I got an email with this number saying that I've won a prize. Called the number and a guy explained that I need to attend a presentation to get the prize. I hung up after a few minutes.
I got a call from the same number. He left a message saying that he was from the Prize Claim Center and that I had won a Lincoln Navigator, a cash prize, or a Vacation getaway. He said that he had tried to email me and that he would try again. I have never received an email from them. I will not call back, it sounds like a scam.
"Prize Claim Center" guy left a message on my machine and left the 708-897-0623 number and an 866-543-4901 number. I did not return the phone. It immediately reeked of scam or "bait and switch" and I googled the numbers and here we are. The crack in their lie is that they do not address you by name. If you filled out a prize slip, it has your name on it and they will address you as Mr. or Mrs. So and So, this is an autodialing scam based on the theory of probability: call enough numbers some idiot will take the bait.
I just retrieved a message, from my voice mail, from the same W. Howe (Caller ID: (708)-897-0623) stating that I had filled out a prize entry and, "Congratulations, You've just won a Cadillac Escalade or a vacation in Hawaii or a 7-day Bahamaian cruise, all I had to do was call the verification center at 866-543-4901 and claim the prize and that he had sent an email informing me of my recent luck but I had not answered. He closed the message by saying "Congratulation" one last time.
Question: Why didn't he state my name?
Question: Why didn't he know what I won?
Note: I never received an email.