The OFT fake scratchcards ask 'Have you won a luxury holiday?' but when scratched warn consumers about a lengthy sales presentation and high costs for membership to a bogus holiday club.

A day of action is being held at airports in the UK and Spain to warn travellers about bogus holiday clubs and to inform them of new consumer rights.

The Office of Fair Trading is raising awareness at the start of February the school half term holidays.

It comes as OFT research found that almost 400,000 UK consumers a year fall victim to bogus holiday clubs at a cost of more than £1 billion.

The OFT and local trading standards officers are copying the tactics used by bogus holiday club touts by handing out fake holiday club scratchcards at airports including Bristol, Dundee, Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle, Newquay and Stansted.

The OFT fake scratchcards ask 'Have you won a luxury holiday?' but when scratched warn consumers about a lengthy sales presentation and high costs for membership to a bogus holiday club.

The warning comes as consumers' rights across Europe are increased from Wednesday (February 23) to give people new protections if they do purchase membership to a holiday club."

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