Consolidated Media Services telemarketing sweepstakes scam Nationwide

Hi,

I am really glad to have found this report. A few weeks ago I received a call from "Maria" at the "Dream for Life" sweepstakes saying that as a preferred credut card customer I had been entered in a drawing and won a diamond watch.

Then she said that they would send me some magazines that I would never read voluntarily, anyway. When I asked her if there was a charge for the magazines, she stuttered and said they were only $3.29 a week.

I told her that they could send me the watch but that I didn't authorize them to bill me for any magazines.

It's been 3 weeks and I haven't received the diamond watch, but I had been worrying that they could still scam me somehow through my agreement to accept the prize. But from the details here it looks like I did the right thing by not giving them my credit card number (which is always unnecessary to claim a prize, anyway!!!)

I don't have any info on this company other than the phony sweepstakes name, but I put this under the same heading because it sounds like it could be the same company. I will keep you posted if I can recall their # from my caller ID.

I also found out that if you think you've just received a call from a scam artist you can dial *57 and their number will appear on your phone bill so you can give it to the authorities.

Hope this helps.

Grateful
Chicago, Illinois
U.S.A.