These people keep calling me and they always say, "Hi _____, I'm calling long distance, can you hear me???" EVERY SINGLE TIME!
I keep asking to be removed from their list and they hang up on me. I've called this stupid number and its just an automated message saying that you've won some b.s. Its false as I called it from two different numbers (one being work) and its the same message.
If anyone knows how to get removed from this, I'd really appreciate it. I'm on the do not call list (not that that means much).
I received a call on December 8 at 5:04PM from this number and was told that, as a valued Visa/Mastercard customer, I had been entered into a drawing for a chance to win numerous prizes. They also told me that I would receive a $300 gas card free and clear just for being chosen. I also supposedly won 5 magazine subscriptions for 5 years at no charge, all I had to do was purchase a subscription to Us Weekly. The woman said they would send my gas card and magazine list in the mail in the next few days. She asked me to confirm my address so the info could be mailed to me. 21 minutes later, I received a call from a man claiming to be this "new employee's" supervisor, and that he wanted to see if she had been polite during our conversation. He proceeded to tell me the same things she had and began signing me up for 5 magazines. He then asked me for my debit card number, and I told him that my wallet had recently been stolen and my card was no longer active. I asked if he could send me the info so I could look it over before I committed to paying for anything. He said that, unfortunately, that was not the way they did things, and said that if I could not provide a card number I could give him my bank account number and they could take it directly from my account. I told him that I was driving and did not have my checkbook with me, and he told me that he would have someone call me back later to collect the information. Then he completely changed what he had said and told me that I could tell the caller that I wanted to receive a monthly statement so I could send in a check instead of having it automatically withdrawn from my account. I knew it sounded very suspicious, but I am glad to have confirmation.
Honest Indian do not worry first of all they will have to provide proof that you agreed to purchase merchandise from them and they dont have your cc info so the cannot charge you and they don't have your social so what are they going to send to the credit bureau. If with some miracle they do send something (not sure what ) to the credit bureau then you can request proof of purchase or the credit agency will have to remove the information.
Unfortunately some companies resort to this type of sales technique report them to the Better business bureau but they are just blowing smoke they cannot charge you.
Honest Indian, I received the same exact call, from the same exact number, with the same exact information. However, shortly after my initial received call the supervisor lady called and said she wanted to verify my name and address and that I understood the terms and stipulations, which she explained, but that I had also won a $300 gas card along with the free 5 magazines. Sounded great, I agreed until she asked for my credit/debit card number for them to verify initial monthly payment and then I would be billed after that. When I told her that I did not agree to that and that I do not feel comfortable providing my card information to an unkown source she said it wasn't a problem and that she would have a "Visa Associate" called on the other line for my privacy protection. I told her no, I really do not wish to do that and she said that she would have to then cancel the magazine subscriptions and that I would not receive my $300 gas card, I said that's fine and she said "okay, thank you for your time." She was friendly, but to all those who read this.....IT IS A SCAM!!!!