l live in UK l got a call from GoldenGlobe "validation" telling me that 6 weeks ago l had agreed to to buy £1000 worth of vouchers quoting the last 4 digits of my card & quoting my address and telephone number -obviously they needed the validation number as they said l had agreed to pay £299 for the privelage! After 10 minutes of gabble she said as all had been repared 6 weeks ago if l wanted to wthdraw then l would owe £600 !l asked address & telephone number 29 Harley St london WIG 9QR address genuine but no Golen Globe l suspect the telephone nmber was Irish as l had difficulty tracing it to when l rang a Mr Gibson with mid-atlantic drawl kept me for another 10 minutes recieved e-mail this am after tellinghim that if he attempted to withdraw money see him in court.l a not at all certain where they got my details from but a new card is indicatedl feel

SCAM SCAM SCAM. BEWARE*. I have had Golden Globe Holidays of 9 Marion Walk Hoppers Crossing ring me not once, not twice but four times now. They are persistent and always want your credit card number, except they call it a reference number and then the expiry date. They will NOT take a direct blatant NO for an answer. They explained that the 16 digit number is just a number that is code for; which bank your card is with, your suburb, and the postcode... nothing else. They say they can't use your credit card for transactions and that it is just for their record. I once managed to get one of the callers to give me a credit card number on the promise that he would then get mine. He was a bit annoyed when I broke my solemn promise. The next time this bunch of theives* rang I quoted that credit card number back to them. It was funny to hear the reaction when after further quizzing, I finally told them one of their own had given it to me the week before. My advice to anyone is learn that this type of cold calling where they want your credit card reference number is going to be a scam. "It seems to good to be true then it probably is". BTW just looking at the satelite photo in Google Maps shows that address is a normal house in the suburbs.   *IMO

I had a call at 18:35 from an an Indian telling me I had won $1000 holiday package plus discounted holidays for life. He confirmed my address details to send the package he then asked for my date of birth to confirm I was over 18 and under 99 I told him I was over 18 but I was not giving me my DOB he then passed me on to Austin who then asked me for my credit card type expiry date and the number to confirm I was a real person I told him to look in the electrol roll which would confirm this.Austin then asked for my credit card number which I told him he was not going to get he then mentioned something about the Australian Governement required that confirmation. I told him that if it was anything to do with the Australian Government he would not be asking for this information. I refused to give any details the line went dead. This is a Scam....

I took a call from an Indian by the name of Mike at tea time on April 7.  As I had had dealings with Indians of Affordable Holidays in Maroochydore in May, I was alert to their methods.  I told him that I had purchased holiday vouchers last time they called (not true) and that I had not used any yet!  He tried to persist but I held my line.  That silenced him and he hung up

Yesterday just before 4pm I was phoned by Michael, an Indian.  Some holiday vouchers were ready for mailing to me - the name and address were correct.  He wanted me to know the "reference number" (see earlier comment of Paul in Tasmania)  He handed me to his manager, Alex, another Indian.  These vouchers are complimentary, worth $1,000, "valid for lifetime".  Do you have VISA or Mastercard?  "You have VISA, what is the expiry date?'
That's as far as he got this time - time for the 4pm news.

yeah just got the phone with those muppets,f***er thought he was clever til i told him that police were tracing his call,if it sounds to good to be true,thats cos it is,dont give them s**t