I know this isn’t beauty related, but it’s something I thought I should let you guys know about.
In May my boyfriend received a phone call from a company called International Magazine Company. They mentioned to enter him into a drawing for $1 million and that they’re a company that offers a low price magazine subscription as well as you get an offer for a free watch. Now to me this just sounds like a scam, but my boyfriend thought it would be cool since the magazines I want (graphic design) are usually I think $22 because they come with a CD in every issue. And they were offering him magazines for a few years for $4 a month. They had him pick 3 magazines. So I guess to him it sounded legit. I cant be too mad at him for trying to do something sweet.
Anyway, they ended up calling him back a few hours later and mentioned something that made no sense, I don’t remember exactly what it was, but I think they had him pick two more magazines. The prices started to not add up and they were offering him more offers. So he googled the company and found extremely bad reviews. After finding out it was a scam, he called our credit card company and had them cancel and issue us a new credit card. Thankfully, he did this before they were able to charge us. So since then we havent thought about it since we thought it was all figured out and solved.
Well, today he recieved a letter in the mail stating that he owes them money and if he doesnt pay them, they’ll report him to the credit bureau.
So he googled them again and came across this site: http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-670-8870
That is some scary shit. I called our credit card just to make sure that we werent charged even after changing our credit card and I asked what to do if we do see a charge from them on our card. He reported them to the Better Business Bureau and hopefully that’s all we’ll have to do. People are saying that since we havent recieved their product that they cant really do anything about us not paying. This is just a major hassle to have to deal with and definatly NOT something you want to wake up to. The day just started and I’m already pissed off. So if you see that number DONT ANSWER IT and dont fall for this scam! It’s beyond me how they got his phone number.
Also, I’ve been getting calls from this number 402-253-8998 good thing I’m hardly ever awake before 12PM so I’ve never answered their call but I googled the phone number (I google every phone number thats not on my caller ID lol) and found out it was another scam. What irritates me the most is how did they get my phone number!!! I dont give my phone number out to anyone and only give it out when I’m filling out important documents. UGH. What is up with all these scams!!
not sure if this will work but there’s site online where you can block these people from calling. http://donotcall.gov
i was just about to tell you to register your number at donotcall.gov but someone beat me to it lol. report all those solicitors there too. i dunno how well it works but i dont get as much calls anymore
another trick is to answer the phone and scream into it. that’ll definitely get the ones that arent automated to stop calling LOL
@sasha oh cool! I was wondering if there was a site or something that offered that!
@mae hahaha screaming into the phone. I’ma try that!!!