes these scams end up using peoples details to commit fraud, so people be careful. Should be some kind of world law so these people stop doing this kind of thing and wasting our time and building our hopes. They are very persistant , ring alot and not to be trusted.
Aword of caution,a Benny Liew is very convincing and on each call solicits more information.I am waiting on the final hook – send money.
The scam is very professional with a brochure and two scatchie tickets and when you contact the firm,they ask that you fill in your personal details on the ticket,scan them and Email.
Note the replies generally are to your mobile and is hard to understand.
Tear the tickets and brochue up as they are a fake Having booked a holiday recently through another Malaysin travel service it would appear that my detrails have been obtained and even this website has a popup whih leads to the booking site.
I can’t believe I’m reading all this now, I received this same mail with the scratch tickets and also won USD $160,000.00
The guy I spoke to from concord holiday was very convincing, I suspected a scam but thought I’d pursue this just in case I was wrong his name was Albert Leo.
I googled this to see if there was any info about a scam but did not find anything.
I’m pretty worried as they now have a lot of my info + I was dumb enough to pay the $3600 they said would be refunded after the transaction to my account was made.
Has anyone got any info on what or should do from here ?
We live in Adelaide. A few weeks ago we have received an envelope with two scratch tickets from "My perfect Paradise". One of the tickets said thank you, but another was the winning one — $160,000.00. We thought our dreams came true. It all looked legit util they asked us to send them some money.
Be aware! don’t send any money! We nearly got caught.
Malasian Police may be informed about tis Cheater and froud company
Ha! I got the same thing from Concord Holiday. My, my there are a lot of second prize tickets out there when there was only supposed to be two!
They are very convincing with the whole: you’re not one of our clients, but we’ll make an exception for you… stuff.
I felt quite sad. The guy I’m dealing with sounds pretty decent in himself.
They do go on to ask you for a LOT of personal info (red lights blaring all the way through, but start shouting, too, at this point). I’ll not go further, so I don’t know about the claim for taxes, but it says in the fine print on the ticket that the winner is responsible for taxes, so I expect that would come.
And yes – thank God for Google! They’re great at sounding convincing and concerned and baffled. Very elaborate hoax!
Dec 6. 2012
Well I am currently undergoing the very same scam. Got 2 scratch tickets from Enormous Tourism.one with thank you and another with USD $160,000. I’m a below average man living on an island in the pacific.and with a low financial status this really got me hooked.unfortunately I have released some personal info and bank info. But have not lost any money.thank god I found this site. I spoke with a Mr.Johnson Liew who seemed very convincing and has pushed very hard to try and help me claim this prize. He said I was not eligible for the prize and that thier sponsor BRANDON AND KATHY HOLDINGS and manager Mr. Adrian Choo would not pay the prize due to I wasn’t a member of the industry.then the story changed as they said the sponsor would grant me the cash prize. If I would pay $3200 for govt. court fees and international transfer. I have told them I wouldn’t have the money for it and HAVNT heard from them since. But I plan to put an end to this. There is a reserved spot in hell for these people.
I recieved the same thing from Angels Holidays 9th Anniversary. The person i spoke to was assumably named Stephen Yap,he was very chatty and over excited, told me all the same stuff as everyone else, he just hasn’t got to asking for any money yet. A big be careful everyone, my daughter found this site for me thank god
Concord holiday is another name they are operating under they are a bunch of thieves.Concord Holiday are scammers trying to rip off people there is a special place in hell reserved for these people do your homework because the are making these scams look really professional. do not give them anything no information I can not believe I wasted even one second of my time on this. They use other companies logos on the ticket such as Samsung to try and convince you of there credibility.
We got the same thing today. Loved the line –
WE’D LOVE TO TAKE YOU FOR A RIDE. Unfortunately there will be a lot of people who are taken for a ride. They can keep MY USD $160,000.00.
I advised SCAM WATCH of this – am sure they know about it already. I’m still wondering what the brochure is actually meant to say ????
Have also recieved two scratch tickets from Majestic Travelling in Malaysia, one promising 2nd prize of $US160,000. Talked with Johnson Liew, manager was Raymond Leo, same story in that I was not really eligible but the sponsor will award me the prize if I don’t tell anyone. At this stage they want my bank details but have not yet asked for any money. Nice thought, but not money for nothing this time. Seems very convincing and elaborate scam.
Well well well !! Looks like we all have the same story. I made the same call today, emailed the same information including a copy of the envelope. The operative was called Johnson Liew and rang me a number of times and also emailed me. I was also told I was not on their database. I don’t have a client number either. He last called me 20mins ago to say they were going to try and "persuade" their major sponsor to "honour" the $160K prize !!! How can we be so dumb !!!!!! Fortunately I haven’t been asked for any personal information yet. If I had been, it would have been then the penny would have dropped. Thank God for Google !
There must be a lot of second prizes going around as I too received one immediately thought that it was a scam, you get nothing for nothing
the promoters were so keen to give away money they phoned me at my request.
Oscar Wong did not understand the word "scam" so i said just deduct $10,000 and send a cheque but he didn’t understand that either so i pretended to go along with it.
i will send him a copy of this page instead of the required information.
I got a letter in the mail today too. I thought it must be too good to be true. Rang the number, again got an excited person put me through the to the manager. Asked me for the ticket number. Told me it did belong to their company and I needed to fill out the card and send in a photo (front and back) with the details.
Which I thought bugger it I will, it will prob be BS, but hey they already have my address. So I filled it in and sent it. I rang back and they had forgotten who I was already!!!
I did a search for their "resorts" I couldn’t find any information or reviews of their facilities. I could have fallen for this as I have stayed throughout Malaysia, so I assumed that’s how they had my address.
The name of the person I spoke to was Phillip Wa in Malaysia. They have not asked for my cash yet, I’m tempted to string them along for as long as possible. Thanks to everyone for posting your stories. Tell your friends and colleagues.
Got an envelope in my letter-box from somewhere in Malaysia addresed perfectly to me. Thought it was a scam before even opening it as I know nobody in Malaysia or even friends holidaying there. Checked the shiny brochure inside titled "My Perfect Paradise" and the 2 scratchies fell out. I laughed when one revealed "Thank You" and the other "$160,000 USD 2nd Prize". I hadnt entered any competitions this past year at all. The front of their brochure read in big print "We’d Love To Take You For A Ride". Thats when I knew it was a scam..i’m sure they would take me for a ride as well. Anyway I didnt bin the mailing but kept it aside for future reference in case any friends here in South Australia got one as well. I checked for My Perfect Paradise Scam and this site came up to verify my suspicions. Beware and ignore the mail if it arrives in your letter box.
We got one of these brochures today in SA, along with the two tickets (one "Thanks" and one supposedly winning US$160,000. Being used to receiving these types of scams over text or email, we were immediately disbelieving (after all, nothing in life comes free!). The brochure and tickets seem very professional at first but on further inspection there are many spelling and grammar mistakes that a legitimate business would not have. The website is even worse. We did not contact these people, not wishing to give away personal details, but are very much aware that the result is having to pay a "verification fee" of $3600, as well as giving away bank details, in order to claim your "prize". A huge scam. Beware!
Got the scratchies & Pamphlette. Scratchies are crap cardboard. Said because I was not a client I didn’t win. I will not call them They call me. they rang today to say they will pay me the prize money. Wanted drivers licence no. gave them My insurance membership no. They want bank details so I will ask for cheque. Guys Name is Ethan Keh. Mentioned hong kong company Felix & Andrew Holdings. I hate these guys!!!! Someone should blow them up!!!!
2 Days ago I received 2 Scratch tickets and a well presented brochure from My perfect Paradise with a Kuching Sarawak Malaysia address. One ticket say Thank you the other say 2nd Prize US$160,000
I checked up there website what looks very good and presentable but there was no information about this Scratch Ticket competition. I contacted the phone nr on the ticket what is the same as the one on the website. I told the lady on the phone that i won $160,000 and she sound very excited and connected me to the Manager. He ask for my contact phone numbers and after filling in my details, name age client’s number and address he ask me to scan in the winning ticket on both side and email to him at’[email protected]’ I did that he contacted me that this the winning ticket. He asks me for my client number but I told him I do not have a client number. He then asks for my full name to look it up on his computer data base. He contacted me later that my correct name did not come over to him and he could not find me on his database and there sponsor in Hong Kong need the clients’ number. He has contacted me a few times asking me to scan in the envelope I received the ticket in and email it to him with my full name in the email. I told him a few times that I feel this is a scam but he said I am a bit insulted calling this a scan because this is a reputable company. I am not sure to break off any contact with him. When he rings my phone does not tell me his number. This look all so real that I even thinking of sending him the email with the envelope but the back of my mind tell me this much be a scan.
Be aware
Had a similar experience, 2 scratchies, one said thankyou & other USD 160,000.
Sent by "my perfect paradise" travel agency, has a website but does not have any details about the 9th anniversary which was mentioned on the ticket.
Called the # out of curiosity & a person named David Wong asked to send the scan of the ticket.
Tried to search more on this & came across this website. Definitely a scam.
I have reported this last week and the story is the same as all the others. My contact David wong made an error when he rang back with one of his many messages of hope. He forgot to make his phone number private and this number showed on my mobile.
09759101984. This is different from the number on the brochure.
the operation manager in Hong Kong was Jonathen Lee
001185298220056.
We did not give money but they were very convincing until they asked for money.
Liz
We are completely surprised by the amount of victims and comments this scam has generated. If you have a picture of this brochure or even a recorded phone conversation, please send it to us, we would like to publish it here!
And the scam goes on ! I also received a 2nd prize with Principal Tourism .It’s interesting how many of us received a 2nd prize. The Brochure, although attractive , had very little information . The website was rather odd also.I was advised by a friend to check out scamwatch website and sure enough , it’s a scam. What a pity ! Anyway ,at least this may warn others.
Just received one in Melbourne from Principal Tourism, Malaysia. Two tickets, one iwth "Thank You" and the other – wow, I suppposedly won $160K. Checked their website which is not bad but has no info on the "lottery". Did further research and voila! Scam. As others have said, these brochures are very well produced and the tickets seem to be authentic. They are getting more sophisticated in runnimng these scams, so beware!
I received one too and I’m from Gippsland Victoria, very believable until I researched further. They forgot to change the details of their so called sponsor in their website.. I hope no one has lost any money
Received one today. Felt real from the moment I looked at the envelope. Wow they are really convincing. Typed in majestic traveling into google and nothing came up added scam on the end and to my relieve found this site. Also a darwin address
Darwin. Received Majestictravelling scam last week. emailed them and they called back. It was great fun. they said I had won, but actually that I had not supposed to have received the ticket! He is now talking to his boss and the prize ‘sponsor’ in Hong Kong trying to figure out how to get me the money. I am waiting for his reply now. Made them call me. Didn’t waste my money on a phone call. I know its a scam, but good fun for a bit. Just dont give them any info or $…
Thanks for posting this everyone. I got one as well. Exactly the same experience. It’s good that the internet is a way of sharing our knowledge about these scammers!
In Palmerston, NT. Received 2 tickets last Friday. Same as everyone else. One said ‘Thank you’ & the other $160000USD 2nd prize.
Along with a glossy brochure. These were from Mars Travelling. Was very skeptical and rang them and spoke with a Harry Koh. He gave me his email address to scan and send the ticket for verification. I was very hesitant with giving details and kept mentioning to him that this feels like a scam.
So glad i came across this site before going any further.
In the mail on the 8th nov 2012 majestic sent me a brochure with two tickets one with thank you the other 160,000, straight away thought scam. I did ring the number on brochure wanted to find out more. The company will ask you to scan the tickets front and back then email to them to show you have the winning ticket. I then sent a email back saying I was aware of the scam. I wanted to know the process to warn other people.They are extremely clever to how authentic the process is.
The scammers are still sending out scratchies. Received one today, also to an NT mail address. Majestic travelling.
Just received a simialr letter today in Melbourne, this time from Principal Tourism. Supposedly I won 160,000 USD. Nicely done brochure and the tickets have sponsors logos such as Samsung TESCO on the back.
07/11/12 Darwin I just recieved two scratch tickets from Majestic travel – very glossy brochure and looks impressive – one ticket once scratched just had words " Thank you " on it the other had a 160.000.00 thousand dollar 2nd prize…obviously screamed scam at me straight away. beware and be warned if you have recieved one do your homework and internet searches under their name and adding scams on the end before sending any money. Beleive you me they will ask for money..Remember if you didn’t enter anything then you have won nothing. Money just does not drop into people’s laps without some scam being involved. That’s my experience anyway.
Received the brochure and scratch cards today in the NT – AUS…amazingly I won USD 160000 – looks authentic until I did a search and found Scam Detector. Thanks for the past blogs! Bin I think!
Also ‘Majestic Travelling’ doing the rounds with bogus 9th year anniversary scratch & win tickets in the mail.Same story.
My aunt was sent two tickets from Angel Holidays with a winning ticket of US$160,000. I did all the follow up emailing & phoning. It is slick & appears very genuine.
However, after asking for $3,600 for a deposit I started doing more research. Scam, scam, scam.
Andrew Tay from Angel Holidays & Charles Kong from Bernard & Desmond were my "contacts".
I also checked the Samsung website – they have a warning – scam, scam, scam!
Right now I guess they are targeting NSW because I just recently received the same thing. Pretty much like the rest of you I won 160k from a lottery ticket from mail. The recipient was from yourdivinetravels.com. My family had their hopes up because of this. We called the number and gave them some of our details such as our name and address but then I noticed something. Why would they ask for our name and address if they sent it by mail? They also asked for a client number for this other company called Alvin & Tony Holdings but our family never even heard about it. I then searched on google and found this website and realised it was a scam. I explained this to my parents and now they are quite depressed cause we are quite low on money and thought that we were lucky for once.
received this winning ticket of 2nd prize too. got on the website given on ticket. had a look on the scammers website and was very glad that some very smart people had setup information to warn us. this deal looks very professional and genuine. too good to be true ,as they say. thanks to all your good people for putting up your comments.
We also won $160,000 as 2nd prize Your Divine Travels (website: http://www.yourdivinetravels.com) associated with Hong Kong Alvin & Tony Holdings.
Also I spoke to the people involved and they sounded genuine.
They also asked for $3,600 to get a letter of authorisation to release money from Hong Kong to Australia.
We then searched on the internet to see if this whole situatio was a genuine offer, until then we realised that this was a scam…..thank God we haven’t send any money to overseas as per their instruction as yet…for those who have provided their personal contact details, as a suggestion you should reported to your local police station at least they have the records on file if in the event they used your personal details somewhere in the future.
We also won $160,000 as 2nd prize Angels Holiday associated with Hong Kong Bernard and Desmond Ltd.
Allso spoke to the people involved and they sounded genuine.
They also asked for $3,600 to get a letter of authorisation.
We have said..Oh what silly people getting caught.
We thought we would risk $3,600 … we got caught.
Sondra Adams ..Burpengary. Qld./
david and fran again,our scammer was angels holiday,
for those out there who are worried about the info they have disclosed,you probably do not need to worry,we got onto the ACCC scamwatch site,you get all sorts of info from there,we also rang them and was assured that the few details we had given,we were ok,so check it out.
as with Errol,we had the same experience,our contact was Christopher Leo,very smooth and polite,we played along as we realised it was a scam, until we were being set up with a meeting with the major so called sponsor in Hong Kong.and also after discovering the scam on Google.
looks good,but not convincing when you check out the site.
David and Fran
Bundaberg
Received the glossy brochure and two scratch tickets
one of which had a second "prize"of US$160000 on 15th October. Played along and I was courted and groomed over a week – very convincing. Even though I wasn’t a "client" the manager of Angels Holidays in Sabah pleaded on my behalf with Mr Austin Tan in Hong Kong who was allegedly the major sponsor and "representng"Bernard&Desmond Ltd. a prominent finavial services company. They agreed that as I indeed did have a "genuine" ticket they would honour the prize. I then got the story about a security deposit of $3600 to be paid by each party to the agreement to the Hong Kong Court for a letter of authorisation to release money from Hong Kong to Australia. When I was instructed to forward the money by Western Union to a Mr Long Hui their "chartered accountant" I pulled the pin on the game!!
Immediately did a search on Angel Holiday Scams, and voila, just as I thought.
Pretty impressive brochure, with great Sponsors. Wonder if Sponsors realize that their business names are being used.
MVC, Qld
Received the same brochure on Oct 18 2012. Sunshine Coast QLD. Rang them and it sounded authentic… we questioned as says sponsors are Yamaha and Samsung. We thought they wouldnt risk it using their names??? We will be contacting authorities….fake fake fake!
Now targeting Queensland using the name Angels Holidays. Second prize USD 160,000.
We received a flashy brochure as well from Mars Travelling with two scratcies, one being a winner with 160,000. Was very suspect and checked out their website which anyone could have created, also their claims to win trouism awards are untrue if you check the British tourism website. This is a scam that I will be warning everyone about.
Same thing happened to me in the last week. This was also in Tasmania. Spent phone calls speaking with Bernard Lim from Malaysia supposedly working for Marstravelling from their Claims and Events department. Also given an appointment with Larry Tan in Hong Kong. Prize money was 160000 USD. Received two scratchy tickets and an elaborate brochure in the mail. Asked to meet government requirements to make sure that this was not misconstrued as a money laundering scheme I had to send $3,600 to the Hong Kong Court. I also was to receive an authorization letter. I challenged Bernard Lim on the phone saying how did I know it wasn’t a scam. He is very convincing and comes across as if he really cares and wants you to be a winner of such a prize. Wasn’t however caught. Please beware of these scammers.
also in tasmania i received a winning scratchie from mars travelling, winning 160,000 USD. not generally a fool, i was completely sucked in. went on for a week of negotiating how little i could pay them to get my ‘prize’. associated with major sponsors. names bernard lim (6) 014 323-0821 / (6) 014 323-0822 and adrian choo + (852) 9129-9462. all the tricks, no client number but we can get around that, we’ll pay half the fees for you, etc etc. sadder and wiser now. their website is currently approx. 80 days old. had to agree to a confidentiality agreement signed on my behalf by bernard lim. don’t use dodo but visited white pages lately for the first time in ages.
My mother received one of these from the company ‘Mars Travelling’. We are in Tasmania so they must be targeting us next! Also, we are dodo customers!
My mother recently received a scam lottery ticket in the mail. She scratched one of the scratchies and it was 2nd prize for USD $160,000. But the name of the company was Sensational Holiday. These people even have a website and it looks so real and belivable. But the funny thing is that a guy named Raymond rang us back after we emailed them and the same name seems to appear in another comment above….. What a scam this is. So please look out for these Sensational Holiday Group doing the same scams as above……
So glad i found this page!! ‘Azura Holidays’ are very convincing! I dint give them any money, thank god, but im just amazed at how elaborate they are. I spoke to ‘Peter’ from Azura Holidays, and after scanning a copy of the ticket he was so happy for me for winning. He told me a whole story about how he was moving to Sydney where their new office would be, and all this other crap. But then when i had to call their sponsor in Hong Kong (I spoke to a Larry Tan), alarm bells started ringing when they said i would need to pay my ‘half – $3600’ to get an ‘authorisation letter’. I was so disappointed and felt like such an idiot.
Beware! These Azura Holiday guys are slick! We received the $160,000 "winning" scratchy ticket in the mail and followed the instructions to claim. Some guy called "Raymond" called from Malaysia informing me of the process to collect the said prize which involved me filling some basic details on the ticket butt, scanning it and sending it back via email. I did this as they already had my name and address anyhow. But I told "Raymond" that I will be coming over to Malaysia personally to collect my prize and I will be bringing my brother who just happens to be a high ranking Australian Federal Police Officer!
Doubt if I will ever hear from "Raymond" again!
IMPORTANT. I believe some workers from DODO are passing our details to scamers.
The reason, is because my subscription with Dodo has a typo in my name and last name. The scamers (Kristal travel) have the same mistake.
It will be good if most of us coincide with being clients of DODO.
I am in remote NT and received the tickets today. I went to the website and the first thing it said was Welcom – then I knew it was a scam. This info needs to get out to remote NT areas as well.
Sarah – it’s Alison from the NT News here. Would you contact us on (08) 8944 9766? We want to do a story on this scam so that people are aware – and we’re looking for people from the Territory who lost money to these people to tell us their story. Please call ASAP. Many thanks. Alison
Yep, just got the same thing. just about ready to ring HK but something in the back of my mind didnt feel right. Goes to show you. USD$160,000 2nd prize haha. I actually contacted the Malaysian Government re listing for this travel agent, never heard of them. also, the english on the brocuher is really bad. But they are clever. No $$ sent, thank god.
I have done some further research and found out these people get copies of the Australia white pages phone books and use those details to send you the initial scratchy tickets. I know this because there was a huge spelling error in white pages for my friends name, and she had never received mail before under that name or spelling before that, except for these scratchy tickets. After that, they just wait for you to contact them and YOU offer all of your details to them. My friend and I were both scammed, but thankfully I found this website in Google before they could convince us to hand over any cash. Mr. Lee and Tony Fong seem to be the names they use. It sounded too good to be true to start with, should have gone with the gut feeling.
Yep just received a ‘winning’ scratchie ticket from Azura Holidays!!! Haha. I feel like such an idiot cause I kind of half believed them after the first phone call. I’m so glad after that I thought it was too good to be true and I found this which site which proves it!!! Thank God there are sites like this set up!!! The dude is due to ring me tomorrow, I feel like giving a massive spray, but then again, not lowering myself to that level! I too am in the NT, so judging from the last few comments, they must be targeting the Territory!!!
Yes they nearly got me also, Azura Holiday, wow they sound so real but always have that nagging suspiscion that it is a scam, and guess what it is. Mine is exactly the same senario as Pauls. Im in NT australia rural and thought that this only happens in large towns or cities. I have provided them with my name age home phone number and email address. well i hope they dont get anything out of me as i really dont have that much for them to take.
Feel like such a dickhead grrrrrrrrrrrr
Scammed by Azura Holiday in the NT, Australia. I sent them $3,500 and all my details like a robot. Becasue of changes in my eating, socializing and general patterns of daily living and the regular long daily phone calls (usually 2-3 a day)I am convinced they are using subliminal messages. You feel as though you are aware and in control but you behave like a robot according to their instructions – including delivering your personal details and money with no warning bells ringing in your head at all. I even felt good about it.
KristalTravel is a scam people. I have won US$200 000. DO NOT give them any of your details. They send you 2 scratch tickets, and one of them is a winner, and ask you to confirm your details and client number. They then call you and ask for your bank and licence details before they can ask their sponsors to pay you. Their sponsor is a guy called Tony Fong Tel Number: +6 010 897 1734 from Hong Kong. I need to pay $3000 to them before they will pay my prize money. They also tell you that they will refund you with $2900 after everything is done.
yep, just about scammed by one of these, Azura Holiday, quite amazing how convincing they sound.
I was sceptical at first but like most think just maybe I have won, but of cause I was not a member and not entitled to the prize but they would see what they could do with the main sponsor, my shock they approved it but it now has to be totally confidential.
Any way I have sent an email to the sponsor Oxley & Cole holdings in Hong Kong.
the only details extra I gave them was my age as the tickets were addressed to me
but i guess I confirmed all that to them, see what happens now
I had like the rest received two tickets when surprise surprise I had scratched up $200000usd prize when I contacted a Mr Shawn Lee from the so called travel company he told me I was a winner and he would need the serial # of the card that came in the envelope and when I said I didn,t have any card he went on with a pathetic Malaysin style act of we cannot give you the money etc As someone previously wrote if it sounds or looks too goog to be true then it is
I too, received a glossy brochure in the mail and was delighted to see that I had won second prize of $200000. However when I contacted the company, I was passed on to a contact in Hong Kong, who advised me that I would have to pay a sum of $3000 so the prize could be paid. When asked for I>D details I gave them my library card number, which seemed to satisy them. However, they already have my address, phone number and e-mail address, which is probably too much info anyway. All this info re the scammers has been passed on to the real Hong Kong Asset Management company in Hong Kong with some slight hope that these scammers may be caught or shut down. We can only hope.
i nearly got scammed by this very cleaver assholes but pulled the pin when i realized how tricky and stupid they are.
We received two tickets in the mail from Kristal Travel, don’t even know how they got our address in the first place, but one of the tickets revealed second prize of $200,000. We were sceptical at first, then got our hopes up, a man rang us today asking to confirm the ticket details and to email them a photo of it. I then googled kristal travel scam and came across this…as the good old saying goes "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is"
I have been scammed by these dudes too! http://www.kristaltravel.com/ thought i won but hmmm. just a loser. Now they have my ALL my personal details ??? Was scammed big time!
#KristalTravel is a scam people. DO NOT give them any of your details. They send you 2 scratch tickets, and one of them is a winner, and ask you to confirm your details and client number. They then call you and ask for your bank, licence, medicare and TFN details before they can ask their sponsors to pay you. Sounds too good to be true, and guess what? It is. http://www.kristaltravel.com
BE very wary people. There is a new scam out by a group called Kristal Travel Group, same thing glossy brochure, clean website, etc, etc, you win second prize of USD$200,000 on a scratchy ticket, you just need to send your details and medicare number and drivers licence, and call a man in Hong Kong who is one of their sponsors. I actually gave them my name, address, DOB via email! Geeez, how stupid of me.
BEEN SCAMMED TOO.I opened a bank account for my $160000 USD to go into, better close it now.Still worried about them having my personal details. BASTARDS!
Another one: Hi All, 07/08/2012,
Got two tickes, one is the winning ticket $160.000. Rang the number on the ticket and the guy that answered the phone says the office is closed and that its 6:00 pm in the evening, told him how come you are there when the office is closed, he had nothing to say….. straight away i realised this cnt be true so i jumped on the website and googled and came across http://scam-detector.com/travel-scams/malaysian-lottery-brochure.
I went through same situation as Neil same story but I did give them my drivers licence number and my full name and date of birth.. I’m so scared now.. What should I do now:(
I also got a brochure with 2 scratch tickets, one was a winner of USD$160,000 from Happi Tourism. Spoke to Edison Lee he had the exact same story as you all.
He was very convincing. Pity, would have been nice.
Just spoke to Mr Edison Lee from Happi Tourism. A new one to be added to the list of scammers. Too bad I got my hopes high :((
I also found this info in WA’s department of Commerce website.
http://www.scamnet.wa.gov.au/scamnet/Types_Of_Scams-Travel_Scams-Greenery_Tourism.htm
first of all thanks for sharing !!! i got the exact same ticket (two scratch ticket )one of them is a winner of 2nd price $160000, and they told me the exact same story as u guys were told . and price claim department made it look real, like saying their head office in Hong kong bla bla bla… and asked for cash transaction of US $3500. as its paid by both party to the hongkong government and keep saying its refundable. when i said ill be going to hong kong and pay the tax and get my price money, they were keep making diffenret exucuese like lawyer will not be available or the time they have given is unrealistic to get there. then they try to convince me by sending me official government letter by email and asking me to keep it confidential as im not their client.
Me too! got the 2 tickets one winning 2nd prize of $160,000. i’m used to emails telling me I’ve won this & that or someone died & left me a fortune. This one almost looked real. sent them an email, they rang me back to verify the ticket number. told me to wait by the phone. think I’ll go hang out the waskhing now. What a pity!!
I received two lottery tickets as well. I even opened up a new bank account to receive the money because I thought "what have I got to lose". Then a friend said even though I haven’t given them any money I have given a lot of personal detailsT I am now very worried about my identity. They are calling me back in the morning before I ring he sponsors in Hong Kong. I would love someone to be tracking the call so they can locate these scammers.
I also received the brochure with the two scratch tickets. One was a winner for the alleged 2nd prize US160,000. I had the exact same story as Neil. I will be doing the same by emailing them this Forum.
Shame, I could’ve done with an extra 160K.
Hello.I have recieved 2 of these lrettes within the last year. I ignored the last one and used it to light the fire . Came in handy though..I got another one today and thought to google it. Yup its a scam. These guys are unreal..Talk about the cheap paper they use too..People beware of this. It is a scam.. and do not send it back. Put the paper to use though Many ThanksJohn OReilly
Same story, I am from NT and received the 2nd prize ticket along with the brochure just two days before my planned holidays visit to India. The person on the other end of phone asked me to postpone my visit. I left for india anyway assuming the news of winning lottery is too good to be true. Scammers got my india number form my wife and rang me even in India. Told me that they could not find my profile but rest is ok and I am in possession of a genuine ticket.. I told them I am passing the matter to police and they would do the required.
These scammers are very good actors and try very hard to sound genuine.
I got the exact same scam and it looks very convincing. Galaxy Traveling with 2 scratch tickets. One was a winner of 2nd prize for 160,000USD. When they contacted me they first said I was not eligible for the prize because I wasn’t a client and had got the ticket by accident. They then said that they would meet with their sponsor and make a decision. Surprise when they said they would honor ticket I searched for scam and when the exact same scenario came up I smelled a rat. Beware.
Got one of these from Galaxy Travelling with 2 scratch tickets. One was a winner of 2nd prize for 160,000USD. When they contacted me they first said I was not eligible for the prize because I wasnt a client and had got the ticket by accident. Then they rang again and said her company had decided to honour the ticket but I would have to be a member so I needed to send them passport number, full name and address and birthday. Plus a bank account number to receive my winnings. I emailed them back a link to the Scam Website with a story about their scam.
Yep got sent two scratch tickets today galaxy spirits holiday 11th anniversary. One ticket said thank you the 2nd prize usd 165,000.00 went onto internet and HELO not the only one posting about these fake wins.. thank you internet.