National Gifting Center - NY head office
Phone: 718.534.4829
Same story as the others, the first person on the phone had a heavy Indian
accent; when pressed for details from their company (I said, politely, that
I would not answer any questions until *they* answered mine), he transfered
me to his 'senior manager', who said his name was Mark Dennis. This second
person had also a light but hard to identify accent (someone else on this
site, who got called by them but from a different number, speculated it
could be Eastern European, I'd agree with that).
They said I'd filled a 'promotional ballot' on December 16 2006 (which I
don't recall doing, I never do these things). He said I needed to report to
this address:
VRM 549 Flatiron Blvd Suite E
Broomfield, CO 80021
And bring 2 pieces of photo ID with me, to claim one of 4 gifts:
1. Toshiba 32 in flat screen TV.
2. $2500 cash
3. 3 days/2night orlando/cancun
4. Lincoln navigator 2008.
He was trying to get me to confirm my income, and since I wouldn't answer
any questions, he said "remember to check the box that says Income >
4400/month, right? right?". Sleazy :) At that point I told him: "look, I
already told you I wouldn't answer *any* questions or confirm/deny *any*
information until I can cross-check your business with the NYC Better
Business Bureau". The moment I mentioned the BBB, the call got mysteriously
cut and he never called again. What a coincidence, heh?
In summary: stay away from anyone pretending to be from the "National
Gifting Center". Scam, pure and simple. Any legitimate business will be
*happy* to have you check their BBB references, these guys are just a
low-level scam either phishing for personal information for identity theft,
or to get people into pushy sales pitches for time shares and similar deals.
One way or another, stay away from them!
The old maxim applies: if it sounds too good to be true (gifts out of the
blue), it probably is!
i recived a call from NGC, the person said i hav filled a ballot the same story as above.he told about the same gifts and then tranfered the call to the other person (Senior Manager) named Alex Carter. He said i have to go to broomfield where i have to bring my id's and a code he had issued me, he said it was a very confidentional number. On Thursday he i sat appointment at 5:30pm to go there. i stayed there around for 90 mins n i recived a gift that was telvision.
So i can say it was true and real .
i dun know about the other experiences but its not any kind a scam coz i hav gone through with that.
We received a fraudulent charge on our credit card for $2095.00 to 1-800-Flowers two days after receiving this phone call. The fraud department with our credit card called us to see if we authorized this charge because the expiration date was incorrect on the web order. We were lucky that we didn't get stuck with the charge for this. Beware of this scam and put a fraud alert on your credit reports....Glad we did.
Andy Garcia ( Service Manager) from NGC, said I had won 4 gifts, A Brand New Ford, A Cruise, a TV, and a AIRLINE TICKETS. I said Oh really! and? Where did I fill this card out at? Well ma_am I can't tell you this because we send out thousands of these cards every year to Walmart, Kmart, gas stations and laundry mats. AND? now what. Well Ma-am you if you can verify all this info we will tell you where to go to this meeting alone with other winners. You will get refreshments, and will have to attend a 90 min ceremony, you will then draw a ticket from the box and whatever it says on the ticket you win. I said this is awful strange, you can't tell me where I filled this form out but you can tell me it was last yr HMMMM. I said I don't do anything without discussing it with my husband first. He gave me this number # 1-718-534-4829. Yep when I called it back it said your party isn't answering leave a message. I left a message after reading this FORUM right here and told them Do NOT CALL THIS # again. Well they have called several times a day and now are calling from a different number here in my state. Hahaha when I called it this number it said this number had been disconnected. HMMMMMMMMMMMM how about that. They called again tonight and my husband answered the phone, he told them don't call here again you are not going to talk to my wife. They IDIOT said I will continue to call until I can talk to your wife.
I Also got a call frm NGC !!
They Said I HV won something !!
he told me $ gifts N i said i hv to attend 90 MIn Timeshare Presentation
i went to their Gifting Centre N i drew A Package THere N Finally i had Receive My GIft n Walk out from There Every thing Was TRue i have Won My Ford Explorer Car!!
THanks Alot Andy Garcia !!