818-870-9155

These guys are pure evil. I asked to be put on their do not call list, and they said "this is not a sales call because I'm offering you something for free". I got myself transfered to a manager, and then to a "director"... all three of them gave me the same line of [***]. The "director" hung up on me when I said I wanted more information so I could report them to the FTC.

I've been receiving calls from 909-842-9148 (comes up as Big Deals on caller id) repeatedly for several days, so I decided to answer & see what it was.  Much the same situation as everyone else.  A man w/ a heavy Indian accent tells me I've been "selected" by his company, Gold Coast, to receive a $300 voucher for gasoline, & that I'd only have to pay $3.90 for shipping.  When I asked him how I would be expected to pay this $3.90, he handed me off to a "supervisor", another man w/ an Indian accent who told me his name was Steve Blaire.  When he said I would need to give him a credit card # to pay, I told him I wasn't about to do that.  He gave me his operator id w/ the company as if that was supposed to reassure me & I again said I would not give them a credit card #.  When he asked why again, I told him I don't ever give out info like that on unsolicited calls, and I hung up!  What sleazeballs!  It's such a shame that there are still people who will fall for stuff like this.

Just got a call fromthis number.  sme deal as everyone else.  It samzing how many Indians are named "Alex Smith" or "Mark Jones"

Advice to the post above.....Call your credit card company & let them know that you gave your card number to these people. They could put a block on any abnormal activity on your account.

9/27/08

I have received 3 free gas calls and 2 $1000.00 shopping spree calls.  A year ago it was a free Home Depot shopping spree.  A scam operating out of Ariz.

Yeah, I just got a call from 909-842-9148; a heavily accented man told me my number was registered to win a $300 gas card. I told him I was a millionaire and didn't need it.
These people.

I just got a call from "Gold Coast" stating I had just won a $1000 shopping spree for having shopped at one of their "partner stores."  All I had to do to receive my "absolutely free" voucher was to verify my mailing address.  I never give out personal information to calls like that.  I asked the lady, who happened to have an Indian/Pakistani accent, for Goldcoast's website address.  She said it was "under construction" and that this was "absolutely free."  She continued to repeat the fact that it was "free" and there was no obligation on my part.  I asked where her company was located and she said Phoenix, Arizona.  I asked for an address and she refused to give it to me.  I told her to give me her address and I would give her mine.  She refused so I did likewise.  I kept her on the phone long enough to search the State of Arizona registered business list, and SURPRISE - there was no "Goldcoast/Gold Coast" listed in Phoenix.  When I told her that she ignored me and said "do you want this free $1000 shopping spree, or not?"  I then started asking her why she worked for a company that lies to people and defrauds people.  I decided to have fun at 8:15 in the morning with whoever this was that called me.  They wasted my time, so I decided to waste theirs (I happen to be off today).  
This is NOT the first time I have received a call from "Gold Coast" stating I had won something.  It is the first time I have had time to prove they are fake.

Hey guys, I've been receiving the same calls from the same numbers, so I understand the frustration you guys are going through.  They would call me 2 to 3 times daily from each of those two numbers and I would get pissed and tell them to f off.  

My solution.  First, register your number on the do not call list.  This will be the first move you can make so that in about a month, the registration will take effect and those guys will no longer be able to contact you.  For now if anyone is still receiving these annoying phone calls, I recommend you call your telecommunications provider (mine is Verizon wireless) and tell them your situation.  I told the customer service rep that these callers are harassing me, interrupting my work, dinner with family, and that I wanted this taken care of.  The nice lady offered to help, and I gave her the two numbers, 818 and 909, and she entered it into her system.  I have NOT received any calls from these guys since Saturday, so I recommend you guys do the same.  Hopefully that helps.  You can also reach me at dktq008@hotmail.com . Cheers, and happy tuesday!

I just got the same call from 818-870-9155. He said I was one of only 25 people in my area to win a free $300.00 gas card. I let him talk till he got to the part where he called me a liar when I said my card had been stolen (which by the way was true). He said his name was Alex Dele and he gave me an id # 10930.  He also said the email was www.goldcoast.com. I didn't even bother to try it because this was obviuosly a phishing call. Of couse I did not give him my card # and expiration date!

Same crap here, but the only way I know of to defeat these guys is this:
When I get an out of area code call repeatedly, I do not answer. If it is legit, they will leave a message. After googling the number to be sure, I then create a new "contact" in my cell phone from the nusiance number, and set the ringtone for that contact as "NO RING". Bingo! they can call all they want, but my phone never rings! After a period of time you can delete the old bogus contacts from your phone and re-cycle the names, like "junk call" "telecrap" or whatever.

indian morons named john and i don't remember the other called me claiming i am the lucky winner of a 300 dollar gas voucher, only cost me 3.90 on any major credit card. What a bunch of jerks, get a real job like everyone else in the world.

i got a call from a gentleman whose name was roger brown but actually he was not he told me that my no was qualified to receive $300 of gas voucher for free because there was a promotion of the new gas station near by my location and he also mentioned that this card is only for those customer who hold visa or masrter card so i was happy to hear but i was just finding whats the catch he told me that the only catch is that i have to pay $3.90 for shiping i asked him that how can i pay the shiping? he told me from any kind of plastic card which has a logo of visa or master can be used so i told him that i will not povide him any kind of cr card no but the guy was so expert that at last he convinsed me and i gave him my debit card no after that he explained me some kind of program and he told me that he will give me the password on the verification line    actually they all are indians calling from indian call centre they are sales department 3rd party they are located at mumbai i got this information from one the the guy who was working over there and he was sued from the company

i got a call from a gentleman whose name was roger brown but actually he was not he told me that my no was qualified to receive $300 of gas voucher for free because there was a promotion of the new gas station near by my location and he also mentioned that this card is only for those customer who hold visa or masrter card so i was happy to hear but i was just finding whats the catch he told me that the only catch is that i have to pay $3.90 for shiping i asked him that how can i pay the shiping? he told me from any kind of plastic card which has a logo of visa or master can be used so i told him that i will not povide him any kind of cr card no but the guy was so expert that at last he convinsed me and i gave him my debit card no after that he explained me some kind of program and he told me that he will give me the password on the verification line    actually they all are indians calling from indian call centre they are sales department 3rd party they are located at mumbai i got this information from one the the guy who was working over there and he was sued from the company

I got the call. Same old story as everyone else. I am one of the idiots that gave my info. They knew my name and city and state, but had my address incorrect. When I tried to tell them my correct address the woman on the line could not understand me at all. (like she did not speak my language...should have been my first clue) Passing the phone around, they were very insistent and the entire time I did not feel right. By the end of the call I was VERY leery. I informed them of that and I got my bank on the cell phone up to one ear while I had them on my home phone on the other ear. I told him I was talking to my bank. He got scared and put me on hold. I informed "Shawn" that I would be closing my bank account that I had just given him the number for and then I did just that. Has anyone actually LOST money because of these guys? Luckily we did not get to that point because we took care of it immediately. I am feeling very humbled, and feeling very gullible in a really bad way. I knew better. Don't entertain them by staying on the line if they call you. Hang up.

Same call tonight - Shawn - Indian accent, but they actually had the last 4 digits of our credit card.  We hung up.  Call the credit card company immediately.

Ok about 2 months ago my boyfriend gets a call about a $500 gas card..DONT FALL FOR IT!!! He did it and now there is $190 worth of charges took out of his bank account!!! The only reason he fell for it was they knew all of his info including the last four digits of his account number..So im assuming he thought they were legitamate.. They put charges from these places on there..(Roadside assistance, diners club, buyers club and Identity theft)  He talked someone from gold coast and they were "supposed" to put the money back in the bank.. That was almost 2 months ago and they still havent put it back in the bank.. Now the bank is basically telling him he is screwed!!!! Anyone got any suggestions?? SERIOUSLY EVERYONE JUST HANG UP AS SOON AS YOU HEAR THAT GAS CARD [***]!!!!!!!

1-818-870-9155

Yeah, no.  These guys called me, i told them to send the money in the mail and they were really persistent in trying to get me to tell them my credit card number. THey had an indian accent and they were bad at english. Next time just mess with them, if you want, thats what im gonna do.

I was only getting $ 200. gas card, I feel ripped off
people above me got $ 500.
Yadda Yadda hung up
boy he was desperate

Phone-Spam.

some guy called me and my friends today and it was a foreigh middle aged man. so we played along for a while.we acted like [***] and like prosatutes.i have to admit...it  was funny and he said we had won 300$ free of gas.we heard another guy(s) and we then said to go f#$k off!lol.we acted as british [***]!but then...... it freaked us out! so he hung up!I wanted to call him back and tell him  never to call back or i will call the cops but my friends wouldn let me