"If it is too good to be true then it is probably untrue."
This is what I learned when I almost fell for the Club Ultima / Crown Regency Hotel scam.
Last year, I received a call from an unknown number. The caller said that I won a free overnight stay in Crown Regency Hotel in Cebu. I can claim the gift certificate by just watching a 90-minute presentation.
I smell something fishy so I didn't take the bait.
I thought that's the end of it.
I was wrong.
Last April, I received a call from a certain Andrea Madrigal. She told me that I won a free overnight stay in One Tagaytay Place Hotel. She also told me that I have to attend a 90-minute presentation to get the free gift certificate. She also promised that there will a free lunch buffet.
I was suspicious because she used the same script as in the Club Ultima /Crown Regency Hotel Scam but I confirmed my attendance, nonetheless.
Andrea Madrigal then texted me these messages:
Her message says:
INVITATION TO: MR. and MRS. AHAB: You are receiving this text message to confirm our invitation to you as a selected recipient of Complimentary Room Night Gift Certificate at One Tagaytay Place Hotel Suites. In order to claim the Gift Certificate with a free Lunch Buffet for two at around 11:30am Tomorrow.There is no financial obligation recipients are only required to bring 1 valid ID each with spouse and kindly finish the minimum of 90mins. hotel presentation to see our rooms/facilities and amenities of our h0tel in claiming the GC as this is part of our promotion. Our office is located in G/f aguinaldo agoncillo function Room Barrio Sungay Tagaytay City. before Picnic Groove we are in left side along the hi-way. Infront of our hotel we have 7-11 & PR Bank. Kindly look for me Ms. Andrea Madrigal or our receptionist Ms. Ana Mallari. Thank you
Andrea is quite persistent because she sent two more text messages. One text message says:
CONGRATULATIONS! You have been selected by our company to receive a COMPLIMENTARY GIFT CERTIFICATE which is an OVERNIGHT STAY IN OUR PREMIER HOTEL-ONE TAGAYTAY PLACE HOTEL SUITES. The accommodation is good for 2adults & 2kids. Valid for 3months upon claiming the gift. It's Transferrable. Have a blessed day...:-)
Another of her message says:
Hi! Andrea here kindly reply us back once you received the details/invitations. You will be reserve at V.I.P Table #8 for the Free Lunch Buffet for two and FREE PARKING RESERVED. It will be our pleasure to see you both here tomorrow. God bless and have a nice day ahead..:-)
It will be their pleasure to us indeed since they reeled in another victim.
My gut tells me that there is something wrong with the so-called "free" overnight hotel stay so I decided not to attend the 90-minute presentation.
Andrea called again the next morning so I apologized and told her that I will not come.
Her reply was, "Ano pa ang magagawa ng sorry mo?!"
Then she suddenly dropped the call.
Her attitude just confirmed that she's a scammer. A true hotel employee will not act the way she did.
I bet that she was mad that she will not get a commission because her victim got away.
It seems that my name is still in their database so I will not be surprised if I will get another call or text message from another scammer.
I am truly thankful that I was not victimized by this One Tagaytay Place Scam.
UPDATE
I recently received another text message from Andrea Madrigal, which reads:
Hi! Andrea here from One Tagaytay Place Hotel Suites. This is regarding to your UNCLAIMED COMPLIMENTARY GIFT CERTIFICATE for an OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATION at ONE TAGAYTAY PLACE HOTEL SUITES good for 2 Adults and 2 Kids at the Deluxe Room and Valid for 3 Months upon claiming. Were inviting you again for the special batch of claiming on Saturday or Sunday in between 11:30am-1pm (MAY 20,and 21, 2017) here in our HOTEL at ONE TAGAYTAY PLACE with Free Lunch Buffet for two. Again dont worry just bring 1 valid id together with your spouse. Please txt us back if you are still interested or not. Were preparing po kasi everything and were finalizing our guestlist. Thanks and God bless:-)
This Andrea think that I will deal with her again after her rudeness. Bah! I didn't reply to her text message. Bahala sila mag-aksaya ng load.
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I did a Google search about One Tagaytay Place Scam and I discovered that they been doing this for a very long time now. Some says that this is valid but the problem is that these people are exaggerating their claims just to make their prospective client say "yes". That's the problem and that makes it a scam.
Don't be a victim of scams. Read about other scams that I encounter:
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I get a lot of that, from "banks" usually, via sms and calls and also through emails. Really terrible!!! Have to be very very careful.
ReplyDeleteYeah! There's no harm on being careful.
DeleteWhat was the scam? Did you pay for anything?
ReplyDeleteAndrea did not sell anything but I read a lot of bad things about their scheme.
DeleteMy Husband and I are also a victim of that scam. Since we have a free time and the place is so near..We attended the 90-minute presentation blah--blah--blah. BUT.. it took 2 and 1/2 hour of presentation with no sense at all.. I don't know how we come that far.. but honestly.. the free overnight they are saying is one-big scam. It seems they don't want you to stay at the hotel. The certificate of Over-night stay states : "the reservation fee is Php1,000" So...how come it's FREE. It also states "the overnight stay can be use on Mon-Thurs only.. except Holiday".. Lokohan talaga.
ReplyDeleteSad to know that you were a victim of these scammers. :-(
DeleteSame here.. may pde p kayang action pra dito 😔
DeleteI actually read that a couple filed a case against scammers like this. Ewan ko lang kung ano na nangyari sa kaso.
Deletekagabi lang po muntik n kami buti nalang wala kami dalang pera, nakapirma po kami meron po kayang legal action doon.
ReplyDeletePosibleng may gamitin laban sa inyo since may pinirmahan kayo. Naalala nýo po ba kung ano yung nakasulat duon sa dokumentong pinirmahan ninyo?
Deletesame din sa amin sir kagabi lng din buti no money involved yun lang pagod sa byahe at oras na nasayang at nagastos nmn i remember sa smx travel fair nakuha un mobile no. Ko nagkalat pala mga agents nila naghahanap ng mabiktima ng scam nila at bakit tinotolerate ng isang establishment un ganito scam thanks
ReplyDeleteDapat talaga hindi pinapayagan ng admin ng mga Travel Fairs yung mga ganito eh. Unfortunately, mahihirapan din yung admin na malaman kung sino yung legit or not. Kaya ang siste ko ay hindi na ako sumasali sa pa-raffle kuno sa conventions na pinupuntahan ko. Hindi naman ako nananalo eh.
DeleteMay tumawag din skin ngaun lng ganyan n ganyan cnv buti n lng umalis n asawa ko ofw kc sya s tuwing ttawag sya wala kmi sakto naabutan nya ako ngaun at buti n lng wala n asawa ko nakaalis n dahil kung hindi maaengganyo kmi magpunta jn.. buti n lng nagresearch ako at nakita ko toh.. nagtanong ung tumawag kung kelan bblik asawa ko,sabi ko 2019 p.. ttwag n lng daw sya ulit s 2019 pag uwi ng asawa ko at still meron p rin daw ung GC pra smin... now i know.. tnx...
ReplyDeleteWow. Ang haba ng validity ng GC na yan which is weird
DeleteHello! I just received a call from one tagaytay too! Buti nagresearch po ako so scam pala talaga sila? Tama ka nga. Too good to be true hays!
ReplyDeleteWow! i received exactly the same text message Oct.28,2017 from a Ms. Faith Garcia. she even called me.
ReplyDeleteme and my girlfriend went to Manila Ocean Park Oct. 27, there were to ladies who handed us out a flier promoting a resort located in Pangasinan, then asked us our names, age, marital status, and if we were employed and our position.
the next day i got a text message and a call from Faith Garcia, saying we won a complimentary gc. i was surprised at first on how lucky we were since we are only from Sta.Rosa, Laguna - so i thought of just hearing her out - she then discussed details on how to claim - and on the part where we had to attend a 90mins presentation and tour of facilities and amenities. (me and my girlfriend had already stayed a night there a year ago from a deal we got via metrodeal so it made no sense to me why the presentation and tour would take 90mins because the place is not that big tbh so this made me think there might be a hidden agenda behind this)
and on the last part of convo she asked our combined gross monthly income and capability to travel... - most likely to gauge if we can afford their hotel. She then said we can only claim the gc the next day which 11:30am - 1:00pm (i had a gut feeling that this could either be a scam or the "kidnap" strategy of some network marketing companies... i became victim of this "kidnap" before and i promised myself never will i fall for that again - so i just told her that we wont be available at the said schedule, she then asked if we were available later that afternoon, if yes she can schedule us for the 5:30pm - 7:00pm schedule, i told her that i need to check it with my gf first and ill just get back to her via sms. end of call. after a few minutes of thinking it over.. i decided to follow my gut feeling and sent her an sms saying we cant make it tonight either - she didn't even bothered to reply. LOL
*its just nice to know that trusting my gut feeling served me well this time. hopefully no other people falls for this modus operandi. i've read prev post and i can only imagine how bad the experience was for the couple who fell victim and had to be stuck on that presentation for more than 2hrs.
Sa ocean park talaga sila kumukuha ng victim.. CONGRATULATIONS! You have been selected by our company to receive a COMPLIMENTARY GIFT CERTIFICATE which is an OVERNIGHT STAY IN OUR PREMIER HOTEL-ONE TAGAYTAY PLACE HOTEL SUITES. The accommodation is good for 2adults & 2kids. Valid for 3months upon claiming the gift. It's Transferrable.. Have a blessed day...:-)
Delete- Ms.Jessica Pascual here....
same here
DeleteCONGRATULATIONS! You have been selected by our company to receive a COMPLIMENTARY GIFT CERTIFICATE which is an OVERNIGHT STAY IN OUR PREMIER HOTEL-ONE TAGAYTAY PLACE HOTEL SUITES. The accommodation is good for 2adults & 2kids. Valid for 3months upon claiming the gift. It's Transferrable.. Have a blessed day...:-)
- Ms.Jessica Pascual here....
nasa ocean park kmi last week july 15 ..nag pilup kmi ng ticket.. then tumawag cy kngina lng around 2 pm... so nagisip talaga aku kung scam cy kc bkit merun cl presentation n 90mins... buti nlng nabasa ko blog n ito..
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INVITATION To:
You are receiving this text message to confirm our invitation to you as a selected recipient of Complimentary Room Night Gift Certificate at One Tagaytay Place Hotel Suites. In order to claim the Gift Certificate with a Free LUNCH Buffet for two,you are only required to bring 1 valid ID each and finish the minimum of 90-mins.hotel presentation for the hotel familiarization,in claiming the GC as this is part of our promotion.(T0M/SUND. July 22,2018 bet.11-130pm.Our office is located in 28TH FLR Unit 2806 ONE CORPORATE CENTER ORTIGAS PASIG CITY, Along Julia Vargas Avenue Cor. Meralco Avenue Ortigas pasig city, Landmark Beside ANTEL GLOBAL ACROSS CALTEX AT The back of the TEKTITE T0WER BENPRES & PHIL. ST0CK EXCHANGE,MEGAMALL. Kindly look for me JESSICA PASCUAL as your reservations officer or Ms.CRISTINE our receptionist. THANKS & GOD BLESS!SEE YOU T0M.
new scam
DeleteYou are receiving text message to our invitation to you a selected recipient of Complimentary Room Night Gift Certificate at One Tagaytay Place Hotel Suites. In order to claim the Gift Certificate with a free Lunch Buffet for two tomorrow Tuesday at around 12:00nn (FEBRUARY 25, 2020).
You are only required to bring 1 valid ID each w ur wife and kindly finish the minimum of 90mins. hotel presentation to see our rooms/facilitiesand amenities of our hotel in claiming the GC as this is part of our promotion.
Our office is located in G/f aguinaldo agoncillo function Room Barrio Sungay Tagaytay City. before Picnic Groove we are in left side along the hi-way. Infront of our hotel we have 7-11 & PR Bank.
Kindly look for me, Mr. Marvin or our receptionist Ms. Marjorie. Thank you & God bless
Thank you For your candid post. Your feedback is extremely valuable to us.
ReplyDeleteFirst , We are sorry you had a bad experience over a review. We’ve been in business for almost 10 years, we serve hundreds of customers a week, and we strive to create the best memorable experience for the community.
Our entire management is taking this seriously as we speak. May we Also give you an updated feedback that this issue was well resolved last June 8, 2017.
We promise to Do better everyday and forward. We hope to hear from you soon.
DeleteJust iN!!!thanks for this review ,Now i know whats this modus all about before i go there and waste my time..pls take action about this..(INVITATION
To; Mr/Ms.______
You are receiving this text message to confirm our invitation to you as a selected recipient of Complimentary Room Night Gift Certificate at One Tagaytay Place Hotel Suites. In order to claim the Gift Certificate with a free Dinner buffet for two by Tomorrow/Thursday in between 5:30pm-7pm
(March 8, 2018)
You & your spouse only required to bring 1 valid ID each and finish the minimum of 90-min. hotel presentation for the hotel familiarization. in claiming the GC as this is part of our promotion.
Our office is located in E & V Bldg No. 1039 Quirino Highway Corner Dumalay St. Novaliches Quezon City.
LANDMARK: Across Pinzman Market beside Motortrade Yamaha near Evangelical Church. We have China Bank infront of the building. Kindly look for me Ms. Mj Dizon as your reservations officer.. See you here! THANKS AND GOD BLESS.:-)
waaaaah my mom received the same tx msg and shes excited about it. she fiiled out this form in duty free when my dad arrived from abroad and then she entertained the caller also. id better tell this to her. thanks for the info.
ReplyDeletesame here ,parehas na parehas din pati text,yun sakin naman dun sa unioil daw na naparegister,buti nalang nabasa namin to.malayo pa naman kami
ReplyDeleteHow po kaya cla mareklamo. Is there any legal action we can do about these scams?
ReplyDelete
ReplyDeleteJust iN!!!thanks for this review ,Now i know whats this modus all about before i go there and waste my time..pls take action about this bcoz they are still active doing this..
(INVITATION
To; Mr/Ms.______
You are receiving this text message to confirm our invitation to you as a selected recipient of Complimentary Room Night Gift Certificate at One Tagaytay Place Hotel Suites. In order to claim the Gift Certificate with a free Dinner buffet for two by Tomorrow/Thursday in between 5:30pm-7pm
(March 8, 2018)
You & your spouse only required to bring 1 valid ID each and finish the minimum of 90-min. hotel presentation for the hotel familiarization. in claiming the GC as this is part of our promotion.
Our office is located in E & V Bldg No. 1039 Quirino Highway Corner Dumalay St. Novaliches Quezon City.
LANDMARK: Across Pinzman Market beside Motortrade Yamaha near Evangelical Church. We have China Bank infront of the building. Kindly look for me Ms. Mj Dizon as your reservations officer.. See you here! THANKS AND GOD BLESS.:-)
same here,katatawag lang,ganitong ganito din,hahaha.buti na lang nagresearch muna ko
ReplyDeletesame here. Last May 22, I gassed up at Phoenix Quirino Highway and promo girl from One Tagaytay approached and gave a discount coupon and had me fill up information (name, occupation, email, etc.). I received a call from certain Bobbie (female, I didnt get her supposed surname) saying I was one of the lucky persons to win a complementary stay at One tagaytay hotel. The girl was aggressive and want me to book me for the presentation. I know a scam when I see one because I asked the caller to send to me all information given via email but she said the transactions are only made through phone call. That was a red flag for me so turned down the offer but she was insistent. I blocked her number so she wouldnt call. I am still verifying if the voucher given by the promo girl is legit. IF legit, maybe my information was pulled from said promo that I filled up.
ReplyDeleteIs there anybody here that got scammed of their money? I'm ashamed to say that I have been duped by these people. Has there been an action filed against them? If so, please feel free to post or message here. I'm willing to testify against them if need be.
ReplyDeleteI've just recovered from my horrible experience of them last year, but I am willing to help and see to it that these guys stop duping people and what they are doing.
INVITATION
ReplyDeleteTo:Mr.George & Mrs.Cristine;
You are receiving this text message to confirm our invitation to you as a selected recipient of Complimentary Room Night Gift Certificate at One Tagaytay Place Hotel Suites.In order to claim the Gift Certificate with a Free LUNCH Buffet for two,you are only required to bring 1 valid ID each and finish the minimum of 90-mins.hotel presentation for the hotel familiarization,in claiming the GC as this is part of our promotion.(Weekends were open bet.11-130pm).Our office is located in 28TH FLR Unit 2806 ONE CORPORATE CENTER ORTIGAS PASIG CITY, Along Julia Vargas Avenue Cor. Meralco Avenue Ortigas pasig city, Landmark Beside ANTEL GLOBAL ACROSS CALTEX AT The back of the TEKTITE T0WER BENPRES & PHIL. ST0CK EXCHANGE,MEGAMALL. Kindly look for me JESSICA PASCUAL as your reservations officer or Ms.CRISTINE our receptionist. THANKS & GOD BLESS!SEE YOU T0M.( alert another scammer)
many are commenting about the scams on one tagaytay place botel...but it's not very specific.ur just saying its a scam..but in one way?
ReplyDeleteScam ito! Kagabi muntik na kaming maloko e., buti la kami dalang pera hahaha., pero bad gingwa nila masisira pangalan ni one tagaytay dito. Sa lahat ng nag comment dito kung gsto nyo ipa raffy tulfo natin para hindi na makapng biktima... 09668325521 call me bgyan ng leksyon ito.
ReplyDeletePa tulfo natin para hindi na makapang loko
ReplyDeleteScam!!!! Pa raffy tulfo na yan ng di na makapang biktima
ReplyDeleteWhat is behind this so called scam ? Are they asking for money ? All of the above mentioned details on how they inform are all the same as what they asked me about. So, i am now aware about this thanks.
ReplyDeleteHere's my personal experiemce about it. Happened on Aug 18, 2019
ReplyDeleteLINK: https://bit.ly/2LqgAa7
Here's my blog about it: https://november616.blogspot.com/2019/08/blog-54-one-tagaytay-place-hotel-raffle.html
ReplyDeleteKmi dun po kc natawagan
ReplyDeleteomg this was happened to me today. someone called my husband regarding the complimentary hotel of One Tagaytay. i remembered last sunday January 16, we ate at Jaytee's in Tagaytay and someone approached us and gave us a form to fill-up for their promo. today, she called me and explained what to do tomorrow to claim the certificate and attend 90-minutes hotel presentation. she even asked for my total earnings same with my husband. i am not satisfied that's why i search the hotel and tadaaa saw this post. thank you for this idea.
ReplyDeleteButi na lang you made a research at hindi kayo naloko.
DeleteYou are selected as one of the recipient of One Tagaytay Place Hotel Suites' Room Night Voucher.
ReplyDeleteTo claim your overnight stay Tomorrow March 01, 2022 around 3:00-4:00pm our guests are only required to bring 1 valid ID and attend the min of 90-minutes hotel familiarization for the facilities and amenities.
We are located at One Corporate Centre, J. Vargas cor. Meralco Ave. Ortigas, Pasig City. Please present your Pasig Pass/MandaTrack upon entry.
Kindly proceed to 28/Flr. Unit 2806 and look for me Ms. Jean
or Ms. Mj our receptionist
Thank you. And Stay Safe.
Magandang Araw!
ReplyDeleteMs. Diño & Ms. Medenilla
You are selected as one of the recipient of One Tagaytay Place Hotel Suites' Room Night Voucher.
To claim your overnight stay voucher today March 20, 2022 around 12:30-1pm our guests are only required to bring 1 valid ID and attend the min of 90-minutes hotel familiarization together with your partner for the facilities and amenities.
We are located at One Corporate Centre, J. Vargas cor. Meralco Ave. Ortigas, Pasig City. Please present your Pasig Pass/MandaTrack upon entry.
Kindly proceed to 28/Flr. Unit 2806 and look for me Mr. Vinz Uy or Ms. Mj our receptionist
Thank you. And Stay Safe.
Call and message today 12pm
From Vincent or Vinz Uy raaaaw.
Thanks for this thread. Di kami tumuloy 1pm ung sched nmin ng 90mins familiarization.