I have received the same call last night at my mother house; i have not live there for a year. Thanks for the heads up. She left a voice mail of pretty much the same story.
I received a two calls this afternoon. The first from a man named Bill calling from Star Vacations' Prize Claim Center "in Atlanta" who left me a voicemail saying that I had won a prize from an email contest I had entered 6-8 months ago and to call him back at 1-800-471-1408.
I later received another call from 563-242-0091, which I happened to answer. I can't remember the woman's name though. She said that I had entered an email contest and had been selected as one of 250 finalist. I had won either a new Lincoln Navigator, $25,000 cash, a 3 day/2 night trip including airfare and hotel to either Orlando or Las Vegas, or a 32 inch plasma TV. They mentioned my email address, however it was not an email address I had used in probably 2 years which initially made me curious. Then as the woman asked me questions for verification she asked if I was in fact over 25 and married, neither of which are true. I'm 20 and single and never married. They said there was a brief seminar I should go to in order to collect my prize via a scratch card to determine my actual prize. They said I needed two forms of identification and a major credit card, preferably expired.
The woman seemed legitimate on the phone; however, I started looking for information on them online and found that many people had gotten the same scam phone call. Clearly my information had been sold to a third party. I am from Atlanta, so for a company to be claiming to be located in Atlanta and have an Iowa area code not Atlanta when they called me is very suspicious. I was initally excited, but clearly this is a huge SCAM!!!
If you receive a call from Star Vacation Prize Claim Center, hang up.
I have received the same call last night at my mother house; i have not live there for a year. Thanks for the heads up. She left a voice mail of pretty much the same story.
I just received a phone call from these people from the same center you have stated. They were trying to reach me by saying my name but I told them it was a wrong number and the lady on the other end said "whatever" before hanging up. What a b!tch? I definately know it is a SCAM after the reaction she gave me. If it was a legitemate company the would kindly saying sorry or something like that. To whoever reads this and receives a phone call from them, be warned that they are very rude people.
so i may sound naive here, but did anyone actually go to the seminar? i also got a call from 800-471-1408 with the same info that seriously? wrote about (except in columbus ohio they are calling themselves global network). i can't imagine how they could get any money out of me (because i don't have any), so i am thinking about going just to see what happens. any info from anyone who actually went would be nice.