I received 7 calls from 701-217-1591 in a 24 hour period. I finally answered and the heavily accented male first told me he was from "American Benefits" and same as other complaints i was one of 15 people in my state to be selected to get a $200 gas voucher/card b/c of my shopping at wal-mart and having good standing with my payments. He assured me that there was no obligation, nothing to buy and just needed the address to send it to and how the name should read on the card. I did give my address and thats when he proceeded to ask for my credit or debit card # to verify that i am still an active consumer. At that point i figured it was a scam and asked what the company name was again and this time he told me he was with "Oasis Travel" i asked if thy had a website i could look up for more info and if there was anyway i could independently verify the info and he advised me that i would get all of that info after i gave him my card number. I told him that i did not feel comfortable giving my info unless i knew who i was giving it to. He then said he would transfer me to his manager who would give me more info. The "manager" he transfered me to (coincidentally sounded almost exactly like the first guy) started going through the whole script again. Said he was located in Phoenix, AZ but WOULD NOT give me an actual address. At this point he told me that: his name was Roger Brown with Oasis travel Phoenix az his Rep id #B50717 my Package # fx002051 but would not give me any additional information. I then told them i wasnt interested and hung up. The same person/same # called right back i asked for the companies TAX ID # to verify the info and he refused (if a company is legite they would never refuse to give you their TAX ID #) i then told them again i wasnt interested and to not call me anymore and hung up again. I called my local FBI to see if there is anything i should/can do about this. The woman i spoke to took a basic report of all the above info and said it will be on record but there is nothing they can do unless it becomes a largely reported problem. If you experience this you should try to get as much information as you possibly can from the person calling and report it to the FBI and/or your local authorities
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