Phone call from "Travel Agency Direct" said I won hotel voucher - asked for my bank's routing number. Fraud?

I live in California and this morning I recieved the same phone call you did. They said they were from Travel Agency Direct and offered me hotels and flight coupons. They then proceeded to ask for my bank name then asked me for my checking routing number. My mind kept saying "RED FLAG RED FLAG!" I've never had anyone on the phone ask for my routing number, so this was very suspicious. Never give out any banking information. God, I hate scammers.

Duh...yah...if everybody's routing number is the same, why would he need to ask what your is?

sounds like a scam to me. you were right not to give him any more info and hang up. if it makes you feel better go down do the bank and talk to them. they'll probably say that since you didn't give out the routing number it'll be fine.

yes, definitely fraud. never give out you bank numbers unless you know for sure who they are. you did good to hang up.

SCAM city. They feed you false information in the hopes that you'll say something like, oh that's wrong, my correct bank account number is 1234546665. That plus the routing number and you'll be cleaned out. Any calls like this, don't be polite, hang up, and/or call your fraud hotline, particularly if you have caller id, tell the police the number.

FRAUD!! Don't do it!! And please notify your bank not to accept any draft requests from this company. You should NOT have even given him your bank's name!!! You are right to be suspicious. Any time you have to pay for something you've supposedly won, it's a FRAUD!!! Another thing....always check with BBB if you have any doubt about a company. They can tell you if it's legit or not.

It was probably a scam. You should never give out any information like that. If you won a hotel voucher, there is no reason for them to have any of your personal information like that. Tell them to mail it to you and that you will not pay to insure it. If it's legit, then they will do that. If not, who cares. You should contact your bank and put a fraud alert on all of your accounts so you have some extra protection.

Simple rule of thumb... NEVER, never give ANY banking details to someone you dont know. Especially if they have called you and not the other way around.

Don't give anyone your banking information. There are numerous 'scams' going on all over the world. Why would he need your banking information to give you a prize?