I got a call from a company called Adea . Only the phone number was different. 773-466-6752 . They said I won a 100 gift card that could be used at all sorts of stores . She named them off and they were all major stores anyone would want to shop at. I was very sceptical and kept asking questions . The lady sounded so nice ect... When she got done explaing I won it as an appreciation from major retailers or something crazy like that ,she then took my basic info . The crazy thing was I would need to pay a shipping charge for the gift card. I told her it was a scam , of course she kept saying it wasn't and telling goofy reasons why they had to have winners pay this fee. I said you can send people a 100 dollar gift card and then they have to pay that . I told she wouldn't get my bank info , then she was saying you can but it on a pre paid visa or something like that. I told her I thought they were going around getting all these people to pay shipping fees and ending up with nothing . It was a small fee but it probably adds up . She said she'd let me think about it and she would call back. It ruined my lunch time . I would of been nice to win something instead of almost being scammed .
Yep, it's a scam. They said I've been pre-selected to receive a $100 gift card from Walmart and other retailers in my area but to get it I must pay a processing fee with my credit card to get it. So, what does this mean to me? Answer: another scammer's number to block!!!
Received a number of calls from this number. Robo call stating that "you are one of a few people selected in your area to receive a $100 gift card from, Wal-Mart , Target......" this is where I hung up. Calls continue, when not answered they do not leave a message.
I received a phone call from 205-378-2686 . They said I've been pre-selected to receive a $100 gift card from Walmart and other retailers in my area but to get it I must pay a processing fee with my credit card in the amount of $7.95... So i did a little research, come to find out the phone # is from a land line with an address of 822 Montevallo Rd. Alabaster, Alabama 35007. If you look it up on Google Maps it shows you a picture of Siluria Baptist Church. Think that's funny, I wanted to take it one step further so i used an old bank account and deposited $8 just to see who actually takes the money out. Don't worry i "canceled" that account. And i got my money back... Turns out the name of the company that took out the $7.95 was ADEA UTILITY ASSURANCE LLC. out of FLORIDA and there phone # is 855-716-9006. The principal address is 10990 US 19 N , Clearwater, Fl. 33764. There mailing address is 2655 Ulmerton Rd. Clearwater, Fl. 33762. Here is the link to all this info . http://www.bizapedia.com/fl/ADEA-UTILITY-ASSURANCE-LLC.html
I did a little more digging and found that the same person has more company's, "MONSTAR LLC', formed 4-3-2012 ... "SEVENTY EIGHT LLC" , formed 3-1-2012 ..."FRACTEL WATER LLC", formed 3-1-2012 ... "7 TWENTY GROUP LLC", formed 2-8-2012... "FL CALL CENTER'S LLC", 11-30-2013... All with the same address's....He also is a managing member in "2" more in Connecticut... "SO PEOPLE PLEASE BE CARE FULL OUT THERE" .....