Is this a scam

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<p>Today I got two phone calls from a "Bluegreen vacation" saying that earlier today I had signed up for a vacation june 26th in myrtle beach. I was in school all day and thus couldn't have signed up. Is this company scaming me?</p>

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<p>are they asking for money or your time?</p>

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<p>you bet your buttons :p</p>

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<p>Ignore it, period.</p>

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<p>I won a free 2004 Acura from a weekly car drawing at a nearby city mall, and a salesmen notified me by leaving a voice message on my cell phone. He did leave a bunch of information behind, and I couldn't find any sneaky lies. So maybe it was true, but unfortunately, the person that used my cell phone number to enter the drawing used the name Richard Martinez. I could never have passed for that. Either way, it might've been a scam, but who knows...</p>

<p>I personally think that your case sounds like a scam though. Don't bother calling back. I didn't.</p>

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<p>OK, it's better than some weird guy from Britain emailing you and telling you that you won 400k Pounds Sterling in a british lottery when you've never been to Britain...Or some weird guy from Nigeria emailing me and telling me a sob story about someone's death and offering like ~$10mil (they said 30%) for the transfer of a $35 million account to the US from Nigeria...and asking for my address, legal name, etc.</p>

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<p>Time shares...Just watch the episode of South Park "Asspen" to see what I mean.</p>

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Or some weird guy from Nigeria emailing me and telling me a sob story about someone's death and offering like ~$10mil (they said 30%) for the transfer of a $35 million account to the US from Nigeria...and asking for my address, legal name, etc.

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Whoa. I got one from Tanzania. It was really awkward.</p>

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<p>I emailed my last one back and asked, "Do you know the muffin man?"</p>

<p>He never replied, humorless bastard.</p>

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<p>Hahaha, funny!!</p>

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<p>I got those letters from Nigeria, and other african countries too... It was very funny</p>

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<p>Scambaiting. Pretty funny...</p>

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<p>The Nigeria scam has been going on for decades... can you believe a few people every year still fall for it?</p>

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<p>i got an email from ethiopia, and the king needed my help, and if sent him millions of dollars, he would let me have the thrown or some ****. it was real cool, so i sent him the money, and he just laughed at me.</p>

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<p>Even if a company isn't directly asking for money, it will happen somewhere down the road, once you have released personal information (ss#, checking account, credit card, driver's license numbers, etc.) to them. </p>

<p>You just DON'T get something for nothing in this world!</p>

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I emailed my last one back and asked, "Do you know the muffin man?"

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Once you validate your e-mail address by responding with even a joke, they trade or resale your e-mail address to everyone under the sun !!!</p>

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<p>I wont agree with this ^^^^
I emailed them back that my brother is in the Central Bureau Of Investigation of India and so if they (the nigerian faker) needs any help then they can contact me or my brother :D
They stopped emailing me after that :cool: :D</p>

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<p>
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Once you validate your e-mail address by responding with even a joke, they trade or resale your e-mail address to everyone under the sun !!!

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<p>Not really. That's only true for electronic spammers like the ones for "ZOMG make your p.enis h.uge!" Or "mke her hot 4 u!"</p>

<p>These guys don't operate the same way. Besides, I have two pretty good filters on my email:</p>

<ol>
<li> GMail</li>
<li> Thunderbird's Spam Filter</li>
</ol>

<p>Understanding how to beat spam, FTW.</p>