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Scam offer $49.99 per month for two years
received a phone call on 5/28/21 allegedly from DirecTV. They had my name and DirecTV account #. Special offer to lower charges. They furnished an individual promo #. I was to secure an Apple gift card for $300.00 and use it to prepay ATT for 6 months service (DirecTV, internet, and ATT land line). For that I was to receive no bills from ATT for that period. After which I was to receive a bill of $49.99 each month for the next 18 months. Service to include HBO, NFL, and some other thing I do not remember. I was to receive a $100.00 visa gift card by UPS/Fedex (I forget which). I was to purchase a $300.00 gift card and use it to prepay the billing department at 888-566-2071. Payment had to be complete before 8PM tonight or the offer was void. The forgot to mention which time zone for the deadline. Had it been genuine, it sounded like a terrific deal.
sab64
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4 years ago
OMG!!!! This happened to me today, basically same set up. The only reason why I picked up is because the call was coming from someone from my area code. I had a female caller & at the point of the Apple pre-paid card I kept saying that makes no sense & she kept reciting the same thing how AT&T lost 1.6 million customers (I was part of 200 customers selected) & now Apple is helping them out, hence the Apple pre-paid card. She even volunteered to stay on the phone with me while I go to the Dollar General & get the card. I said nope, not going to happen. She’s now pleading, if you don’t do this they will take it out of my paycheck. Then came her tears..l lost my husband last year & I am barely supporting my family. Told her so sorry & hung up. Get another phone call from a male..won’t let me speak, talking over me, totally (Edited per community guidelines) me off. Hung up on him. Then the text stating they were going to charge me a $945 penalty for not going through with the promotion. Reported to AT&T and they told me there were no notes in my account regarding the phone call. What a waste of time!!!
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CaptSkamp
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4 years ago
Received the same pitch 01/22 as described, only the new bill was to be $99/mo. Scammer needs to polish his act. He wanted me to go to CVS and get the Apple gift card right away. Sure...
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