877-423-3715

I just received a call from these folks too.  Same deal. You won a Lincoln Navigator or a vacation or a big screen TV, etc...    They said they represented a new travel agency called "Event Planners."   I kept her on the line long enough to get the whole scoop.  In the end, I was supposed to go down to a hotel in Georgetown to hear the 90 minute presentation and claim my prize.   When I said I wouldn't drive down there, she hung up on me.  LOL!

Got the same call.  The caller's name is now Deanna.  Said I had entered via my hotmail address, which I have not used for at least 2-3 years.  So right away I was rather dubious about the whole thing.  Entered the phone number which brought me to this page.  Thanks for the info everyone and for saving me a whole lot of time.  (Damn, I was looking forward to getting that Escalade and trading it in for a Mini Cooper).

i was naturally skeptical and doubtful of course when they called. i never have good luck, it's always bad like debbie downer, wah wah.

on the machine she said there was no maybe about it; i'd won a cadillac escalade. the email address she cited was one i had closed down years ago due to too much spam!

timeshare is one of the oldest tricks in the book even before the net. they should be arrested just for trying to play on people's heart and wallet strings and hope, naevete, etc...

glad i read tammy's and other's comments on here.

Got a call this afternoon from a so called Mark that worked for a company Awards Claim Center. In the voice mail he stated that I had won a car or $2,500. The phone number that was given to was a toll free 1-877-423-3715 extention 241. Whats gave this scam away was that fact that the so called rep. used an email address that I havent used sice 2002.

Got a call on my voicemail.  Said I had won a Lincoln Navigator or some other prized.  Called back and got someone elses voicemail.  (877-) 423-3715 Ext. 240.  Thanks for the heads up.  Oh, by the way....the message says up front that your conversation is being recorded.

they called me too. man I was dissapointed when I googled the number.

Received a call today from ext. 241.  My husband said we would do some research and call back.  I tried to find something for Event Planners on the Better Business Bureau site, but found nothing.  Tried to find something on the internet using the name, but got a lot of junk.  Finally, I put in the number and came across these messages.  Thank you!!!  We called back and asked for a website, the rep said he wasn't sure of the site address and said we could look it up on the internet.    Little did he know we already Googled them.  When asked if it was a time share, of course, he said NO!  Such a waste of time.

I got the call yesterday from Matt Thomas 1-877-423-3715 ext 257 and then he called back from 248-423-7286. Told me I definately won 1 of 4 prizes. I thought I asked all the right qeustions to weed out a scam. Really got my hopes up because I am in hard times. Sucks that people can play with your emotions like this. Thanks for posting all your information so I don't waste my time going to the presentation.

Tasha gave me a call from this number claiming I had entered a contest.  Wanted me to come to downtown DC.  I thought it was a round up.  The police like to get everyone down to the armory and lock them up for stealing cable, late child support etc.  Dont do it.  Nearly scared me out of the bed.

Same as the above - I won't bother calling - thanks for all the inputs.

Same call!I won this and that.The woman(Shavon,that was the name she gave) said to call her back when I could find someone to claim the prizes.I called back, and It sounds like a legit company? Yeah Right!.It's a big scam!

Got their call 877-423-3715.  Ext: 234 Name: Deborah
Thanks for the quick internet info! Can I say scam.

I just got a call from Melissa yesterday, x245.  I totally bought it at first because I had signed up for a few drawings in the past, and I thought this may have just been a pour-over or something. maybe a drawing for the people who didn't win the original grand prize.  She said, I have won either a Lincoln Navigator, $2500, a 32-inch plasma tv, or a trip to vegas.  She said that if i CHOSE to take the navigator that they would have the right to publish my name and likeness. (fine with me, i thought!)...

I finally got it out of her that i wasn't guaranteed to win the car, but she kept insisting that i won one of the 4 prizes, and which one I walked away with could only be determined on the actual date of the "celebration".  She said there were 12 winners for the contest, and that the celebration tonight would determine what prize each person walked away with. Still, I was sold. a 1-in-12 chance of winning a car? with a consolation prize of $2500 cash or a TV, I was still in.

I only found this site because i tried looking up the company that was sponsoring the prizes. Couldn't find anything, so i then googled the phone number, thinking i could reverse-search for it. I found this site and it saved me a ton of wasted time.

Also, she said you had to be 28 years or older, married or cohabitating, with a joint income of over $60,000.  This threw me off a little, but I figured I had accidentally checked a box that I didn't mean to, and it was some loophole they were trying to get through so they didn't have to give away a car.

man was I pissed when i found this out.  How can we get back at these people? If they slip up and give false information, can we sue or report them to the BBB or something? there HAS to be something illegal about this.

I got the same massage yesterday and called back.  I am a widower, and they insisted that only couples can win the prize, but allowed me to transfer the prize to another couple.  My son googled the phone number, and everything is clear now.  Good conversation subject.  Great internet application.

I got the same call the other day, but decided to check it out before I call back. (I enter a lot of sweeps as well) My "prize director", Taisha, said it was not a solicitaion or time share offer and that it was time sensitive. Supposedly, I had entered an online drawing for a Cadillac Escalade and other prizes and I had won! Bullsh*t! I can't stand these stupid time share companies. They are so coniving! Can't we report this to the BBB as false claims/advertisement or something? I'll bet it was Silver Leaf....yes...I have been scammed by them before. I Wasted gas that I didn't have to waste and spent a whole day at a resort 3 hours away....while it was raining....with a 5 and 2 year old!! UGH! And to make matters worse, the whole time we were walking around and "touring" the resort, she kept saying, "Oh don't worry I'm not gonna try to sell you anything." BUT, as soon as her boss showed up...you got it....she totally did a 180 and practically begged us to buy a time share. And as if that awkward situation couldn't get any worse, her boss actually made us feel guilty "for not sacrificing a little extra money a month to ensure we are spending quality time with our children." *Direct Quote* Soooo, all in all, I guess I'm a pretty bad parent for not buying a time share! Anyways, sorry to go on and on, but these people are ruthless! DONT CALL BACK!

I go a call today from this number, came up as Mitchell Comm. A man named David asked for my son. Since my son is 10, I said they could talk to me. He  ran thru the whole speil, the Lincoln Navigator, the 32 inch ( I think ) TV and all that. All we had to do was come to a 90 minute "awards ceremony", but we had to both attend, have a combined income over 60k, be US citizens, bring 2 forms of ID. He also mentioned the time sensitive .......
  Theres a sucker born every minute, but its not me this time!

Received a call yesterday from 877-423-3715 ext.238. I was going to return their call, but can tell now, it would be a wasted of my time. The first thing i thought was a police sting too. Trying to think, What did i do?? So i decided to investigate them.  Thanks for your comments. You all helped a lot!!

Got a call today too.  I was suspicious so I asked what contest I entered, was it online, in the mail, etc, and when I entered.  They could not give me the answer.  I played along for awhile.  They confirmed my address, which was about 3 years old, set up the appointment, etc.  Of course I am not going to go I just let them finish talking.

get this - right in the middle of their speil we told them not to call us and hung up on them. they called back and said "continuing with presentation" in complete defiance of our request! no longer a request but a demand! so some other operator called after that i guess to see if they could piss us off even more. i hadn't heard from them from awhile and they left that sorry old message on the machine about winning an escalade. i left them the message that they are to stop calling and i'm reporting it to do not call list. when someone tells you to not do something you don't do it!