Our America called to let me know I had WON a 1000.0 shoppin spree at selectyourgifts.com with no catch as i suspected it was a scam i was looking it up while on the phone when u pull the site up it ask for a certificate number and a password...so you can't even view the merch. While he thought he was having general conversation i was looking their phone number up reverse look up no listing... i ask for the full name of their company such as Inc. LLC and explained for my own sanity i needed some proof of legitmacy...he ask my age when i graduated did i go to college where, Donte stated that he was selling magazines ONLY 3.58 a week for 6 for 60month...no charges today he would let me talk to supervisor Frank Wright...i ask frank for his address no such luck he wanted my credit card (they only give you the password when you give them your number) I wouldn'tgive it too him told him i needed to research his company for security reasons...he gave me ReadingAmerica.com i was looking it up and told him theres no info about the company...he hung up.. i called back to the unsuspecting lady and ask if she was affliated with Reading America She told me no but she was new this was her first day which is what the first guy told me when I ask that same question...i told her I have looked on complaint wire i know its a scam and no thanks but i would due my civic duty and report to BBB by the way the number this time is 877-855-4547
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tj
Typical "magazine subscription" scam with nebuloous "shopping spree" teaser. The "gifts" have been reported to be junk.
Similar to these complaints also against Reading America.
Once you disclose your credit card number (as "pre-authorization", to prove they can scam you), you can expect multi-hundred dollar charges to be run through regardless of whether you then agree to purchase anything.
60 months at "only" $3.58 per week is $930.80, and you can expect that it will be charged in a small run of charges up front. You can also expect them to claim you authorized whatever they make up, regardless of what you say, and that they have a "no cancellation policy" on what they make up, even if they earlier say you can cancel at any time.
"WON a 1000.0 shoppin spree at selectyourgifts.com with no catch ' WOW! YOU WON! That will tell them quickly how gullible you are. "No Catch"? Yeah, right! That must be why they want your credit card number up front.
"i ask for the full name of their company such as Inc. LLC and explained for my own sanity i needed some proof of legitmacy." Any legitimate company would fully disclose who they are, where they are located, and how to contact them. Legitimate businesses depend on repeat business from satisfied customers, so they don't have to lock anyone into 5 year "contracts". But keep in mind that no "information" they provide can be counted on to prove their "legitimacy". Scammers say whatever it takes to get your money.
"he ask my age when i graduated did i go to college where" Sales tactic of establishing something in common, while playing on insecurities of those who may not have much education and may want to buy magazines to appear intelligent.
"no charges today he would let me talk to supervisor Frank Wright" That was to reduce your concern over disclosing your card number, but there is NEVER a reason to disclose your card number until you have decided to buy something. Once they get your card number they can charge today, tomorrow, the next day, and just make up the reasons to do so. "Frank Wright" is probably an alias for one of their "closers".
"I wouldn'tgive it too him told him i needed to research his company for security reasons...he gave me ReadingAmerica.com i was looking it up and told him theres no info about the company" First they hide their identity, but as a last resort, make one last try to bluff that they are legitimate, in case you might fail to actually look them up. Hung up when he knew the game was over.
"She told me no but she was new this was her first day which is what the first guy told me when I ask that same question..." May or may not be "new" (scam operations typically have a lot of turnover), but it gives a good excuse for deflecting disclosing any information to you. The way to know if they are actually "new" is by how smooth their pitch is and how fast they recover when you ask a question off the script.
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Abril Gonzalez
I just received a phony call from Our America telling me that I won a $1000.00 shopping spree. Thank you for the information about it being a scam. They told me to call back at 866.499.2487
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mr chino
Same scam, different day, phone number is still 8664992487.
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SAMD
They did the same to me and im trying to cancel and they will not let me.
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jmg
did they say anything about a free vacation? i got the same call and everything was the same except for the magazines.. those were not mentioned at all. they said they just needed me to pay shipping and handling. i told them to mail me the billing info then i hung up. sounded too much like a scam
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kristena
Got the same call but missed it, had a voice message from Joel who told me to call 866-449-2487. Tried calling number back and got all circuits busy. I have done this type of telemarketing so i chose to look information up on company before trying again and found you guys. Number deleted from cell phone. Yes they called my cell phone.
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Ms.Illaneious
I just checked my voicemail and got a similar message. Having been deathly close to being scammed before, I had to research it myself before calling back. lol. thanks for telling me. Now I know how to handle them. If they let me speak to their manager he and I will have a long talk...
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tj
Don't count on it making any impression on him, since he already knows what they are up to.
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tj
In general, consider ANY call from an unknown party to be an attempt at fraud. Put your number on the Do Not Call list, and then you will also know they are violating that as well.
Cold call telemarketing is dead, killed first by the fraudulent telecom slammers whose activities resulted in the passage of the Do Not Call law, and now by what is left, fraudulent telemarketers who have nothing to sell but lies.
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jbm2316
Hey so I also got a call from a magazine company to my cell phone, it was from the state Tn but was not an 800 number. It was 425-401-5000 and 423-586-2756. Any body else??? same deal said I won the $1,000 but they said it was through a reward system through my bank!! I am obviously not as bight as you all or too gulible or both!!! So anyway I asked several questions and thought it was a good idea at the time. I would pay $29.90 per month for 6 months and receive 4 magazines per month for a total time period of 2years as well as I would recieve my code for my $1,000 online shopping spree!!! Well better late than never got on the site to check things out and found these comments!!!! Have I been scammed???? Tried to call and cancel and was unable! iam stuck!!!! aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!
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tj
"Hey so I also got a call from a magazine company to my cell phone"
It is illegal under federal law for a telemarketer to make autodialed calls to cell phones without prior consumer permission, even if you have not put that number on the Do Not Call list. (Telemarketers virtually always use autodialers.) Just the fact that they called your cell phone should tell you what sort of company you are dealing with.
"same deal said I won the $1,000 but they said it was through a reward system through my bank!!"
They lied. They lie about just about everything. Want to bet you don't receive the magazines you think you ordered? Want to bet they later claim you agreed to some higher amount?
"I would pay $29.90 per month for 6 months and receive 4 magazines per month for a total time period of 2years as well as I would recieve my code for my $1,000 online shopping spree!!! "
That would be about $30x6 = $180. Magazines cost about $10 to $15 per year directly from the publisher, so that would cost about $15x4x2 = $120 at most, for average consumer magazines, probably less for a 2 year subscription. Many publishers also allow cancellation at any time, with a refund of any unused part of your prepaid subscription.
Doesn't sound like a very good deal, and that's assuming you can trust this company to actually send you the magazines you want, and deliver them for 2 years, when you paid up front. As for the "$1000 online shopping spree", other reports of similar offers allege it is overpriced, shoddy, or has other terms, perhaps other required payments, that make it worth little.
"Well better late than never got on the site to check things out and found these comments!!!! Have I been scammed???? Tried to call and cancel and was unable! iam stuck!!!!"
If you ask a scammer to cancel, your answer will be "NO", as they snicker in the background. What did you expect.
They misrepresented who they were, in particular that they were associated with and vouched for by your bank. If you had known that their alleged "bank reward" offer was fraudulently misrepresented, you would not have agreed to anything, since that would indicate you could not trust them. They also deliberately and deceptively failed to disclose their cancellation terms. All of this makes their offer materially deceptive, and hence made with the intent to defraud you.
File fraud complaints with FTC and your state Attorney General. Notify the fraudulent magazine subscription company that you have cancelled due to fraud and reported them to FTC and your state AG.
Block their access to your account or card number, or close your account due to fraud, as otherwise they may just take whatever payment they want, possibly even more than you now think you agreed to.
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tj
425-401-5000 appears to be a dentist. 423-586-2756 has little indication of complaits. Strange.
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tj
425 is WA. 423 is TN. 423-401-5000 shows no complaint activity. Still strange.
1-866-499-1332 -- same scam with the shopping spree, give you different names for the company when you call them, hang up when you call from a blocked number and they don't know who you are, nasty when you ask to be put on their DNC list.
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Lisa Lampe
I figured. I just got the call this morning. How did they get my information is what I thought so I decided to look them up I've been scamed before and I knew that this was to good to be true. I was lucky enough to listen to that little voice in the back of my head telling me that this wasn't real. And when the lady told me taht she was transfering me to her supervisor she realized that he was already on the phone, I feel bad for the person that he was scaming but I'm glad that it wasn't me. I've reported this scam to Call Kurtis at CBS NEWS.
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johnhobosn
just stop send them now i have every number u say and remember voice im going to the cops now change my account now so hahaha the joke on u [***]
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Carrie
They had just called my cell phone and asked me which credit card I use hahaha I told them i'm not giving you that info and they hung up! They called my cell phone 3 times, 2 different #'s and the last time it just said Line 1.
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Ha Ha ha!!
They just called me. They said I won the 1000.00 for filling out a survey online. I do remember filling out a survey and it said I could win a 1000.00 shopping spree. Anyway, a Charles Sailem called me, first. He sounded really sincere and authentic. He said he was calling from a company called Reading America, and that he had been working for the company a year. Then, he said he needed to get his supervisor on the phone to give me the code to claim my 1000.00 prize. I was asking the first rep the whole time what other money do I have to come out of. He said nothing but 3.85 a week for 24 months and they pick up the other months to equal 60 months of subscription. Anyway, the supervisor,Roger Paris, gets on the phone and asks for my credit card number, at that point, my gut took over my mouth and I gave all wrong numbers on the front of my card. They r really bold, they even asked for the 3 numbers on the back of the card...I made those up too. lolololol!!!!! So, as soon as Roger said I needed to hold on so that he could verify the accuracy of my card numbers, I hung up because I knew they weren't going through. They called back from 3 different numbers. The last time they called back I answered, and told them that I read online that this is a scam and that people r saying the merchandise is garbage. He went on to say it's not a scam and that the stuff is real...blah,blah,blah. I told him that I think and feel it's a scam and there no way I want to participate. He said thanks for your time and hung up.
Listen folks, I've got a wife. I cant be doing stupid stuff like hoping a 1000.00 fake, shopping spree exists. I always say, what if I did sign up for it because it sounded good (it sounded like a trap if u ask me) would my wife be happy. Shoot,just because I want something free, now, all we have worked for is gone because I couldn't say no. We know the world is a trap, so don't expect a hand out. That's all i'm saying.
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tj
The "survey" and "contest" are just a way to get around the Do Not Call laws.
They can't legally cold call you if your number is registered on the Do Not Call list, but if you contacted them first, then they are allowed to call.
The "contest" is deceptive, as everyone "wins". It's all a hoax to get your account information to run the magazine subscription scam.
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Similar to these complaints also against Reading America.
https://complaintwire.org/Complaint.aspx/JRHTVm0ZaACRCAjLPzLm2g
Once you disclose your credit card number (as "pre-authorization", to prove they can scam you), you can expect multi-hundred dollar charges to be run through regardless of whether you then agree to purchase anything.
60 months at "only" $3.58 per week is $930.80, and you can expect that it will be charged in a small run of charges up front. You can also expect them to claim you authorized whatever they make up, regardless of what you say, and that they have a "no cancellation policy" on what they make up, even if they earlier say you can cancel at any time.
"WON a 1000.0 shoppin spree at selectyourgifts.com with no catch '
WOW! YOU WON! That will tell them quickly how gullible you are. "No Catch"? Yeah, right! That must be why they want your credit card number up front.
"i ask for the full name of their company such as Inc. LLC and explained for my own sanity i needed some proof of legitmacy."
Any legitimate company would fully disclose who they are, where they are located, and how to contact them. Legitimate businesses depend on repeat business from satisfied customers, so they don't have to lock anyone into 5 year "contracts". But keep in mind that no "information" they provide can be counted on to prove their "legitimacy". Scammers say whatever it takes to get your money.
"he ask my age when i graduated did i go to college where"
Sales tactic of establishing something in common, while playing on insecurities of those who may not have much education and may want to buy magazines to appear intelligent.
"no charges today he would let me talk to supervisor Frank Wright"
That was to reduce your concern over disclosing your card number, but there is NEVER a reason to disclose your card number until you have decided to buy something. Once they get your card number they can charge today, tomorrow, the next day, and just make up the reasons to do so. "Frank Wright" is probably an alias for one of their "closers".
"I wouldn'tgive it too him told him i needed to research his company for security reasons...he gave me ReadingAmerica.com i was looking it up and told him theres no info about the company"
First they hide their identity, but as a last resort, make one last try to bluff that they are legitimate, in case you might fail to actually look them up. Hung up when he knew the game was over.
"She told me no but she was new this was her first day which is what the first guy told me when I ask that same question..."
May or may not be "new" (scam operations typically have a lot of turnover), but it gives a good excuse for deflecting disclosing any information to you. The way to know if they are actually "new" is by how smooth their pitch is and how fast they recover when you ask a question off the script.
Cold call telemarketing is dead, killed first by the fraudulent telecom slammers whose activities resulted in the passage of the Do Not Call law, and now by what is left, fraudulent telemarketers who have nothing to sell but lies.
It is illegal under federal law for a telemarketer to make autodialed calls to cell phones without prior consumer permission, even if you have not put that number on the Do Not Call list. (Telemarketers virtually always use autodialers.) Just the fact that they called your cell phone should tell you what sort of company you are dealing with.
"same deal said I won the $1,000 but they said it was through a reward system through my bank!!"
They lied. They lie about just about everything. Want to bet you don't receive the magazines you think you ordered? Want to bet they later claim you agreed to some higher amount?
"I would pay $29.90 per month for 6 months and receive 4 magazines per month for a total time period of 2years as well as I would recieve my code for my $1,000 online shopping spree!!! "
That would be about $30x6 = $180. Magazines cost about $10 to $15 per year directly from the publisher, so that would cost about $15x4x2 = $120 at most, for average consumer magazines, probably less for a 2 year subscription. Many publishers also allow cancellation at any time, with a refund of any unused part of your prepaid subscription.
Doesn't sound like a very good deal, and that's assuming you can trust this company to actually send you the magazines you want, and deliver them for 2 years, when you paid up front. As for the "$1000 online shopping spree", other reports of similar offers allege it is overpriced, shoddy, or has other terms, perhaps other required payments, that make it worth little.
"Well better late than never got on the site to check things out and found these comments!!!! Have I been scammed???? Tried to call and cancel and was unable! iam stuck!!!!"
If you ask a scammer to cancel, your answer will be "NO", as they snicker in the background. What did you expect.
They misrepresented who they were, in particular that they were associated with and vouched for by your bank. If you had known that their alleged "bank reward" offer was fraudulently misrepresented, you would not have agreed to anything, since that would indicate you could not trust them. They also deliberately and deceptively failed to disclose their cancellation terms. All of this makes their offer materially deceptive, and hence made with the intent to defraud you.
File fraud complaints with FTC and your state Attorney General. Notify the fraudulent magazine subscription company that you have cancelled due to fraud and reported them to FTC and your state AG.
Block their access to your account or card number, or close your account due to fraud, as otherwise they may just take whatever payment they want, possibly even more than you now think you agreed to.
423-586-2756 has little indication of complaits.
Strange.
423-401-5000 shows no complaint activity.
Still strange.
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclie ... &q=423-401-5000+
Listen folks, I've got a wife. I cant be doing stupid stuff like hoping a 1000.00 fake, shopping spree exists. I always say, what if I did sign up for it because it sounded good (it sounded like a trap if u ask me) would my wife be happy. Shoot,just because I want something free, now, all we have worked for is gone because I couldn't say no. We know the world is a trap, so don't expect a hand out. That's all i'm saying.
They can't legally cold call you if your number is registered on the Do Not Call list, but if you contacted them first, then they are allowed to call.
The "contest" is deceptive, as everyone "wins". It's all a hoax to get your account information to run the magazine subscription scam.