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  • Report:  #111336

Complaint Review: Getspecialgifts.com - Freegamessource.com - Internet

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- Venice, California,
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Getspecialgifts.com - Freegamessource.com
www.getspecialgifts.com Internet, U.S.A.
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I got on freegamessource.com, which advertised a free X-BOX delivered to my house, if I sign up for a credit card offer. I did this, (E-BAY MBNA CC), and used the card for 3 months. I did not receive the X-BOX. I found out, that freegamessource.com (208.48.182.44) is a web address from the same server which also provides getspecialgifts.com (208.48.182.67)(I guess this is the registered legal name of the internet business) I did not get any responses to my e-mails through their website. There is no telephone number available. MBNA CC customer service does not recognize this company or program, but had gotten calls from other customers, which signed up for the credit card.

What can we do to make the company deliver our promised "gifts"?

Nils

Venice, California
U.S.A.


2 Updates & Rebuttals

Joseph

Las Vegas,
Nevada,
U.S.A.
Investigative notes on a recent scam

#2Consumer Suggestion

Mon, October 18, 2004

regarding getspecialgifts.com I gathered this on short notice so if you like puzzles, well all the pieces are here: 208.48.182.67 Host reachable, 439 ms. average 208.48.128.0 - 208.48.207.255 Global Crossing 14605 South 50th Street Phoenix AZ 85044-6471 United States GBLX-IPADMIN +1-800-404-7714 [email protected] GBLX-IPADMIN +1-800-404-7714 [email protected] Abuse: GBLX-Abuse +1-800-404-7714 [email protected] NAME.ROC.GBLX.NET NAME.PHX.GBLX.NET NAME.SNV.GBLX.NET NAME.JFK1.GBLX.NET GBLX-6B Updated: 2002-10-14 Source: whois.arin.net 64.71.145.16 Host unreachable 64.71.145.16 - 64.71.145.31 YFDirect, Inc 655 West Evelyn Ste #2 Mountain View CA 94041 United States Hurricane Electric +1-510-580-4100 [email protected] Hurricane Electric +1-510-580-4100 [email protected] HURRICANE-CE0830-362 Created: 2003-07-22 Updated: 2003-07-22 Source: whois.arin.net ================================================== 64.71.145.20 mx01.limitedspecialoffers.com Host reachable, 372 ms. average 64.71.145.16 - 64.71.145.31 YFDirect, Inc 655 West Evelyn Ste #2 Mountain View CA 94041 United States Hurricane Electric +1-510-580-4100 [email protected] Hurricane Electric +1-510-580-4100 [email protected] HURRICANE-CE0830-362 Created: 2003-07-22 Updated: 2003-07-22 Source: whois.arin.net ================================================== 64.71.145.31 Host unreachable 64.71.145.16 - 64.71.145.31 YFDirect, Inc 655 West Evelyn Ste #2 Mountain View CA 94041 United States Hurricane Electric +1-510-580-4100 [email protected] Hurricane Electric +1-510-580-4100 [email protected] HURRICANE-CE0830-362 Created: 2003-07-22 Updated: 2003-07-22 Source: whois.arin.net ================================================== 66.235.192.0 Host unreachable 66.235.192.0 - 66.235.223.255 iPowerWeb, Inc. 2800 28th Street Suite 205 Santa Monica CA 90405 United States Marcus, Philip +1-310-314-1606 [email protected] RDNS1.IPOWERWEB.NET RDNS2.IPOWERWEB.NET IPOWERWEB-NET Created: 2003-07-07 Updated: 2004-07-02 Source: whois.arin.net ================================================== 66.235.203.68 netblue.com Host reachable, 364 ms. average 66.235.192.0 - 66.235.223.255 iPowerWeb, Inc. 2800 28th Street Suite 205 Santa Monica CA 90405 United States Marcus, Philip +1-310-314-1606 [email protected] RDNS1.IPOWERWEB.NET RDNS2.IPOWERWEB.NET IPOWERWEB-NET Created: 2003-07-07 Updated: 2004-07-02 Source: whois.arin.net ================================================== 66.235.223.255 Host unreachable 66.235.192.0 - 66.235.223.255 iPowerWeb, Inc. 2800 28th Street Suite 205 Santa Monica CA 90405 United States Marcus, Philip +1-310-314-1606 [email protected] RDNS1.IPOWERWEB.NET RDNS2.IPOWERWEB.NET IPOWERWEB-NET Created: 2003-07-07 Updated: 2004-07-02 Source: whois.arin.net ================================================== ================================================== ================================================== 208.48.182.67 Host reachable, 439 ms. average 208.48.128.0 - 208.48.207.255 Global Crossing 14605 South 50th Street Phoenix AZ 85044-6471 United States GBLX-IPADMIN +1-800-404-7714 [email protected] GBLX-IPADMIN +1-800-404-7714 [email protected] Abuse: GBLX-Abuse +1-800-404-7714 [email protected] NAME.ROC.GBLX.NET NAME.PHX.GBLX.NET NAME.SNV.GBLX.NET NAME.JFK1.GBLX.NET GBLX-6B Updated: 2002-10-14 Source: whois.arin.net ================================================== 216.218.186.2 he.net Host reachable, 371 ms. average 216.218.128.0 - 216.218.255.255 Hurricane Electric 760 Mission Court Fremont CA 94539 United States Hurricane Electric +1-510-580-4100 [email protected] Hurricane Electric +1-510-580-4100 [email protected] NS1.HE.NET NS2.HE.NET NS3.HE.NET HURRICANE-1 Created: 1999-08-30 Updated: 2000-02-23 Source: whois.arin.net ================================================== 216.218.255.18 yfdirect.com Host reachable, 354 ms. average 216.218.255.16 - 216.218.255.31 YFDirect, Inc 655 West Evelyn Ste #2 Mountain View CA 94041 United States Hurricane Electric +1-510-580-4100 [email protected] Hurricane Electric +1-510-580-4100 [email protected] HURRICANE-CE0830-401 Created: 2004-01-28 Updated: 2004-01-28 Source: whois.arin.net ================================================== computers.kilost.com DOMAIN NOT FOUND Source: rs.internic.net ================================================== ================================================== iewtrkjs.com Yfdirect Inc [email protected] PO Box 212 Noonan, ND 58765 United States Yfdirect Inc [email protected] PO Box 212 Noonan, ND 58765 United States Phone: +1 (512)6529015 Yfdirect Inc [email protected] PO Box 212 Noonan, ND 58765 United States Phone: +1 (512)6529015 Yfdirect Inc [email protected] PO Box 212 Noonan, ND 58765 United States Phone: +1 (512)6529015 ns1.yfdirect.com ns2.yfdirect.com RF2ZF Created: 2004-07-05 00:00:00 Updated: 2004-07-12 00:00:00 Expires: 2005-07-05 00:00:00 Source: whois.names4ever.com ================================================== kilost.com Inc., YFDirect (KGIUNIWGWD) PO Box 212 Noonan, ND 58765 US Inc., YFDirect [email protected] PO Box 212 Noonan, ND 58765 US 512-652-9015 fax: 999-999-9999 Inc., YFDirect [email protected] PO Box 212 Noonan, ND 58765 US 512-652-9015 fax: 999-999-9999 NS1.YFDIRECT.COM 65.19.141.189 NS2.YFDIRECT.COM 216.218.255.18 Created: 16-Jun-2004 Updated: 18-Oct-2004 15:31:08 EDT Expires: 16-Jun-2005 Source: whois.networksolutions.com ================================================== limitedspecialoffers.com Inc., YFDirect (JEAVAVKXAD) PO Box 212 Noonan, ND 58765 US Inc., YFDirect [email protected] PO Box 212 Noonan, ND 58765 US 512-652-9015 fax: 999-999-9999 Inc., YFDirect [email protected] PO Box 212 Noonan, ND 58765 US 512-652-9015 fax: 999-999-9999 NS1.YFDIRECT.COM 65.19.141.189 NS2.YFDIRECT.COM 216.218.255.18 Created: 23-Jan-2003 Updated: 18-Oct-2004 16:08:26 EDT Expires: 23-Jan-2006 Source: whois.networksolutions.com ================================================== netblue.com 66.235.203.68 NetBlue Inc PO Box 390520 Mountain View, California 94039-0520 United States Inc, NetBlue [email protected] PO Box 390520 Mountain View, California 94039-0520 United States 6509881044 Fax -- 6509881117 Inc, NetBlue [email protected] PO Box 390520 Mountain View, California 94039-0520 United States 6509881044 Fax -- 6509881117 NS1.YFDIRECT.COM NS2.YFDIRECT.COM Created: 13-Nov-00 Expires: 01-Nov-05 Source: whois.godaddy.com ================================================== w3.org 128.30.52.24 World Wide Web Consortium World Wide Web Consortium 545 Tech Square Cambridge 02139 United States Phone: +1.6172532613 E-mail: [email protected] Tim Berners-Lee W3C W3C MIT CSAIL 32 Vassar St G515 Cambridge 24 02139 United States Phone: +1.6172532613 Fax: +1.6172585999 E-mail: [email protected] CONTACT NOT AUTHORITATIVE see http://www.gandi.net/whois GANDI SARL see also whois.gandi.net Paris 75003 France Phone: +33.1 E-mail: [email protected] NS1.W3.ORG NS2.W3.ORG NS3.W3.ORG D1266030-LROR Created: 06-Jul-1994 04:00:00 UTC Updated: 09-Jul-2004 07:54:25 UTC Expires: 05-Jul-2013 04:00:00 UTC Source: whois.publicinterestregistry.net ================================================== yfdirect.com 216.218.255.18 Inc., YFDirect (NRDBROVWPD) PO Box 212 Noonan, ND 58765 US Inc., YFDirect [email protected] PO Box 212 Noonan, ND 58765 US 512-652-9015 fax: 999-999-9999 Inc., YFDirect [email protected] PO Box 212 Noonan, ND 58765 US 512-652-9015 fax: 999-999-9999 NS1.YFDIRECT.COM 65.19.141.189 NS2.YFDIRECT.COM 216.218.255.18 Created: 09-Nov-2001 Updated: 18-Oct-2004 16:25:47 EDT Expires: 09-Nov-2005 Source: whois.networksolutions.com ==================================================


Joseph

Las Vegas,
Nevada,
U.S.A.
In the future I will verify contact info before I subscribe to anything like this ever again

#3Consumer Comment

Mon, October 18, 2004

Hello My name is not important but it's Joseph Langford if your interested. This all started with an email offering a free Dell computer for people interested in doing computer and product testing surveys. This did not seem altogether unusual until while attempting to qualify for this offer I was led through a 2 hour long maze of surveys and membership offerings from everything ranging from cell phones, Blockbuster, Ebay, Online Degree programs and some othe spam like weight loss and new baby product if I knew any expecting parents the wanted referrals, meanwhile the free dell valued at up to $799 was still a dangling carrot, was I let off the hook after a few surveys well the answer is not by a long shot, Instead I was put through 3 consecutive LAST STEP web pages requiring me to give personal information including a valid credit card to sign up for memberhips to at least 2 of the business choices they had listed on that page and keep in mind after the first 2 when you went to the next page you have to do 2 more and the next page another 2 requiring 6 in all. I ended up a member of ebay and a NY Times subscription for sunday sevice, an online computer class at arizona and some other place and a blockbuster subscription and a book of the month club. If this was just a tease then I got off lucky however if these people are criminally getting my credit card birth date address credit card unique cid # and probable passwords all because it was transmitted through their website then I will be in fear and continually checking my Bank balance and credit report probably for years to come. Very important note: they have absolutely no conspicuously posted contact iformation and when I attempted to reply to the email all I got was an undeliverable message of my server making 3 hours of unsuccessful attempts to deliver. I will personally make a project out of locating them and physiclly teaching them a thing or two about who they messed with however in the meanwhile until I get to them whoever reads this will be advised to be careful and don't get caught up. From : Product Test Panel Sent : Friday, October 15, 2004 3:45 AM To : [email protected] Subject : Your Dell Laptop is pending shipping authorization: confirmation needed | | | Inbox Would you like to test and keep valuable products? Join Product Research Panel as a product tester and receive a Dell Laptop - yours to keep! Featuring an Intel Technology processor, this lightweight computer features a crystal clear LCD screen. The retail price is up to $799, but can be yours to keep at no cost. http://computers.kilost.com/cgi-bin/dell/click.cgi?id=285&email=anNsYW5nZm9yZEBtc24uY29t customer service 1O1_1st_street_313 LosAltos California 94O22 change_profile:jdfhjhdjdfjdf.kilost.com/cgi-bin/dell/click.cgi?id=237&email=anNsYW5nZm9yZEBtc24uY29t Registrant id#: 4 Registrant: Hurricane, Electric (HE2-DOM) Hurricane Electric Hostmaster Hurricane Electric 760 Mission Court Fremont, CA 94539 US Registrant id#: 5 Registrant: Inc., YFDirect (JEAVAVKXAD) PO Box 212 Noonan, ND 58765 US Trace Results Target: computers.kilost.com Date: 10/17/2004 (Sunday), 3:37:08 PM Nodes: 13 Node Data Node Net Reg IP Address Location Node Name 1 - - 172.195.218.202 Las Vegas best 2 1 - 198.81.16.228 38.000N, 98.000W 3 2 1 198.81.16.252 38.000N, 98.000W wc2-ntc-g4-0-0.proxy.aol.com 4 3 2 66.185.142.165 38.000N, 98.000W pop2-ntc-p7-0.atdn.net 5 3 2 66.185.142.162 38.000N, 98.000W bb2-ntc-p2-0.atdn.net 6 3 2 66.185.152.119 38.000N, 98.000W bb2-sjg-p6-0.atdn.net 7 - 2 66.185.150.99 38.000N, 98.000W pop2-sjg-p1-0.atdn.net 8 3 2 66.185.150.106 38.000N, 98.000W teleglobe.atdn.net 9 4 3 66.198.97.13 San Jose if-11-0.core1.sanjose.teleglobe.net 10 5 3 66.198.97.18 San Jose ix-8-0.core1.sanjose.teleglobe.net 11 6 4 66.220.13.42 Sunnyvale pos2-3.gsr12416.pao.he.net 12 7 4 64.62.249.121 Hayward pos2-0.gsr12012.fmt.he.net 13 8 5 64.71.145.20 Hayward mx01.limitedspecialoffers.com Trace Results Target: www.getspecialgifts.com Date: 10/18/2004 (Monday), 10:06:07 AM Nodes: 12 Node Data Node Net Reg IP Address Location Node Name 1 - - 172.199.68.214 Las Vegas best 2 1 - 198.81.17.93 38.000N, 98.000W 3 2 1 198.81.17.124 38.000N, 98.000W wc2-ntc-g5-0-0.proxy.aol.com 4 3 2 66.185.142.165 38.000N, 98.000W pop2-ntc-p7-0.atdn.net 5 3 2 66.185.142.162 38.000N, 98.000W bb2-ntc-p2-0.atdn.net 6 3 2 66.185.152.119 38.000N, 98.000W bb2-sjg-p6-0.atdn.net 7 3 2 66.185.152.22 38.000N, 98.000W bb2-las-p7-0.atdn.net 8 3 2 66.185.137.163 38.000N, 98.000W pop2-las-p1-0.atdn.net 9 3 2 66.185.148.50 38.000N, 98.000W globalcrossing.atdn.net 10 4 3 67.17.67.114 Miami so2-0-0-2488m.ar2.mia1.gblx.net 11 5 - 208.48.1.58 Miami 12 6 4 208.48.182.67 Los Angeles www.getspecialgifts.com Trace Results Target: [email protected] Date: 10/17/2004 (Sunday), 3:11:01 PM Nodes: 13 Node Data Node Net Reg IP Address Location Node Name 1 - - 172.195.21.68 Las Vegas best 2 1 - 198.81.16.96 38.000N, 98.000W 3 2 1 198.81.16.123 38.000N, 98.000W wc1-ntc-g3-0-0.proxy.aol.com 4 3 2 66.185.142.117 38.000N, 98.000W pop1-ntc-p7-0.atdn.net 5 3 2 66.185.142.112 38.000N, 98.000W bb1-ntc-p1-0.atdn.net 6 3 2 66.185.152.63 38.000N, 98.000W bb1-sjg-p6-0.atdn.net 7 3 2 66.185.150.97 38.000N, 98.000W pop2-sjg-p0-0.atdn.net 8 3 2 66.185.150.106 38.000N, 98.000W teleglobe.atdn.net 9 4 3 66.198.97.13 San Jose if-11-0.core1.sanjose.teleglobe.net 10 5 3 66.198.97.18 San Jose ix-8-0.core1.sanjose.teleglobe.net 11 6 4 66.220.13.42 Sunnyvale pos2-3.gsr12416.pao.he.net 12 7 4 64.62.249.121 Hayward pos2-0.gsr12012.fmt.he.net 13 8 5 64.62.249.254 Hayward images.creditgiftmail.com

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