855-292-7400

Be careful if you get a call from this number and they're offering you free gas and/or grocery and movie vouchers. They told me one price on the phone, put me on hold and then came back and told me that they'd charged my card another price (higher, of course). And though it was only $1.00 more than what they'd told me they would bill me, I was pissed because I'd asked me over and over if there were any HIDDEN charges and/or restrictions.  They flat out told me "no". So when they came back and told me what they'd charged to my card, I told them to just cancel it. Then the guy went on to give me a speel (sp?) about how I was charged addtl dollar because I'm in the state of California. I told him that I didn't care.  Since he'd told me one thing and then charged me another I did not want deal with them at all. Then he told me that he could not cancel it, but that I would be getting all these other great vouchers as well (hence, the grocery and movie vouchers-- even though I was only supposed to get a GAS voucher). So, I told him nevermind again, and again he told me he couldn't cancel. So I asked for his name, the name of the company as it would appear on my bank stmt, and the phone number. He gave me the number above, I placed him on hold and called the number. They answered "Central Reward". After receiving the requested info I told him that I was going to call my bank and stop the pymt -- that what they were doing amounted to FRAUD and they'd better not try to go back into my acct. He stated reading from his script again, so I told him that I didn't want to hear it, I was hanging up...what they were doing was illegal (getting authorization for one amt and then taking out another amt) and they were going to be in SERIOUS trouble. He stumbled for a little while longer (I liked the fact that I had him sweating) so I finally said, "well, if you can't cancel it, I need to speak to someone who can". So he eventually got "his supervisor" on the phone. And that idiot said the same thing to me... "we can't cancel -- it's already gone through". So I told HIM what I'd told his partner earlier (using words like 'fraud', 'illegal', 'attorney general', 'unlawful practices', etc.  Then this fool had a nerve to say, "well, we can't cancel it, but look at all the great vouchers you will be receiving... blah, blah, blah". So I told him that I was just gonna hang up, and he said "well, if you hang up then your process won't be complete and you will be charged..." I don't know what the guy was talking about but he said that after he hung up with me, I'd be put into an 'automated' recording where they'd ask a few questions and I needed to respond with "yes" or else..." I still didn't know what he was saying, (it didn't make sense to me to start responding "yes" to a recording.. wouldn't that like be like me saying that I agree with them taking my money??!!  Was it me, or were these people really stupid?? Did they really get away with stealing people's money, but taking a DOLLAR AT A TIME? Did people just say to themselves..."well, it's only a dollar?" So I told the guy that I had no more to say to him.  I had to call my bank. He yelled, don't hang up, you'll need to respond...."  I didn't even hear the rest of that sentence, because I did indeed HANG UP, and I called my bank right away.  They'd put in the charge of $1.00 by then, but I guess they were just trying to make sure that it was a 'valid' acct. I guess later, they were going to charge whatever they wanted to charge.  I don't have a clue.  But my bank immediately cancelled my Debit card and ordered me a new one (I do so LOVE Bank of America) and reversed the charge.  

BTW- I forgot to mention that the original offer was $2.95 for a $60 gas card promotion. And though $3.95 would not have been a financial disaster for me, it is the principle of lthe matter. If they'd just said $3.95 up front, I would have said 'yes' to the deal.  But I am soooo glad that they didn't because these folks were not on the up and up and probably not at all legitimate.

Also, I forgot to mention that when this guy put his supervisor on the phone, I asked for his name, company name and phone number, and he gave me different info from the first guy -(WTF??). He told me his name was DAVID, he was the VERIFICATION MANAGER and the phone number was 888.292.0074. After I'd hung up on them, I called the number David gave me and it was BOGUS (of course). And then I called my bank immediately.

And finally (you're not going to believe this), my bank said that the name of the company that charged the dollar to my acct was not either of the names that the two guys had given me when I asked. What a nightmare this could have been!!

Be careful out there.  That just taught me to NEVER, EVER give out my debit card information to anyone I don't know (shucks... now it's making me gun shy about giving it to company's that I do know! I think I'd be better off sending money orders to these agencies.. because I don't even want to give out my checking acct number anymore. I just don't want these folks having access to my acct information and my money -- we've seen too many horror stories about hackers gaining access to this info, and disgruntled employees selling the info.  I think I'm going to go back to the way my mother did it... CASH and or MONEY order!)

I bought a ticket on line today. i received a call fro this number

My number is 281- 898- 6955