Dear friends,

My friend lost his hard earned money to Gulf Gate Tourism last year. When he went to book a tour,they closed the office and ran away. Numbers were not reachable too. He is been looking for a way to recover money.

I am writing this because the victims should get money back, no one else should fall for the scam and scammers should be punished according to qatars law.

Their scheme was,

1. Collect name and number infront of renowned supermarkets/malls(He gave the details in centerpoint, Barwa)

2. They will call you and says, you won a free Holiday voucher with lulu voucher and kitchen utensils.

3. They will demand you to come with family so that they can convience you easily.

4. There will be muliple people sitting in same room where loud music is played. We wont be able to hears what others are talking.

5. They have staffs to engage kids and they offer Tea, Coffee and Milk. 

6. They will ask you questions like credit card limit, how much you spend on a holiday to assess how much you can spent.

7. They will ask you about dream destinations and they say they will 5 star hotel, resourt, tour gate, discouted tickets and free breakfast.

8. Then they will say we get gold voucher and shopping voucher and starts conviencing your wife. 

9. They use manipulative words and they particulary ignores red flags in the contract.

10. Finally you will choose a plan and pay for it, One guy announces it and they claps.If you choose EMI that is another scam. It will never converted as EMI.

11. Then comes the contract. As per the contract its non refundable and it is its your own decision and you read and understood the contact completely.

I heard they are still active with other names. The package was 16500, 26500 and 36500 if I remeber correctly. Their contract is full of red flags like non-refundable, subject to availbality, annual usage limit, waiting period etc. And they give excuses whenever we try to take a package. 

Please let me know if anyone got their money back. If you have any contact info about the company it is really helpful. Any help is appreciated.

I am living in Qatar for last 10 years. I personally know many victims. If we can file a compalint together I am okay with it.

Any help is appreciated.

Please report the issue in Consumer Complaints and QFC Regulatory Authority so that we can bring the attention of the officials.
Reference:
https://www.qfcra.com/financial-scams/
https://www.moci.gov.qa/en/our-services/consumer/submit-and-complain/