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Report: #311135

Complaint Review: MyMediaOneContact - Provo Utah

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  • Reported By: Kosciusko Mississippi
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  • MyMediaOneContact 5255 N Edgewood #225 Provo, Utah U.S.A.

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In 2007, I received several emails promting a $500 Walmart gift card.

I replied to the email to have my email address removed from their records.

They continued to send the emails so I thought it was because I was a regular Walmart customer.

Finally, I decided to apply for the gift card. I was forced into several different screens which made me purchase things before I could proceed. Of course, I did not need the items. I purchased Hook on Phonics material because I have a 5 year old.

Months went by and I did not receive confirmation. I replied to the first email complaining, but I did not get a response. I am ready to file a lawsuit against any business located at that address, including walmart for this abuse. I live 1 minute away from Walmart and I give my business faithfully. I deserve way more than $500 anyway for this scam. If I could, I would sue them for $5 million dollars! I am on welfare and I am a single mother. How dare people do this and get away with it. The morale of these people is disgusting and I was forced to buy items it efforst to redeem a $500 gift card. This is false advertising and it has to be againt the law!

HighlyUpset
Kosciusko, Mississippi
U.S.A.

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#8 Consumer Suggestion

Walmarts affiliate program, 500 gift card... ???

AUTHOR: Mikewoodsror - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Sunday, November 16, 2008

I hate to see anyone get ripped off, or promised something and not receive it.
My Take on the situation...

Your email was harvested online or you signed up for something not realizing you were going to get a million and one emails.

Once your email was harvested it got put into a list service. The owner of the list sends out emails for offers of such or selling other things online.

The email looked attractive to you 500 dollars who wouldnt right? You got hooked into thinking you were going to get a 500 dollar gift card. In order to recieve the gift card you had to buy something online from walmart..

The scam... You were never going to get a 500 dollar gift card. You followed an affiliate link, attached to the owner of the list, to the walmart website. You bought the hooked on phonics. The person who sent you the email just made 4% of what you spent online at walmart. Well 4% of 1000 buys, because you are not the only one who falls for it, can add up. The owner of the list is probably making a good bit of money monthly, sending out these emails to a harvested list.

Did you even get the item you ordered? If not then there is more to the scam. If you got the item you ordered then dont expect the gift card.

Think about it why would walmart give away 500 dollars on a gift card for a 50 dollar purchase. The card for walmart to have made money would have been less then what you spent on the purchase.

Again sorry that you got scammed.

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#7 Consumer Comment

anyone who owns a business can give themselves any title, i too own my own company and depending on who i talk to will be my title..Ceo LOL..

AUTHOR: Mtableman430 - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Tuesday, October 21, 2008

i find it so amusing when people call themselves ceo or various other terms and then you find out they own a business, that is your title OWNER, and Real ceo actually works there way up the ladder to earn the title not puts a business name under there ss number for a tax id\. Second it is amazing that you are still eligable for welfare but that is the trouble with america people can make 80,000 a year and not claim a penny and still think they need that 600 a month check and fs. Wow i will give you some credit for the term ceo to be able to scam that you are smart. But if you are so educated why after the first screen and then the second did you continue, my 9 year old falls for those and even my husband that does not know how to open his e-mail account up and thinks that because a pop up comes on that states,"you are the 10,000 person you win an ipod," knows after he gets past the first screen it is a joke. So educated one, why go further, and why when it states you have to buy something before you can get 500. gift certifiacte would you think it is legit? And then get offended that someone calls you low class?? I am so confused see this is why so many cases are cramming the courts with sue happy people getting rich over something they should had known in the first place but then want justice cause they feel in some way they have been taken to the cleaners... I have had some bad experiences but i fully blame myself and learn from it and never do it again, i do not follow the ladder up to sue all for "making you buy hooked on phonics" and then want more cause you are a shopper there anyways and have put your fair share of time and money into the store. wE ALL HAVE AND THERE IS A REASON FOR IT, IT IS CHEAPER THEN ANYWHERE ELSE.... So go home get online and count how many times you get pop ups that say they are from a company and thencall the company and ask them if they know anything about it? Then i would drop it and move on, you ar ethe only one i see that is at fault right now and should not only not get any money you should be giving money back to your state for people who really need that money and maybe they could get more if people would stop abusing the system and the numbers be so high for welfare recipiants, they may actually be able to pay there bills every month instead of having to choose who gets paid cause they do not get enough to even pay there bills. You could help out and make a difference if you your self did not scam...

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#6 Consumer Suggestion

Just because the email said it was from Walmart doesn't make that true

AUTHOR: Cc - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Anyone can send you an email and make it look like it came from Walmart, that doesn't mean they had anything to do with your problem. Never respond to unsolicited email requests for you to particpate in "lotteries" or "claim prizes". They are ALL scams.

But I'm curious. You said in your first post that you were on welfare. But in your update you say you are the CEO of a company. How is that possible. One of those things must be a....well a not so true statement. Because if taxpayers are financing your home based business then you are scamming those taxpayers.

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#5 Author of original report

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AUTHOR: Highly Upset - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Monday, March 24, 2008

Lisa Dash,
Your comment was neither solicited or of any value. Let me FIRST, tell you that I am the C.E.O of my own company and I know what it means to be professional. I have taken my concern to the headquarters of WalMart in Arkansas and I don't need anyone giving me low class comments.
In the future, when something that you feel you didn't ask for ( but could have been avoided ) happens, to you....remember your own words. If anyone is being mindless, it would be you. This issue is for professional adults. Not children who are excited to have computer access.

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#4 Consumer Comment

Don't be mindless

AUTHOR: Lisa Dash - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Saturday, March 22, 2008

No one forced you to do anything.

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#3 Consumer Suggestion

For once, Wal-Mart is not to blame

AUTHOR: Sarah - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Tuesday, February 26, 2008

You were not scammed by Wal-Mart. In fact, they had nothing to do with the emails you got. These scammers/phishers will use familiar names and offer gift cards to well-known stores, restaurants, etc. in order to fool people into thinking they're legit. Your best bet would be to cancel any credit cards you used in making these purchases and make sure that your email is not one that is suceptable to spam such as Hotmail or Yahoo. You may need to get a new email address, too.

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#2 Consumer Suggestion

For once, Wal-Mart is not to blame

AUTHOR: Sarah - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Tuesday, February 26, 2008

You were not scammed by Wal-Mart. In fact, they had nothing to do with the emails you got. These scammers/phishers will use familiar names and offer gift cards to well-known stores, restaurants, etc. in order to fool people into thinking they're legit. Your best bet would be to cancel any credit cards you used in making these purchases and make sure that your email is not one that is suceptable to spam such as Hotmail or Yahoo. You may need to get a new email address, too.

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#1 Consumer Suggestion

For once, Wal-Mart is not to blame

AUTHOR: Sarah - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Tuesday, February 26, 2008

You were not scammed by Wal-Mart. In fact, they had nothing to do with the emails you got. These scammers/phishers will use familiar names and offer gift cards to well-known stores, restaurants, etc. in order to fool people into thinking they're legit. Your best bet would be to cancel any credit cards you used in making these purchases and make sure that your email is not one that is suceptable to spam such as Hotmail or Yahoo. You may need to get a new email address, too.

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