844-539-9193

Left a message on my VM, no company name, not asking for anyone by name, but saying I won their drawing that they've been sponsoring for the last 18 months "in your area". Decided to call from another phone (nothing comes up on toll free registry under this number) and an auto answer "thank you for contacting the debt recovery department...".  ?! No company name was identified in the recording.  Don't know if it's actually a debt collector or something else.

Called me and when I answered they hung up... Calles back, some kind of sweepstakes... No other info given... Possible SCAM....

I received a similar call today from what I believe was the same number. I didn't get copied down before it hung up. But it sounds like the same messege.

Just had a call from this number saying I'd won some money, but I didn't pick up, figuring it was a scam call.

Same thing for me too. Too many people they called telling them all they won.

It is a scam.  They are also using 623-215-0466 so go ahead and block both numbers.  Called me (again!) at 8:15 a.m.

left a message saying I need to call back, I have won something.

Things to believe:

• There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.
• If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.
• You have not won big bucks from a benign benefactor, a pot of pesos from PCH, dinero from a doctor, a car from a caller, or a grant from a gracious government    ◄- ◄- ◄- ◄- ◄-
• The tooth fairy really does not exist
• Everything you read on the internet is not necessarily true.
• It is illegal to ask for money for a loan or prize, before awarding the loan or prize!
• "Free Trips" are loaded with mandatory & costly extras, and you usually must give them your card number after listening to a loooong spiel at a hotel.
• Microsoft or a different famous software company, or one of their agents did NOT cold call you to fix your computer.
• The moon is not made of green cheese.
• The IRS will snailmail you, rather than phone you, if there is a problem.
• Jackalope milk is not an aphrodisiac.
• If you Vanilla Card, MoneyGram or Western Union money to a scammer, the money is gone.
• You should beware of Geeks bearing gifts, specially if the gift is a wooden horse with termites, or a statement that your computer is infected.
• 876 is NOT your lucky number, and it will cost you money to call that area code!
• The number you see on your Caller ID may not be the number of the person who called you!

More information on those scams (and others) may be found at
http://phonehelp.2truth.com/facts.html

Remember to return here, to 800notes.com, after you look at any of the information at that site, either to post more information, or to let us know you avoided the scam.

I got the same call as well a couple of times in the past week. I also got calls from Diversified Consultants, which is a debt collection agency, in that same time periiod, which leads me to believe they work hand in hand - if Diversified Consultants can't reach you, they'll have this other company call and say you're "won a prize in the $25,000 sweepstakes we've run over the past 18 months. Call us back as SOON as you can."

Got a call this afternoon from "Gift Redemption Center".  Please call 1-844-539-9193 in reference to their $25,000 contest that occurred within the last 18 months.  Need to hear from you soon!  Not likely.  I haven't entered any contests and I am on a do not call list.

The number did not leave message and I was home when they called, so I called back. First time I got hung up on. Then I gave a fictitious name of whom I was trying to reach and the person told me they didn't work there any longed and "they" could help me. I asked to get off the calling list. I was hung up I without asking for any info. So how did they take me off the list? When I calked back I got a very rude lady who said she wouldn't help me without me giving her my name.  I said "you called me." After giving this very rude lady no info, she stopped talking. After mentioning Ive reported them to the BBB and other sources, I was again hung up on!!! When is it ok to call these people and hang up on them?!?!

I got the call today from this number and I have not entered any contests. I am going to block the number, because as someone said if it's too good to be true it's not happening.

Received a call from 1-844-539-9193. Answering machine recorded a call from Zack at the Redemption Center that I have won $25,000 and need to call back immediately. An obvious scam.

Oh they got a new number.

So now I've got it blocked.

F?.King scammers.

Phone companies know what these people are doing. They could stop it all because the are
bogus companies.

Zach called and left message implying I won $25,000.  He said I should call the same number back.  Did not call back nor will I.  Here's the entire message as I received it

"Hi Zach here with the gift redemption Center giving you a follow up call in regards to the $25,000 give away that we sponsored here with them the last 18 months we're looking at your name and number. We have great news for you we do need you to give us a call back as soon as possible here at toll free 1-844-539-9193. Again that's toll free 1-844-539-9193 we do need to hear from you as soon as possible. Congratulations."

More Bravo Sierra!

Was it from 1-815-496-0605?

I got the same phone call and message.  Think it is a total scam.

Saying I won a $25,000 sweepstake drawing.

Just got the identical message.......what a waste of everyones time......