4016164924

same phone number...401.616-4924...douche

Both my husband and I received calls today (7/10/11) on our cell phones from this number. He had an accent and claimed that we signed up on a list when we were doing Christmas shopping.  We never give our cell numbers when shopping.  He was obviously calling sequential numbers.  My husband just said he wasn't interested and hung up.  I told him several times to put our number on the "do not call" list.  He tried to keep going but I had to hang up on him.  Ugh!

Just wanted to warn everyone to never reply in the affirmative when getting spam calls, even if it's just to get them off the line. I read an article that told of a telemarketing company that edited responses so it appeared that the people said yes when asked if they wanted to subscribe to an offer. The victim said they had only said yes when the caller asked "Is this Mrs. Jones?" The telemarketing company charged $5.00 a month on the phone bill and it was months before they could get it to stop.

Some guy named Mike Walter tried this same thing on me. I actually believed him at first, then I googled his number and it brought me here. Here's a checklist from my experience:
1: He will say that you won the top 4 prizes from something
2: The prizes will be a 32 in. TV, $2500, or 2 cars
3: He will get annoyed if you make him repeat himself
4: He will tell you that you have to pick up the item from somewhere
5: He will ask if you are in a relationship
6: He has a thick accent

If any of these apply, it's "Mike" and it's a scam
And for the record, he said he was gonna call back in a half hour. If he does, I'm gonna rub it in his face really badly then block his number. Cheer me on everybody! :D

Got a call from them too, this time it was Jerry Stevens as the "manager".  Everything was the same (the brand was toshiba), they wanted me to come to :

Washington Harbor Building Complex
901 31st st.NW
Washington DC 20007

The exact same calls have been coming in at my house, but I live outside Washington, DC so when I listened to the whole offer for the prizes: $2500 cash, 32"LCD TV, 3 day vacation or 2011 Ford Explorer I was instructed to come to 901 31st Street NW Washington, DC in the Washington Harbor Complex.  I was given an appointment to come listen to "Virgin Promotions" presentation for 90 minutes and enjoy their complimentary refreshments and receive one of the prizes free via a scratch off ticket.

Well, we all know that everyone will scratch off and receive the travel voucher--and after you pay the fees associated with redeeming the voucher you will end up with a 3 day trip as expensive as booking it yourself. So if you have time on your hands, why not go check it out and amuse yourself and your spouse for the evening...

I don't think this is a complete scam, as no one is stealing here but rather it's terrible marketing.

Just got a call from 508-299-7951 and got the same marketing pitch from someone from Virgin Promotions or Virgin Marketing - telling me I needed to go to the same Washington D.C. address someone posted before (901 31st St., NW, Washington, D.C.).  I was not planning on going, but got them to give me the web address of an html site with some of their info in writing:  
http://www.yourconfirmationletter.com/washdc.html.
Looks like it's a 90-minute presentation.  Ouch.  Thanks to everyone for posting...

Got the same picth from Virgin Promotions with us winning a prize out of 4 things (Ford Hybrid Truck, 32" TV, Cash or Vacation). Have to come down to their DC office to collect the prize. The office is in Georgetown and will have to sit for 90 min presentation (Timeshare picth?). The URL posted by 'wash dc' is what was given to us. So when I started searching online, was directed to several forums (one of them was this); only one had a person go and sit through the presentation, decline the offer/sales pitch, scratch the lottery and win $2500 AmEx card which they used and have no complains. Anyone truly followed through with this promotion thing or is this just another scam?

Thanks and good luck

I go the same call today.  The guy kept asking if my significant other and I lived together. He even passed me to his manager who kept asking if I could prove that we lived together.  I said that we didn't live together and asked why that would matter to a contest.  

He got pissy and said that it was only open to people who lived together and that I wasted his company's valuable time.  Did he forget that they called me?  DUH.

This dude called me from Virgin Promotions at 9:30PM!!!!!! 9:30!!!!!! saying that i had won one of 4 prizes and I asked how he got my number. He told me that I had visited a store (best buy, at&t. etc) and filled out a survey card. I told him it sounded shady and that it was illegal for telemarketers to call after 9 and if he didn't know my name that I wasn't doing anything and that shut him up. Win!

Just got a call on my cell from508-299-7403. My husband answered my phone. In a heavy Indian accent, "Mark" said we had entered a contest around Christmas time.  Prizes were 32" TV.2500 cash & Cruise for 2. Hubby was told I needed to call back for Gift Claim Card # and we would have to go to 7550 Futures Drive in Orlando to claim our prize. Hubby is not computer savvy so I just googled this phone # and here I am.....What a bunch of baloney !!!

Did a little more research on the # 508-299-7403.
It is listed in Orlando, Fl. as Dream, Go, Explore.

to attend our 90-minute hospitality preview on vacations.  After your presentation you will receive your Sweepstakes Scratch Ticket.  This means you are guaranteed to receive one of our four major prizes:



>Brand New Ford Escape Hybrid or $25,000 cash

>$2,500 to spend as you wish

>Vacation.-3 days 2 night Orlando, Las Vegas, or Cancun Mexico vacation

                including round trip airfare for 2 adults  You will have a variety of  vacations to choose from if

                 you  receive the vacation!

             >32”Flat screen Color TV.

You are under no obligation to purchase anything in order to receive your scratch ticket..

So someone did win $2500.00 gift card?  I got the same pitch but didn't go, I thought it was a scam.

Got a call yesterday August 25, 2011.  from this number  401 616 4924.  This time it was Premier Promotions and the name was Jimmy.   Same deal.  4 prizes, car money etc. but come along to  a hotel in Sterling VA to collect with significant other.  No mention of sales pitch even when I specifically asked if there was one.  So he lied to me which if he calls back I'll politely mention to him.  :).  

I said I would get back to them, but after 20 mins of googling where I found everyone's notes here I'll not be going along. I must say thanks to everyone for posting and saving my time.  

Shame these morons wasted my time and keep popping up.

i just got a call from some guy and said he was from primeir promotions and he had a weird accent. He said me and my dad had been in walmart target or best buy around christmas time and we had wrote my number on the reciept to win a prize........he said i had a choose between 32 inch flat screen, 2500 cash, cruise or a ford truck...but he said my mom or dad had to come with me because you have to be over 28 to get your prize and wanted my dads number so  he could him the code so he could claim prize i said uhhh no the address he gave me to go to was Clarion inn 564 warrington rd fredericksburg va 22405 sooo yeah. i am glad i got on and looked the number up thanks everybody for repoting!! :)

This guy called me like 5 minutes ago. I usually have a hard time understanding indian people, but this time I was pretty [***], so it made it even harder. He seemed to say I won some Best Buy contest that I apparently in December. I do not recall doing that. He then asked for my age, and informed me that I could select 1 of 4 "fabulous prizes". I'm drunk, he's indian, I asked him to repeat himself a few times, he hung up on me....

I just got the exact same call from a guy with the thickest Indian accent I've ever heard on the phone!  He was barely understandable and had to spell out the name "V-i-r-g-i-n" for me to understand him.  I told him I was at work and he just kept going.  I interrupted him and told him I'm at work again and asked them to call me back.  Ha!

Losers!

Mikes been pestering me for about a week. He did the same non-stop talk when I told him I was at work. He keeps calling me back and telling me, rather rudely, that as per his previous conversations with me he's already explained the details of the qualifications. Then tells me I won one of the same four prizes and I have to come down to 8961 W. Sahara suite 102, Las Vegas 89177. He keeps telling me to bring my husband...I'm not married. He also keeps telling me to tell them I make over 55k a year (Which I don't - I'm a single mom and have more going out than coming in). Since his initial call I've gotten about 6 other calls for more "Promotions" places. He had mentioned Global, then subsequently Virgin in our conversations. He's claiming his company is WRS Promotions now.
When I got patched through to the Manager he started telling me to spell my name so they can match the spelling. I asked how they had it spelled and he took a long pause then gave me the time stalling "I'm sorry, what did you say?" Then he told me that the spelling of my name was locked in the computer and was used as the password to retrieve my gift code. Duh..oookkk LOL I'm sorry, rather than playing phone games I need to be picking up more hours for work and getting business done. Especially doing the job of two parents, my time is valuable.

I just got called in Vegas too.

Its a scam.  It is SUCH a scam that when I told him that he had the address wrong (they tell you its "8961 W. Sahara Avenue Suite 102, Las Vegas, Nevada 89177" when anyone who lives in Vegas knows that Canyon Gate area is the 89117 zipcode), they just kept repeating the wrong address.  So when you get a call from 703-349-0525 and they say "WRS Promotions", its a scam

They called me on my cell phone and told me that I needed to spell my name to them so that they could confirm it really is me from my (phantom) entry.  Of course they got a bogus name and then confirmed that the bogus name is PRECISELY whats on the application.  It was fun to play with them for a little bit but then I tired of the game.  Dear Mr. James or whatever fake name you were using from the Indian call center, I was using a fake name too so lets just call this even and both quit while we are ahead, OK?