THIS IS A TOTAL SCAM!!! I RECEIVED SEVERAL CALLS FROM 717 910-4139 AND 307-223-4052 (SAME COMPANY). THEY CLAIM TO BE PUBLISHERS CLEARING HOUSE AND ALSO CLAIM THEY ARE AFFILIATED WITH YOUR BANK (BUT THEY CAN'T NAME THE BANK). TO VERIFY YOUR INFO, THEY WANT YOUR VISA CARD THAT BEGINS WITH 4 (UH, DON'T THEY ALL START WITH 4). AFTER THEY INFORM YOU THAT YOU ARE A GRAND PRIZE WINNER WITH PUBLISHERS CLEARING HOUSE THEY WANT YOU TO ORDER MAGAZINES. ONE OF THE REPS LEFT A MSG ON MY VM CALLING ME A STUPID [***] AFTER WE WERE DISCONNECTED. I CALLED ALL MY BANKS AND ADVISED THEM OF THIS SCAM AND WILL CALL PUBLISHERS CLEARINGHOUSE AS WELL.
I answered this call and ordered some magazines. I got the usual, Sports Illustrated, Time, Penthouse... and they offered me a free subscription to "Anchovies", a culinary magazine. Being a bit of an chef, and since the price was right I took them up on the subscription.
About three days later, I got a call from the same number. The man on the other end asked, "Did you order 'Anchovies'?" I said yes, and he said "We are on our way." he then hung up the phone. I thought it was a little weird, but went back to watching womens topless kick-boxing on some Thai sports channel I get on my pirated satellite and fell asleep.
When I woke up, my front door was wide open, there was signs of a struggle, and my wife was gone.
No one had seen her for over 6 months. I was despondent, and started frequenting sports bars in order to drown my sorrow. Last week, I was sitting at the bar watching some Pro-Am bowling event on ESPN2, and one of the guys at the bar commented that the guy bowling had a strnage looking bowling ball. I looked closer, and nearly lost my mind! All I could do was shout "THAT'S NO BOWLING BALL! THAT'S MY WIFE!"
I got out of the hospital a week ago. The doctors say I was suffering from a nervous breakdown, but I know what I saw. Just be warned, when they offer you a free subscription, say...