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$75 Gift Card offered along with Showtime Free for 3 months
I was contacted 3 months ago by someone claiming to be from DirectTV (AT&T) trying to convince to get a 3-month trial for Showtime. I told them I was not interested as we do not have time to watch the package we have now so having more channels would be pointless. He told me if I did try, I could get a $75 visa gift card for trying it so I finally agreed. I called today to cancel at the number the man gave me (1-800-531-5000) and was told by the rep (Jimmy) that it was a scammer that called me. It seems very strange that it would be a scam when they did not ask me for any personal information. All they did was get me to agree and then give me the information I needed to cancel and to submit 3 months worth of bills showing that I had showtime to showtimeattrebate.com. That was it. The rep said it was never added to my account which I have looked on my bills and verified. We never did even look at the channels so I had no idea whether I had them or not. What is this all about? Is it really a scam? I am not going to agree to talk to any more DirectTV/AT&T reps calling me with offers ever again if that is the case. And the website is a real website. If this is a scam, you guys need to get that site shutdown and figure out who is using your name to perpetuate this scam. Prevent it from happening to others.
DIRECTVhelp
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4 years ago
Thanks so much for bringing this to our attention, @gclebeau!
We'll be sure to send this information to the appropriate team to investigate.
If you didn't know, we have a helpful article on our website that discusses how you can protect yourself from phone and prepaid card scams. Please check it out.
Thank you for reaching out to the AT&T Community Forums team!
If you need help with any other aspect of your account, don't hesitate to reach back out for assistance.
Aminah, AT&T Community Specialist
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corv1947
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4 years ago
I was told the same but it was added to my service and I had showtime for three months. The rebate says you have to have paid showtime to qualify for the rebate. I was given free showtime and because of this I cannot get the promised rebate. Lied to again by ATT. Nothing new. Cancelled all ATT services due to being lied to.
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trinakoehler
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4 years ago
Happened to me too! What do they have to gain by doing that scam? Just getting us to order Showtime??
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Joker
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4 years ago
Thanks
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Bwrig7
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4 years ago
I added showtime for 10.99 for two months how do I get the 75 dollar free gift card
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KHoffner
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3 years ago
I was contacted in April about adding to my account. I didn't want to, but then I was promised a $75 gift card by the 3rd billing cycle. Called today about it as it is up next week. Att rep stated he couldn't help me to call a different number, I did and they said that they were only for new customers, so they gave me another number- they inform me that in order to claim I have to submit 3 months of bills and wait 12-14 weeks for the card. I was NEVER told this when I accepted. I called ATT back, and they said there is nothing at all they can do for me that in order to get the rebate I will need to upload the 3 months then wait the additional weeks to get the rebate. I know this rebate will never be sent, I just can't believe after being with them since 2000 that they wouldn't do anything for me. Contract expires in Jan, I will be leaving.
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sully68
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3 years ago
I received the same promotion and showtime fulfilled the request. Needless to say when I received my egiftcard in my email the expiration date was 01/1900.
I have called every # i can find and noone can help resolve this, even though the egift card actually has the $75 available but unable to use. Very discouraging that a company would do this and not even fix or just say sorry
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LLisa696
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3 years ago
@sully68 You may need to activate the card. Look at the package it came in. I had this issue before with a visa giftcard.
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sully68
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3 years ago
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LLisa696, the card is active and has $75 available but the expiration date on the ecard is 01/1900 , it's 2021 lol got screwed once again
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DirStreamBrian
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3 years ago
My rebate says it was sent on 11/5, but I never got it either to junk or my inbox. From what address was it sent to you?
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jetster7
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3 years ago
its legit not scam
I actually got first $75 visa
going for second $75 have wait 24 months after first card (never said that when offered this second time)
They switched to new 3rd party handle this rebate and probably
did so to screw us.. note there is no “w” thinking show its shorebate
https://shorebate.com/
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hatemyduck
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3 years ago
I got this call back in March 2021, so I did the deal. Make a long story short I received my $75 visa card today
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Jemster1
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3 years ago
I sent in all my receipts to them for my 75 dollar rebate for showtime when I called on status on it they told me they are back logged in processing rebates have called every month than in nov was promised to receive by the end of month. Never received and now number is disconnected, really disappointed.
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hatemyduck
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3 years ago
Sorry to hear that. When I was doing my research on where my rebate was I thought I got scammed. The website was gone, DirecTV knew nothing about the rebate. So I was so surprised when the card showed up that I activated and spent the card that day. I hope your card shows up soon.
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sdkelley_
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Same thing happened to me! I was told if I signed up for Showtime for $10.99 a month and kept for 3 months I would receive a $75 gift card. That was on 12/14/21. I called today 4/06/22 to cancel showtime which I was able to do but no one could tell me anything about the gift card and I was transferred or given another phone number to call. No one could help me!
IF THIS WAS A SCAM THEN HOW WAS SHOWTIME ADDED TO MY BILL AND CHANNEL LINEUP????????🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
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