Steve Jenkins' Journal

These people are a waste of time. The yellow card was in my private P O Box. It is amazing how these people are able to obtain addresses that were given to them by the receiver. The card reads, “We are trying to reach you with Good News!” “It is really important that you call us.” Call Toll Free 1-888-289-4541. Thanks Michelle Barbaa.

Michelle Barbaa was the contact name on my card. They also give you some bogus Control#. Don’t waste your time on this annoying dishonest company. You would think like others said before that they would know they can easily be exposed no matter home many times they change their company name and contact people and even the look of their “Postcard” that they can still be found out on the Internet. Hello!

Sorry, I meant in my last post. It is amazing how these people are able to obtain addresses that were NOT given to them by the receiver. They are still out there after all these years.

I too just received this mail in my mailbox..The company is hopeless..The scams continue..First I had heard about the Craigslist scams and now this…Wow…

We got ours today and I would like to thank Best Buy for this because the only place that we have purchased from that we haven’t ordered from previously. Once I called I asked if they were a collection agency and I was told she didn’t know, I then asked if it was a solicitation and she didn’t know, and once I told her I saw it on the web that it is a scam I was told today they had been in business for 17 years, amazing how post 437 was told 15 years only weeks ago!! BUYER BEWARE!

I got this same stupid card in the mail today. Except mine is not signed by the Deborah woman mine is signed from Michelle Barbaa. However, the rest of the information is the same and the card looks the same as the pictures I’ve found of the scam on other sites. Definately don’t call the number. I don’t know what happens if you do, but I don’t want to find out.

I got my little yellow card today as well. Out of pure curiousity I googled the address that was on my card. If you use the google map they have a street view of the plaza. There is a sign in the plaza that says “TELE SALES” and a sign on the building saying “EARN UP TO $30/HOUR” I bet this is them. There is a local phone number on the sign for those that can make it out. I will tell you that Clearwater Fl has a 727 area code. Here is the address I googled : 1381 s missouri ave 33756

Hope that helps Ryan

I can’t add much, just a big “thank you”… like everyone else I got this yellow card with the “good news” message (from 1381 S Missouri Av Clearwater FL) and I am grateful this site exposes it for the vile scam that it is.

I don’t know how people can go to work everyday knowing they’re scamming others for their own gain. What a crummy way to make a living!

Axel

I got mine in the mail today (7/17), and guess what? They have good news for me too!!! Woohoo. Right. I wonder if those control numbers acutally mean anything – is it the total number of postcards they’ve sent out? I am #0828193879..

Well, I pretty much knew it was a scam when I took it out of the mailbox and little research proved that. Like many who have gotten this postcard, I have a Capital One credit card – also a Citi, Chase and WaMu. There may be a tie between FRC and Capital One but I don’t know for sure. Oh yeah, and I just moved to my current address about 8 months ago – so I have that in common with others too.

I decided to go to Google Maps and search the address (1381 S Missouri Ave, Clearwater, FL 33756-6500 AND 1383 S Missouri Ave). And what happened? I got a STREET VIEW of the exact address. A sign on the building pictured reads “NATIONAL PUBLISHERS – TELE SALES – EARN UP TO $30 PER HOUR!” – so I guess that’s their way of suckering people into their place to get them working there…which leads to those who are uneducated about the matter calling in and being scammed. Over magazines.

Link to Google Maps view on the address…

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They also advertise the possibility of making “$400-$1100″ but can’t make out the full signage, so not sure if they’re saying by working there, you can make that much in a day or what. Either way, it’s a scam to us consumers and ultimately their employees. Oh yeah – It’s also right next to Cheap Charlie’s Thrift Store!

GOT MAGAZINES?

It is not a sweepstakes center..or a magazine scam. If you have given them any credit card numbers CANCEL THE CARD IMMEDIATELY it is an identity theft operation and they are pretty slick, please write “To Postmaster: Scam – Please Investigate” on the card and put it back in your mailbox, google around if you don’t believe me. They slowly gather enough information to steal your identity in the whole process, if youre a salesman you will know because most of them are bad at hiding the fact they aren’t really trying to sell you anything

Well I guess it was my turn for this crap. I just recently opened an account w/bank of america…around 3 weeks ago. so maybe they leaked my info.

I got the yellow card Michell Barbaa

screw this crap.

I got the little yellow card in the mail, addressed from the FRC which if you open it up in google, comes up with adoption, and when I typed the addresss it came up with all the scams. Sent from Michelle Barbaa. Toll Free number is 1-888-841-8470. I really wish I could call and rip someone a new one, but I guess I will send it to postmaster with fraud written on it… thats no fun though.

I think mine has to be chase, all my other credit cars (my other 2 ar capital one and my bank also approved me for a credit card) ive had for around a year if not longer, and chase I just got my first statement like 4 days ago, that or I just switched to tmobile on the 7th of this month or so, Thats all it could be.. Hope this helps.

So, I got the mail thing today, but I immediately knew something was up. Looked it up on here, found this. I didn’t plan to call them anyways, but I wanted to know what was up…

It is definitely something to do with Discover Card. I know for a fact, because I had made a typo in my last name (too fast of typing) when I applied for my card, and the “F.R.C.” postcard was addressed to that typo’d name.

This makes me pretty mad…

I just got this post card, googled and found this website. Thank you all for your great information on this scam. Big thank to Steve Jenkins’s webmaster!

I just got a Bank of America credit card. No other possibilities since I am new in the country.

Well i just got a card found this site and i find it really strange that it came out with the name of the person that complained right before this danielle craftt i think the names they use as the people are the names of the people they previously sent these cards to

no, that’s just the name in the card I got..

I to got my card today as well. I also googled the name and address. Mine is a little diffrent though, the number on my card is 1-877-475-4024 with the contact name being a Danielle Craftt. Thanks for posting all the comments about this. I have forwarded this site along with my “postcard” to my local news station to mabey help get the word about about this so called “company”.

I just checked my mail this evening and I too was blessed with this lovely post card. At first I was like, well I’ll just call them in the morning since their closed now. Then I was like .. Hmm, I wonder what they want from me? So I decided to get onto google and type in the name on the post card – Which is when I found this site, and many others like it explaining that this is a scam.

My post card on the front is like previously described – It’s from F.R.C. 1381 S Missouri Ave Clearwater, FL 33756

The name on the card is different though – So it’s obvious that they change their names continuously – The name is Danielle Craftt and the phone number is 1-877-475-4024

The only thing that I can link mine to is Bank of America Credit Card .. Which i just received about a week ago.

I’m in Alaska – So it’s everywhere.

Re: credit card theft. I do a lot of business online, so I opened a PayPal account to make it easier to process credit card and other online purchases.

PayPal recently released a plug in that is a miracle worker. For the purpose of today’s discussion, you can have PayPal generate a one time credit card account, so you don’t have to use your personal credit card over the internet. My PayPal account is tied to my checking account, so if my balance is too low, PayPal will make up the difference from my checking account. You could also tie it to a credit card.I don’t know why PayPal is hiding this gem of information, but try it out, and if it works, pass it on.

Part two: Online scams You guys are wasting a lot of time trying to identify where these mails are coming from. Anyone can purchase a list of email addresses, some which are targeted to particular fields of interest–lose weight, find a job, whatever. If I were interested enough and had the bucks I could email all of you who are discussing this topic. Another favorite (phishing)scam is to tell you something is wrong with your account, and sends you to a link that grabs your personal information. I have gotten these emails from banks that I have never done business with. So, folks, get your head out of the sand, and don’t believe everything you read. Just believe everything is a scam until proven otherwise.

I got mine today October 22, 2008. it says :

Dear, Name.

 We are trying to reach yoou with Good News!!! (yah Right) it is really important that you call us. Call Toll Free 1-877-475-4024 control # **********

thanks Danielle Craft

I got the same post card you all did i called and spoke with michelle barbaa her self (yes she is a real person) and no i was not scammed yes i gave my cc# and agreed to the service for 5 years with the understanding i could not cancel and it has been over 6 months now and im very satisfied i get 6 magazines for around 16.00 a month and i can change them , and i have twice lol …its IS NOT a scam these are ppl trying to earn a living through a very rare legit telemarketing company . So before u take other peoples advice when i can tell u from reading most of these post on this site that 99 % of them did not take the time to shut up and listen before they made a informed decision call and find out the truth for yourselves stop letting other peoples mis informed statements for truth …bottom line people i know u dont want to get scammed and my self included but if u take the time to learn instead of just letting google searches or ranting mis informed people on sites like this make up your mind for you then you have already scammed yourselves …

Just to follow up on my commit earlier I am not trying to be rude to any one who is fearful of being scammed i too do not wish to be taken advantage of. But it was just not the case with F.R.C (family reading club) for D who posted on july 23 08 so this will be my last post ever and hopefully some of u will stop following and start making up your own minds instead of listing to people who think getting a post card is the same as death knocking at your door please people start thinking for yourselves =)

If you’re paying $16 per month, that’s $192 per year for 6 magazines. That comes out to $32 per year per magazine, and that’s no deal. Check out a site like budgetmags.com to see a more reasonable price.

True , however my whole point was not if its the best deal or cheapest deal in town simply that it was not a scam =)