Tell me something, all you winners, what is the genre of music played on this newly minted radio station? How do I listen to the feed? Can I get this on a satellite service? Who is the owner with such deep pockets that he can pump thousands of dollars into a prize promotion within a single week before the first round of sponsor revenue is even collected? aaaAAAaannd .... If "Fire97" is so well capitalized from day one, why would its promoters need you to pay anything to claim your prize?
Signs of a Prize Scam
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0199-prize-scams
I misdialed a number also today, and a recording came on saying I was caller # 15 as well...I went to the site did the will call thing, went through the motions until I got to the part where they want you to pay the "port taxes of 119. and some off cents" and decided I better check into this...I am not going to give them any credit card info and am now worried cause when I did speak to someone they asked for my mobile phone number, that I gave to them at the time. I did a reverse number search and found out that the number I called was from a small town called Oxford in Maryland, AND is someone's home. Really confused so I'm gonna skip this one...and call the police tomorrow and let them know about this because something is really wrong with this picture...
Prize Offers: You Don’t Have to Pay to Play!
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/telemarketing/tel17.shtm
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/scam-alerts
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0076-telemarketing-scams
http://www.usa.gov/
The Genre seems to be hip hop/ black, no offense meant...I just dont know what to call it. I had never heard of them before and as I posted, accidentally dialed the wrong number and was caller "15" and WON...lol. Supposedly the Cruise line is a sponsor. But the number I dialed was a local number to me in Maryland, as I posted already. I did a reverse number lookup and found out where I called, which is a home number in Oxford. And believe me when I say this town is small, rich, boating type community. So to me it really doesn't make sense. I am always skeptical about things like this, cause I don't have a penny to waste. I called did a search for contact info for the cruise line and spoke to someone there and the 119. port tax is due when you make your reservation or when you are about to board I think? I dont remember since I was pretty much in shock that I supposedly won...And I never win anything lol...so when I went to the site and went through the motions and got to the part where they wanted me to put my cred card info I figured something was wrong so I backed out.