Scam; fishing for your credit card information and personal info.
Got a call from them today. they said they got my info from my credit card/bank. the lady, Dawn, seemed abnormally ditsy and unintelligent. She was supposedly calling from Publisher's Headquarters. Did not have any sort of ID#, nor could she tell me her direct number or company's ph number. she said i had the chance to win $25,000.00, a truck, trip to hawaii, and something else. On top of that I get a free diamond watch, and 6 magazines. She said her manager would call me back right after. I asked her if this info was gonna be emailed to me and she said she had no idea about e-mailing. lol. They have called me 4 times in the past half hour...twice blocking their phone number to get me to answer. Pretty persistent for a company willing to give me $25,000.00 and a bunch of free stuff.
anywhos...knew it was a scam so i called all my credit card companies and banks to report this...of course my credit card/banks said they don't give out my information.
So don't answer this call...and definitely don't give any personal information.
If the call is to your landline, contact your service provider and ask if they can block it. You can also buy a Truecall blocking machine, which you should be able to find with an Internet search.
If it is to your smartphone, go to your app icon screen to find your app market, and search for call blockers (there should be several free ones available).
For all other cellphones, contact your service provider.
i got the same call as the stories above. They do not have my credit card numbers or anything yet they didn't ask for the numbers or maybe I didn't give them a chance to because right when I asked did I have to purchase the magazines he said yeah it's apart of the sweepstake told me have a nice day and hung up. Does the magazines really come and if so how will they charge me?
They are selling magazines! They call with the pretense that you've won a sweepstakes. Then when the supervisor calls back they try to nail you with a #39.95 monthly payment for 2 years.