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Is this a scam?

I just got a call from Sheraton Hotel, saying I got a complimentary two night stay in any of their hotels in Colombia. The meeting place is the Sheraton on av el dorado.

Anybody know what's this about? Time sharing BS?

By LORE on Oct 23, 2008, 14:44 in Friendly Talkzone. AddThis Social Bookmark Button


miamimike says on Oct 23, 2008, 14:53:

Offhand I would say its BS, esp since they left no reason you would get this freebie! Gringos as a rule don't receive free rooms in Col,,,

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Papi de Alejo says on Oct 23, 2008, 14:58:

Sounds like time share to me. If you can attend and can resist their spiel, have a two night holiday on them if you don't have to shell out too much.

PdA

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Tinto (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Oct 23, 2008, 16:10:

GHL (owner of the Sheraton on Ave. El Dorado) sells time shares for the the Sunrise Hotel in San Andres (a government-owned narco hotel, managed by GHL). Maybe it's a meeting for that. Or maybe it's someone inviting you to your own robbery and kidnapping. Haha.

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babygirl says on Oct 23, 2008, 16:23:

hehehe Tinto.

Timeshare! I get offered free trips to Orlando all the time.

Canadian Girls Kick Ass!

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LORE says on Oct 24, 2008, 06:51:

Tinto, when they called the mentioned GHL, I bet it's just what u say. Gracias. PBH knows it all!

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webmanco says on Oct 24, 2008, 06:53:

Do Canadian Girls Kick Ass! ???

...A yo, déjenme queto y no me jodan má! ...

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ietk says on Oct 24, 2008, 07:28:

The same thing was happening here in USA, you get a call saying that you won a weekend in a resort for all the family in your household, they asked for names and then they give you a reservation number in a hotel, when you get to the hotel guess what? no reservation at all and while you are sitting in the hotel like a moron wandering what happened your home all alone is being broken into, the other day my wife got a call saying she won a couple of tickets for American Airlines all she had to do was pick them up that day it was a Saturday at 4:00 pm, do they think everybody falls for that?

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ColombianoGringo (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Oct 24, 2008, 09:17:

Right on Tinto. The GHL hawkers are all over San Andres. They are worse than the beach vendors who normally take "no" for an answer.

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dwmte7 says on Oct 24, 2008, 15:34:

i've been getting calls from one of our girlfriends in nigeria/ivory coast again...any body else. she's a pbh member.

i was dumb and deleated her two e's before noting her handle. she said she loves me.

dwmte

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