800-986-5566

Claimed to be for (if I remember correctly) GMA group, in regards to government contracts.

Claimed they wanted to give me some GSA contacts.
Looks like they are using some kind of listing of businesses.

This has been one of many calls like it that I've received claiming that we are "prequalified to get GSA contracts", and then going on to say that we can be on a GSA Schedule.  As we are a professional firm that doesn't sell products, we can't be on a GSA schedule.  GSA Schedules are negociated preferred prices for material goods, not the services of an Architecture firm.

One more item from an FAQ published by GSA:

19.May I use GSA Schedule contracts to acquire Architect-Engineer (A/E) services?

No. The GSA Schedules Program may not be used to acquire services that are subject to the procedures of FAR 36.6, Architect-Engineer Services.

Caller ID just says Toll Free Call.  This is a telemarketing call claiming that my business has pre-qualified for government grants.  This reeks of being a scam.  As soon as I started to say add my number to your do not call list the little derp hung up on me.  There is a special place in hell for these telemarketing scumbags and they better hope their seats are not next to mine.

Googled the number as it came up before I answered...found all these good posts and decided to let him sit on hold while he dreams of actually getting through to my CEO.  

Persistent little bugger...he held for 2 minutes and 34 seconds!

A man called from this number asking for my CEO as well. He stumbled over pronouncing the CEO's name correctly, and once he finally got it out, I informed him that our CEO is currently in India (which is not a lie) and asked if I could take a message. He said "No, I'll just try calling him back later" and hung up. Good luck with that, buddy- I'm blocking your phone number! You won't be getting through to our company again.

Caller asked for an office manager who was fired over 11 years ago.  This happens periodically and always results in the inquiry being a scam or telemarketing call so I put the caller on hold.

He hung-up rather quickly.  However, no less than 20 seconds later, I received a call from 813-356-0305.
asking for the same, fired office manager.  I suspect these two numbers must be related.


See:
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-813-356-0305

Claims to be able to get government contracts and wants to make an appointment with the manager.

check out this link about GSA access group.  http://www.ripoffreport.com/business-consulting/gsa1000/gsa1000-gsa-1000-gsa-preview-efde7.htm

This is GSA Access group. It is a telemarketing call to businesses trying to setup an appointment to seel you their services that supposedly will help you sell to government.

VERY RUDE WOMAN CALLED!! YELLED AT ME WHEN I TRIED TO TELL HER WE DON'T SELL TO GOVERNMENT. TERRIBLE TELEMARKETING. FTC SHUT THEM DOWN.

The same history!!!

Woman with a thick accent called with the sound of a phone bank in the background. Asked for someone that has never worked here, and when I said as such she asked for someone else that handled "government contracts". I asked what company she was with and did a quick google search. i hung up while she was going on her scripted schpeal.

Idiot telemarketing scum actually left a voice mail. Mumbled through the same pitch noted above. All kinds of other voices and noises in the background. I can't imagine that anyone would fall for these scams I guess they must????

The link you have isn't for GSA Access Group - if you read it there is a Retraction/Rebuttal on there , they aren't the same company as those other ones named. Just an FYI

Update on another service by GSA applications and Federal Verifications- Watch this and look-up all the company names to insure you are working with a company that can support your request. Read other notes on this company with many names.

The marketing team now goes by PAMCO

6802 Pargon Place
Suite 410
Richmond, VA 23230
804-441-6225 Regus office
info@pamco-gov.com
www.pamco-gov.com

Actually there are SEVERAL services that are sold under the GSA.

Better Answer!

GSA Applications/ Federal Verficiations and their 300+ names are at it again- The just hired back a former employee named Cindy Bertoli that left there and is now back again. Watch for her as Cindy Holman too.
Check on FDI and any other companies with her name. You have been warned!

They will closed these crooks down- Federal Verifications and GSA Applications and their 300 names.


http://www.wyff4.com/news/Greenville-company- ... tomers/29926180
As of 11/25/14 so it's current.
GREENVILLE, S.C. —When Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi charged a company near Tampa with violating the state's Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act, WYFF News 4 Investigates found a Greenville connection to the lawsuit.
The injunction, filed Nov. 5, against Federal Verification Co., Inc. of Oldsmar, Florida, also names GSA Greenville and GSA South Carolina as part of the same operation.
According to the lawsuit, Federal Verification, which operates "under the name of GSA Applications and numerous other fictitious or other names," misled customers across the country "as to the likelihood of successfully landing a government contract."
"This company is doing a shell game," a former employee of the Greenville office told WYFF News 4 Investigates on the condition his name is not mentioned and his face isn't shown.
The company is accused of collecting advance fees of $5,000 to $8,000 dollars, while "assuring the business it qualifies for a five to 20 year GSA contract award." The lawsuit  also says salespersons "were assigned various aliases and business names to use when selling their services.
The former employee claims calls from the Pelham Road office appeared to be coming from cities across the country to make the company seem bigger.
"Phoenix, Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, there was Chicago, Illinois, Atlanta, Georgia, Des Moines, Iowa, Washington, D.C. It kind of went on and on," he said. "They gave me an email out of corporate from Florida with a list of fake company names. They wanted me to pick one. Most of them were very bad names. I picked the best one that I thought, and I picked the location, which was Atlanta."
He said the job paid good money and claimed some salespersons made several thousand dollars per week, often by telling businesses they qualified for federal contract, when they did not.
"(They sold) companies that weren't a fit or didn't meet the criteria. Anything to get the sale, they would do," he said.
WYFF News 4 Investigates tried repeatedly to contract the Pelham Road office for comment. John Warren is listed in a press release issued by the company as the president of Contract Award Services, one of the companies named in the Florida Attorney General's lawsuit.
In a 2013 court filing, Warren is listed as National Sales Director for GSA Applications, another company named in the injunction.
When phone calls and emails were not returned, WYFF News 4's Tim Waller went to the office at 7003 Pelham Road and approach Warren on the sidewalk outside.
"You guys are on private property," Warren said. "You need to leave, gentlemen. This is GPE. You have the wrong company."
"Can we talk to you?" Waller asked.
"No. Please leave," Warren said.
GPE is a new company that is not listed in the Florida lawsuit. The former employee said GPE stands for GSA Program Experts. He showed  us online reviews that say GPE is also a government contract company. One review thanked "John Warren and his team" for helping them secure a contract.


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