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I received a postcard in the mail which said: "We holding $100 in savings for you as member benefit, good at most retail or online stores." It said to call 1800-664-2830. When I called the telephone number, they said all I had to do is to pay $1.95 to get a $100 dollar voucher to spend at most retail stores and online but they said they needed a credit card. I gave them my credit card information and they told me they would charge $1.95. But, they took $13.88. I felt cheated and I do not know who has my credit information. I am going to cancel my credit card because I worried about future unauthorized charges.
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Those is a scam I did not sign up for n I can't reach them - 800644283. Has anyone else have this problem? Is there anotherphone # I can reach them at?
Glad I read this first! I’m tired of scams and having to get a new card.
Got my yellow card for $250 today in Missouri. Everything I have read says scam.
I got the yellow postcard today but it has SCAM written all over it!I was born at night but not last night!
Same here! Never pay to receive, obviously a scam!!!!!
I want to thank you all for letting me know before I called. I just got the blue card and googled it and now I know.
I want to kick that bi*chest a*s for lying to me and I wish I would have thought to block my number a*s well...
I received one and called them. After letting them go through their spew I told them to mail it since they had my address and RUDELY they hung up on me. I did block my number before calling.....lol
So how did they get my name & address?
Recieved a blue postcard today in my mail. And your right , we shouldn't have to pay for something we supposedly WON !!
Thank you for the review. I received one Ams not going to bother. It’s going in the trash
they are pre cring ngl my no cap cuz esh eetswa lad bruz g my g fully sick eshay (it is big scam)
Boy what a scam....I'm so glad I didn;t call. God will have His day with all ceats and liars.
Received one of those blue postcards today. Googled "TFS ID Pro" immediately. Glad I found this site. Not going to call them. The number is 1-800-852-2879. Card is getting torn up and tossed.
Yep! I got 1 of them cards 2day & I googled it & low & behold.>>>It's a Scam like I thought. We got 2 Stay Wise & a Step ahead of these S****.s. Google everything if U wanna know bout stuff like this & Never give any Personal information bout anything.
I got one of these urgent notice carI think tds and hat these S.O.B's should be prosecuted, then taken to the back and be put to sleep. Its ashame that this kind of thing happens. People are trying to make it as it is in life
Yeah! I hear U on that, I got 1 of those cards in just a few mins. ago & I said...I'm gonna Google this & check it out, Well on below & hold it a Scam.
Why is the Post offices mailing out this Scam c**p in the first place.
Also received a strange Urgent Notice card in the mail so I looked it up online and it appears it's a scam. Anytime you receive a notice that you've won money always treat it like a scam because most, if not all of them, are.
Thanks everyone for letting people know cause I just recieved mine today in the mail an thank god I checked here first an thank all of u cause I recently got scammed for two grand already an then my own bank wouldn't help me instead they took all my money left an then closed my account so that put me an my kids way behind an hurt us badly! So u all really saved me from this problem 😊
I know what U mean, cause I got a call from Amazon(Scammers pretending 2 B w/Amazon that is, My Red Flag w/the call was them saying there was some strange Activity going on w/my account, I ask them 2 tell me my name & they didn't know it, so they hung up the phone...They knew that they were caught red-handed. Sorry! U & Yre! Family had 2 go through that. Sad! Scammers trying 2 Steal R hard-earned money on R Expense. We got 2 Stay a Step ahead of them.
I just got a card today they took $1:95 off my bank chase card.should I stop payment.
Most Certainly cause they R about 2 Drain Yre! Account cause they have Yre! Card number now.
I have followed this trend of either pay small S&H charge for a gift, or maybe a small charge for a membership into some service. There are descent rewards if you choose the right offer. Certainly, you need to be carefulwhen giving away your banking info. That is something to watch. With my bank, if you can convince them that you were actually ripped off, they will compensate you for your losses. On the other hand, if you play your cards right, you can take advantage of them. They look for people that don't pay attention to their accounts.Or, people that just pay what is owed, and don't question their loses. Long story short, you can out-scam the scammers. You can block them from collecting with the help of your bank. In the first place though, make sure you CANCEL whatever trial you committed to. After that, they have no recourse. If they want to give you some-thing, let them. Take the bait for a little while, then spit it out, and be on your way. Sometimes a gift is just a gift.
I too, received the same postcard in my mailbox. How did they know where I do live? IF it was true for me to received this reward. WHY don't they just send a check instead of a postcard? They are just out to make money and taking advantage of people's checking account. From what I have read that they do much more than take $1.95 out of someone's checking account. DON'T trust when you do receive a postcard from TFS ID PRO. WE shouldn't have to pay for us to received our reward.
All counties have access to public information for free. Tells you who owns the property and what the address is. Beware of these cause it’s most likely a scam.
Thank you for sharing. I received this postcard too and will be shredding it. Appreciate you folks reporting.
I just receive a postcard a couple of days ago. The phone number they want me to call is 1-800-664-2830. I am glad I have looked this up before calling this number. I will be tearing this up right now.
I just received a postcard from them today and I'm glad I looked them up to see if they were legit or not. The also gave me a different phone number to call which is 800-377-4541. I wonder if they think they are about to get caught if they think they can just change their number and it will be ok. Some scammers are so stupid.
I wonder. Did anyone actually received a #100 voucher
Yeah I think they got me too. I paid #1.95 an they said they will send me avoucher in the mail. Still haven't received it.