I get a phone call from "star communications". They offer me a $500 shopping spree. I am broke so this is very tempting, but in my head alarm bells ring. So while this guy is talking on and on and on and on, I begin to search the web.
I find these websites.
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Consumers contacted by Star Communications are asked to sign up for a membership of some sort on a trial basis. As an incentive, they will receive $500 worth of coupons for gasoline, restaurants, automotive services, movie passes, long-distance services, etc.
To claim the coupons, callers are told they need to supply a bank account number in order to withdraw a $4.95 processing fee. They're also told that they have up to seven days to cancel their membership or they will be charged a membership fee between $19.95 and $99.95.
Consumers who accepted the offer said they were unable to cancel their membership before the company withdrew funds on their account, they were charged hundreds of dollars and they never received the coupons.
In June, the Attorney General's Office and the Better Business Bureau alerted consumers to a similar scam connected to Star Communications. At that time, Spokane residents received cold calls indicating they won a gift certificate for $500 from a local mall or grocery. The caller then claimed that the amount was too small to issue a money order, and asked for a bank account number in order to withdraw a $4.95 transaction fee.
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