Was called on my cellphone today by call a woman who said she was from "Publishers". She said that I was a finalist in a $25,000 drawing and that she needed to verify my address so they could notify me with a letter. She then read my correct address back to me and said that I was entitled to some free magazine subscriptions. (I wouldn't have subscribed to any magazines even if they reallu were free but I decided to hear her out and see what she was up to. She said that "Publishers" wanted to get to know their winners and then asked my age. At that point I told her my dog just escaped and I had to get off the phone. She wished me a good day and hung up.
A young-sounding girl called from a company she called "Publishers" saying, also, that I was a finalist in a $25,000 prize for paying my bills on time. She asked to verify my address, and then did correctly state my address. I asked where she recieved my information; She told me from either a bank or credit card company and that she didn't know which. She offered magazine subscriptions that were going to be "free", but I later asked if I would be charged and she said $3.99. Then offered a free watch. She then asked my income to be sure I could afford the gift taxes in case I won. I told her at that time I was not interested in ANY of it and to remove my name from any list.
Got a call this evening from "Publishers..." something or other, about being entered in a drawing for $25k and a cruise or something like that. She wanted to verify my address because "if you're the winner they send you the notification by certified mail", and she read of my exact address to me. She then went on to say something about free magazine subscriptions (Glamour, Cosmo, etc). Then she asked how the weather is in Austin & said that in California it's been very hot also & they've only had 1/8" rain this year. Then she said that they like to know some personal information about the contestants & asked me my age. At that point, I told her I was on my cell & it was charging me minutes, to call me after 7 pm my time. She said she would... and the number actually just called me back but this time I didn't answer. Looks like it only rang twice & no VM was left.