lied did not send 200 dollar gas voucher

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karen fitzhugh
Country: United States
they called my cell phone with promises of sending me a gas voucher and more coupons charged me 2.95 for setting up my account and i recievd some crap coupons that are uless to me because the stores are in other states.

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    NSM Stormtrooper88
    Just hang up on these charlatans. The old adage, "If it seems too good to be true, it probably is", applies in spades in this case.  

    They always call "from" 011 in my caller ID. I told them I couldn't charge any fees to my card until 1 September because my debit card only reloads once a month from an insurance settlement annuity. The idiot kept saying,"What is September?". I then told them that I didn't need the gas card; could some other offer be substituted because it's no longer safe for me to try to drive, for the same reason I receive the annuity-I got messed up kinda bad by a DWI driver.

    Then the moron says, "It is okay you have been charged with drinking driving". "No, Haji!", I began. "I was the victim. The other bloke went to gaol".

    When Haji couldn't understand that I was now merely abusing him, I decidead to ask to abuse his supervisor. It's just like the advertisement where you're talking to a Russian man claiming to be "Peggy".

    So I get "Peggy" on the line and told him that if they really had some good deals to offer me, it must benefit somebody, such as a merchant trying to move loss-leader items in the example of Hotel/Travel discounts.

    Finally I got a kernel of truth out of "Peggy": "No, sir. Nobody benefits from this offer."

    "Well, why don't you save yourself the trouble of dying and go out right now and float your putrid corpse down the Ganges while I pray to Kali that you come back as a dung beetle living under my Alabama outhouse?"

    "May I simply have your 16-digit number and expiration date, sir".

    USA USA \m/><\m/ USA USA
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    Stotesbery
    Is there any way the phone company can put stop to this harrassment? I know it is the same man everytime and everytime I tell him he is scamming people and he's not getting my card number. He argued with me and I told him I DON'T WANT YOUR PRODUCT! He's called 3 times since then and that was 2 days ago.
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    Cece
    They called me too. The Indian man I spoke to could also hardly speak English but gave an English name. I asked him about his name and he said for ease of pronunciation, he changed his name when he came to America. According to him, he works for Ultimatesavingsplus.com from Pembroke Florida. I did check the company out but somehow it appeared to be genuine. Nevertheless, I was skeptical and hung up because it was an unknown number but not before I gave him my card information. My only consolation is that it is minor account where I keep only $50.00 but he called back from a 1877 number which was different from the number on the Ultimate Savings Plus site. I told him I was not interested but he said he has my cc number and if I cancelled I would just waste my $4.75 as it has already been processed. I was furious and told him I did not give him the permission to process it. He said he did it once I gave it to him.

    So not wanting to lose my $4.75, I went ahead and have him go through the process. He promised not to charge more than the above amount. My reward would be a $500.00 grocery voucher and $200 Wal-Mart gift card. He then put me through the confirmation line. Despite the fact that I said "NO" on some of the offers, he came back on the line saying that I have to say yes to receive a confirmation number. What I did not know is that I was signing up with multiple companies when I agreed to sign on.

    A few days later, I received a mail from Central Rewards for Ultimate Savings Plus (1-877-625-2168) for magazine order. I called regarding three other $2.95 and the S&H $4.75 on my bank card and was told by the Ultimate Savings Plus that they only got the $4.75 and were not aware of all the other charges. She told me to look at the numbers on my bank card and contact the numbers listed. She proceeded to say, you should not give your number away like that. The people that called you are from a call center.

    I thought, am I missing something here? The $4.75 was received by Ultimate Savings Plus company. If the caller wasn't working for them, how could I have received a mail and some useless, worthless coupons from them that you have to redeem by going to www.coupondough.com and then mail back to them with a self addressed envelope? If you choose to remain a member of the Ultimate Savings Plus, you can then access the coupons online and print after you log on with a login information assigned to you by the Ultimate Savings Plus. I cancelled immediately. If you don't cancel, you will be charged $49.95/month.

    The other companies they are working for are:
    1) Shoppers direct, 1(800)858-0578 or 1(800)853-9773
    You have to call this people also to cancel or else you will be charged $15.50 after 7 days of signing on.

    2) Traveler Innovation, 1(800)858-4838. You also have to call this company to cancel. They are a sister company to Shoppers Direct.

    3) NetDetective, 1(800)853-9773. You also have to call to cancel this. This company promises to give you $100.00 retail gift certificate. They seemed genuine. However, in order to get this retail gift certificate, you have to be able to logon with an assigned ID and password. They promise that you still get this retail gift certificate even if you cancel. I am not sure about this claim yet.   If you don't cancel 15 days from the date you signed on. They will start charging you. I am not certain but I believe it is $29.00/month.

    This is a scam. I never did get the $200 Wal-Mart gift card promised and I am not sure who to contact to receive it since Ultimate Saving Plus denied offering this. I don't know how they can allow their name to be used by the call center if they are not affiliated with them. More importantly, they use this means to sell their magazines. I guess that's why they are not complaining.
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    jrt
    About two weeks ago I was contacted by this Indian guy. He claimed he was with Visa Extras Rewards Program.He had my name, address, and my card number. He said I was getting a $100 gift card for being a valued customer. He said some other things in his really fast indian accent and I said yes to everything, thinking he was legit if he was with Visa. The other day I looked at my account online and saw a charge for $4.95 for magazines. Today I got a letter in the mail about magazines and how they were going to charge me all this money. I also saw another charge for $4.95. I got right on the phone to TD bank to close my card. I tried logging into the Central Rewards website to cancel, but of course I could not find an option to do so.

    HANG UP ON THIS COMPANY!! DO NOT SPEAK TO THEM! If they claim to have your CC number, then they probably do, so close the card!
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    barbara
    I got the same call today.didn't fall for the"we. Need $4.95 to send the items with a credit card.I told them to call back later when my daughter came home with card.I google the phone numberand sure enough a scam.thank god for google.
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    Jessica
    I got scammed too. I have $85 missing from my account and my bank won't refund me. They played the recorded conversation to me ok'ing everything. Definitely a scam. They talk so dang fast and have a lot of background noise. I've sent back the Entertainment Book they sent and they agreed to a $25.00 refund. Let's see if that happens. I asked how they got my info and they said I used my card at retailers, but wouldn't tell me who, it was private. Those people are so rude and don't let you speak!!! I hope this saves others. I've filed a complaint with my state's attorney general's office and the BBB. I see they've had 164 complaints to date, excluding mine.
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    turbo
    It was so funny when they tried to pull some of that sh** on me cuz i just put it on speaker phone and me and my friends laughed at jeff parker employee id 1793, while i told him how he was a fraud and full of sh**, and took out my fustration on him verbally and he still had the audasity to keep asking me over and over for information I would never give out over the phone to someone who could barely speak english, what a fool. Where do these people come from. I hope nobody else falls for this crap. When its to good to be true then most likely it's a scam.
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    ELIZABETH
    THIS COMPANY ASKS FOR YOUR CREDIT CARD INFORMATION AND PROMISES TO SEND YOU A $100.00 GIFT CARD TO SHOP ANYWHERE. THEY BAGGER YOU CONSTANTLY AND CALL YOUR PHONE REPEATEDLY. WHY ON EARTH DOES A COMPANY WANT YOUR CREDIT CARD NUMBER TO SEND YOU A $100.00 GIFT. THEY ARE FRAUDS. THEY ALSO HAVE AN INDIAN ACCENT BUT GIVES AN ENGLISH NAME FOR REFERENCE. THEY ALSO DO NOT GIVE YOU THEIR TELEPHONE NUMBER. WATCH OUT FOR TEL# 302-394-9576 WHICH IS A DELAWARE # BUT THEY SAY THAT THEY ARE FROM PHEONIX, AZ.
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    OregonLove
    Here is an update for those of you interested...

     After waiting for slightly longer than I was told, I received three pieces of mail.  Each of them were companies that I agreed to sign up as a trial in order to receive a $200 gas card.  The gas card offer is a scam.  Here is what they fail to tell you in the initial phone call:

    "Eligable customers will receive a $10 check for up to 20 consecutive months, for a $200 value."

    "You must make a minimum monthly purchase of $50.00 in gasoline"

    "You must be an active member to receive your rebate check."  

     This basically means that if you can quickly make a $50 gas purchase you actually only get a $10 check before you cancel the trial.  This makes it a scam.  These terms and conditions should have been clearly laid out during the initial call.

     After some investigating, I finally found out all of the companies involved in this well laid out bait and switch scenario.  Capital One has a partnership with Stonebridge Benefit Services, Inc.  Stonebridge Benefit Services, Inc is associated with all three packets I received.  It appears Stonebridge Benefit Services, Inc hired Ultimate Savings Plus to telemarket for them.  The most disturbing aspect of this situation is that Capital One uses their own 800# to redirect to Ultimate Savings Plus.  Once Ultimate Savings Plus gets their hooks in you, Capital One then logs your phone number in their system and doesn't give you access to them anymore.  Every time you call the 800# you will then be patched directly Capital One and no one there knows anything about Ultimate Savings Plus.  This should not be legal but somehow it is.

     I quickly canceled the three trials and chalked it up as a lesson learned.  The trials that I signed up for are legitimate.  Their marketing practices are not.
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    me
    They called me with unknown caller after they couldn't give me their name right then she gave me this web site I had already given them a wrong card number to see what they would say he couldn't repeat the number back he asked me to repeat said the package would arrive in 2 days UPS BUT I STILL NEEDED TO GIVE HIM A RIGHT NUMBER so he could transfer me he transfered i hung up......charge ur bank and card number....ME
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    blueeyes
    yhey stick with all this stuff and take ur money and u try to call they want answer your calls
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    mama didn't raise no fool!!!
    ultimate savings plus just call about 10 mins ago saying the same [***] to me that u all complaining about, well i told this man that before i give my number out to him that i was going to investigate the company. I hung up and contacted the BBB and they didn't have any information on them not an address and the number didn't even come up on their data base. This is for everyone out there check any company out before u give your information.
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    Peter
    I recieved a call today for this scam to. the number is 855 7911186. It was an indian guy.He said his office is in clearwater. they also have a website.
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    PD
    i THINK SOMEBODY SHOULD REPORT THEM TO ICE
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    tvelt
    They called me. I fell for it for a minute until they said that I had to authorize it by answering the questions and repeating my card info, but it was a recording with an English person actually asking the questions. they keep calling so i don't answer. I immediately got off the phone and my debit card was cancelled and i am receiving a new one. So glad the bank was open when i called. Do they work late hours or something bc i got another call from them at 8pm. When they were asking my name and address the girl just kept saying yes and any other time i have said my address on the phone they get it wrong. they had to have it in their system or something. plus when they "transferred" me and put me "on hold" i could hear them all talking in the background. I never heard music or anything. I will NEVER give my debit card out to anyone over the phone again. I can't wait til they call again. Im looking forward to it.
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    tvelt
    They called me. I fell for it for a minute until they said that I had to authorize it by answering the questions and repeating my card info, but it was a recording with an English person actually asking the questions. they keep calling so i don't answer. I immediately got off the phone and my debit card was cancelled and i am receiving a new one. So glad the bank was open when i called. Do they work late hours or something bc i got another call from them at 8pm. When they were asking my name and address the girl just kept saying yes and any other time i have said my address on the phone they get it wrong. they had to have it in their system or something. plus when they "transferred" me and put me "on hold" i could hear them all talking in the background. I never heard music or anything. I will NEVER give my debit card out to anyone over the phone again. I can't wait til they call again. Im looking forward to it.
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    Tammy
    They just called indian man named steve wanting me to approve a 2.95 from my bank account but wanted my visa number i told them that i would buy a prepaid visa if this was't a con like i think it is then that should work but they said they don't acceppt prepaid cards so i said well i not giving you my bank account debit card number to win 500.00 in grocery vouchers because when i do you will just keep taking money out of my account and i asked for the company names and hung up then googled it glad i did thanks to all for sharing
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    tammy
    they called me from +011
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    Maria
    I just got this call today...asked the same questions.. I did not give them my information and he kept getting mad at me because I did not understand.. This was the exact phone call and phone number after I hung up on him.. at first he called from 011?? I asked for the name of his company and he spelled it out for me..I knew it was a scam.. and stayed on the phone to mess with him..LOL I said I can send cash.. or a check .. I don't have a credit card. I said just send the vouchers and I will send cash.. What is the address? Anyway How do you ban this man from calling others and scamming them??

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