Their still at it . I got the same call . Asked how they got my name and number and they said I filled out a coupon at the fair and I " won " .
WRONG I didn't fill out any coupon and I haven't been to any fair for years . I called the Bellevue BBB and she said they have an " F" rating - ( F= Bad ) with many complaints. She said thats all the BBB can do , give consumers a rating of the company . WE have to file complaints with the Fed Trade Commish. Let's all do it and see if we can do something .
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I am amazed at the number of people who have had the similar experience of being called by the "National Gifting Center". I was contacted on July 28, 2007. Like others I was told that my information was received from a ballot I filled out in a grocery store on 12/16/06 and that the prizes were from a promotional deal by Ford, Sony and Toshiba. I was given the address 1450 114th Ave SE Suite 205, Bellevue, WA 98004. I was given the phone number (202)552-1557 to call "Sam" if I could not show up for my appointment. I was skeptical but curious so we showed up at the location figuring we could leave if it was a scam. The address is for Starpoint Resort Group and we were scheduled for on of there presentation. I explained about the false pretense we were brought to her office by. She blamed the marketing group and let us file a complaint. However as I research this and other websites this has been going on for sometime. Starpoint Resort Group must have some idea of what is going on and appeased us so we would not cause problems. I am attempting to file complaints with The BBB and FTC. We will see if anything happens. It will be more effective if more people file complaints. I am also researching if my credit could be damaged in anyway by the limited information they have on us.
Same exact thing - but thanks to your note I'm not going to waste my time driving down to Bellevue. I assume the "guaranteed fabulous prizes" were a lot of hot air...
Yep, got the same call today 8/14 at 4:30pm PST. We are on the DNC lists. The clue was that he asked for "Mrs. <name of spouse> - and there's no one here by that name. Claimed we "won" a gift in a contest we hadn't entered. We also were requested to go to Bellevue.
Caller = "Mark Stevens", clearly learning the pitch, thick accent. His supervisor was "Sam Rodriguez" but Sam kept changing his name to Tim.
Address: they didn't know where they went to work, but somewhere in Washington DC, on 78th Avenue NE is supposed to be where National Gifting Center - probably a PO box. No one answers 202-552-1557, their phone.
Refused to take our number off their list, claiming that they do not violate DNC laws.
This phone number 202-552-1557 is connected to people operating out of Moscow. They infect your computer with a malware virus and a popup appears on your computer screen to order XP Security Center antivirus software. It all looks real legitimate but it does not work and is nothing more than a scam. These people should be shut down and imprisoned. My desktop has pretty much been disabled because of the malware.
Their still at it . I got the same call . Asked how they got my name and number and they said I filled out a coupon at the fair and I " won " .
WRONG I didn't fill out any coupon and I haven't been to any fair for years . I called the Bellevue BBB and she said they have an " F" rating - ( F= Bad ) with many complaints. She said thats all the BBB can do , give consumers a rating of the company . WE have to file complaints with the Fed Trade Commish. Let's all do it and see if we can do something .
I am .
Righton people for Googling and finding out the truth.