Scam
Complaint
momof5
Country: United States
Woohoo! I just won $200 of gas vouchers, and all I had to give was my credit card number ("customer ID number") to verify that I was the card holder and that the card wasn't stolen. He said that it wasn't dangerous to give the front number because it's only the 3-digit number on the back that's personal and that no transaction can be made without it. That's why you only swipe the back side of the card. Actually I thought I swiped the back side because that's where the magnetic strip is. He didn't like my reasoning very much. I asked for a number to call him back, and he said it would do no good and refused to give me a number. Crazy! I can't believe people fall for these kind of scams. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
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Then the phone rings again after about 3 times today! So I got to tell you what happened. I just got off the phone with the so-called "Auto Discount", I gave them a very hard time! They only got my name and address. I said "I'm not giving my CC# to anyone!" (they gibber-gabbered) "So you get my CC# info to charge for ship/hand/activation fee and I never hear from you again and you empty out my card!" (gibber-gabber) "I don't even know who you are and even if you tell me, I still do not know you or how to reach you, and you say you are recording us, why? I'm the one that needs to record us incase YOU rip me off....you aren't even in the US and you don't have a website?" He said "I am in Phoenix Arizona." I said "Yeah, right! There is no Phoenix, Arizona, it's all burned up, you don't know?" (wanted to hear if he would respond and didn't) "You are in India and this is a scam!" (testing him) My hubby said "Hang up!" so I did! Sure I want $100.00 to shop, what woman wouldn't? BUT! My concern is, why isn't there anyone here who can tell us they were actually scammed, meaning, "The Auto Discount" took their info and withdrew $$$ from their account? Talk is cheap, ruining reputations is evil, I haven't seen anyone type what this company did to them, what harm have they done to anyone yet? Sorry, I'd like to think of myself as a just person, you?
https://complaintwire.org/complaint/WJwBAAAAAAA/american-auto-benefits
Telemarketing scam warning from the Wilmington, MA, Police Department.
They traced the calls back to an Indian telemarketer, Silgate.
Silgate employees have occasionally posted warnings as well.
http://www.wpd.org/telemarketingscam.html
Report of intercepting calls to phone company. They appear to be getting numbers 1 digit different from banks, insurance companies, and utility companies, so they can pretend their "offer" is associated with a company the victim is a customer of.
https://complaintwire.org/complaint/WJwBAAAAAAA/american-auto-benefits/13
"Be alert, its Crap.
I called To my phone company and one guy answer me and asked me if i would be inerested in $100 Reward card for shopping at Walmart and Target because i am valued customer. And he asked "can you afford $3.95 for shipping and handeling?" i said yes and he asked me for my credit card first i said no and he was talking like he dont care about my cc, and unfortunately i gave him. I asked him information about him and he said Company name- Smart Shoppers Club, Name- Joy Nelson, Extension number- 15131JN, Employeement no- 20508. He completed everything and gave me passcode for reward card. i never received anything but they are charging me everymonth for services."
Glad I had a used/empty gift card to give em to get the # maybe now they will stop calling. Persistant MoFos they are. Even after I scamed them they called back 4 times that day to ask why I didnt complete the offer and pitch me again.
I wonder if their 'Asians' really understand/know it is a scam, specially with their attendance to a 'higher ed program' here.
There appears to be a fraudulent call center in Mumbai running this scam, reported to be Silgate by several employees who have posted fraud waenings here. There are other consumer complaints reporting being connected to them when dialing major US banks like BofA, major insurance call centers like Blue Cross, and major utility companies like PG&E. One consumer caught that he had made a 1 digit dialing error in calling PG&E, mistaking a 2 and a 7, and ended up subjected to a deceptive sales pitch claiming this was some offer sponsored by PG&E, so that suggests the manner in which they are intercepting calls.
File a fraud complaint with FTC, reporting the number you intended to call to reach DHL, and the number you actually called to get this scam, if you can determine it from, say, cell phone logs.
If you can determine the number you called, and the DHL number you intended to call, please post it.
i would like to tell u that all thz is a BIG "SCAM" ...don't share card information over the phone ....they are indian guys...
They won't just take "4.95". they'll take around $30-$50 a MONTH.
You don't "owe" them any money.
You don't need any "verification code".
They can't "ruin your life forever".
Fraudulent schemes depend on threats.
They're basically just shakedown rackets.
Stop listening to them.
You can ALWAYS cancel and reverse fraudulent charges, by just filing fraud disputes through your bank, but you have to do it timely, within 60 days of the statement date of the statement showing the charge. In addition, block your card number. Your bank can reverse charges back 2 to 3 months if you dispute promptly, under FRB Reg. E or FCBA.
There's nothing they can do about it if you take your money back through a bank dispute. They will probably try to harass you with threatening calls, but that's all they can do from over in Mumbai, India. And the fact that they crammed on a bunch of fraudulent charges all together, when you authorized NONE of them, just underlines to your bank that they are a fraudulent scam operation.
As for fraudulent accounts, file a police complaint to report and document any fraudulent account, and also file a fraud alert with any of the 3 credit reporting agencies. When you notify one, they will notify the others, and all your credit reports will show a fraud alert warning for the next 90 days. If you have some "creditor" coming after you over a fraudulently opened account, damaging your credit with a phony "debt", file a police complaint and send them a copy of the report by certified mail. If you have further problems, file complaints against the CREDITOR for FCRA/FACTA violations, with FTC and your Attorney General. Then get an attorny and sue the CREDITOR for FCRA violations.