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forsakinghalfloves
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Unwanted phone calls from Homesonic Appliances
« on: July 25, 2008, 05:04:40 PM »
I recently received a phone call from Hannah Fernandez representing the International Export Corporation telling me that we won a prize because apparently our receipt/proof of purchase of our new refrigerator was picked out of "thousands of entries" via electronic raffle.

I was urged to pick up our "free gift" as soon as possible, if not on the day itself at Homesonic Appliances in Starmall. She gave me a PIN as some sort of authentication procedure. However she told me I couldn't pick it up myself because I was underage (23 years old is underage?), and the person claiming the prize should be at least 28 years old.

Needless to say I was really annoyed and after giving short, one-word responses to her annoying questions (I can be incredibly bitchy when I want to be), I went online and found out that it's part of a scam. When you claim your prize, you are expected to shell out money to buy overpriced things you don't even want or need.

The following day, when Hannah called asking if we were planning to claim our free prize, my dad chewed her out. Fun.  Grin

Apparently it's still in operation, even if the DTI claims that it shut down the store and has formally filed charges. Not just in Manila, even in as far away as Laguna, Homesonic is there.

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animetric
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Re: Unwanted phone calls from Homesonic Appliances
« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2008, 06:17:03 PM »
They used to have a branch in Robinsons Galleria. Their staff would hand out scratch cards to unsuspecting mallers. Our child's yaya got one such scratch card and insisted we check it out despite my disdain. I indulged her and saw for myself that these were scammers. I told them to keep their free gift because we were leaving and we were not interested in anything they were selling... and that was that.
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wackeekaren
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Re: Unwanted phone calls from Homesonic Appliances
« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2008, 09:50:44 AM »
How do these people get people's numbers?

There are plenty of other variations of these kind of scammers - insurance, for example. There was one in a mall in the South. They would stop shoppers and ask if they have a credit card. The moment the shopper says yes, they say "Congratulations, because of that you win ____". Then they proceed to say that to claim the price, the shopper must attend a 30-min orientation/briefing of a product - located at the upper floors of the mall.
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forsakinghalfloves
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Re: Unwanted phone calls from Homesonic Appliances
« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2008, 03:22:10 PM »
They probably use the random lottery method when it comes to calling people. Kaya lang kasi, this was a few weeks after our family bought our refrigerator sa Anson's. Inside job? I don't want to speculate...sana random coincidence lang.

I don't like that they're still in operation and gullible people are  being victimized, so I posted about it here.

And I hate those credit card people, too. They're always around in the malls...even sa public parking lots!
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Re: Unwanted phone calls from Homesonic Appliances
« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2008, 02:58:05 PM »
Quote from: forsakinghalfloves on July 27, 2008, 03:22:10 PM
They probably use the random lottery method when it comes to calling people. Kaya lang kasi, this was a few weeks after our family bought our refrigerator sa Anson's. Inside job? I don't want to speculate...sana random coincidence lang.

I don't like that they're still in operation and gullible people are  being victimized, so I posted about it here.

And I hate those credit card people, too. They're always around in the malls...even sa public parking lots!

we also got this call from a "travel agency" that holds office in Atrium in Makati. They said we won an all expenses paid trip to Hawaii. So when my gullible mum heard, she immediately demanded that we go to their office. Once there, they said we can only claim the price when we buy a house and lot in Tagaytay. grrr. It was a waste of a weekend.
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forsakinghalfloves
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Re: Unwanted phone calls from Homesonic Appliances
« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2008, 12:40:06 PM »
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Once there, they said we can only claim the price when we buy a house and lot in Tagaytay. grrr. It was a waste of a weekend.

Wow...exag na yan...
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