Yes, I won $25,000.  That's what Pierre said, I needed call 855-841-6089.  He called from 312-488-1853,caller ID showed Trent Brooks.

Well it is Pierre now and he said I won $25,000. I needed to call 855 841 6089 but he called from 312 488 1853. I didn't call I guess he ran out of Navigators.

never answered my cell - and nobody left me a VM

This is the message I got from a "Trent Brooks" from (312) 488-1853, Chicago, IL.

?Hi Bruce Shepherd here with nps(?) calling in regards to the twenty five thousand dollar give away that was being sponsored within the last eighteen months. We are looking at your name and number here and we have very good news for you so congratulations. What you need to do as soon as possible is give us a call here in the office at 18669336017. Again that's toll free 18669336017. we'll(?) look to hear from you soon and congratulations.?

Now it's 2013 and Trent is still calling.  What a hard working guy!

Got a call today that I won a big prize. Yeah, right. Why is this number with caller ID Trent Brooks still operational?????

Same for me, Trent Brooks on caller ID from 312-488-1853 and won $25,000. Need to call John Hill, Prize Notification Department at toll-free 866-933-6012.  Oh yay!! :)

got a call saying we had won 25,000 dollars and to call back at 1-866-933-6012 as soon as possiable, saying good news your luck as changed, research shows that this is a scam. call came from 1312-488-1853

Sorry, the # that is harrassing me is 312-488-1853

How can someone call from this # and when I immediately call back it says its a non working #??

I find it interesting that the first post for this number was in 2007. The first report that shows that "Trent Brooks" is on the Caller ID was in 2009. Here it is the end of 2012, and "Trent Brooks" is still calling from the same "listed" number. (Yes, I got this one last week - 10/26/2012). No message of course. I don't ever answer these either.

A quiet, peaceful night at my household and I get a loud phonecall from some phony saying " you won 50,000 dollars and all you need to do is call me back". What my dad taught me that "if something seems too good to be true it probably is." This guy must be pretty bored if all he does is make prank calls all day. If he can't fool an eighth grader you can't fool many. He didn't even say what company or anything.

I got a call Sunday about 7:30pm a very energetic sounding "Randy" saying he was calling with good news about a $50,000 prize from a contest I entered in the last 18 months. I am supposed to call him back 866-430-3177.    Needless to say I will not be calling them back.

Got a message today saying it was Randy and that I had entered a contest in the last 18 months for $50,000 dollars and he had some great news for me. Ha! I guess they are out of Navigators. No way am I falling for so obvious a scam. Geesh!

Received call from this # @8:19am on my government cell.  "Randy" said that I had won $ in a contest I entered a long time ago.  Contact them @ 1-866-430-3177 to hear more info and claim prize.

Hang up call

Damn, all you guys won Lincoln Navigators but apparently we "only" won an SUV in the sweepstakes we didn't enter. Damn you, Trent.

I think I'm going to switch my name to "philme kracken" and spell it slowly for them the next time they cal . . .

me llaman y no me dicen que quieren...

2 hang up calls from the same number 312-488-1853

We got a call at 8:35 this morning from this number.  My husband and I both answered the phone and kept saying "Hello" but nobody answered.  My husband has a cold and his voice is extra deep today.  Maybe it scared "Bill"!  We have family in Illinois and thought it might be a relative, but after finding this site, I realized it wasn't.  I'll know not to answer if they call back.

Got one today, also, from Trent Brooks....said to call back at the 877 number about my Hybrid that I won.  when I called back, no one answers and also says to leave a message but then the mailbox is full.  Still trying to scam everybody>>>>>

I have been receiving this same call for a couple of months.  If I really did win the Navigator, which, of course I didn't, they should have my address from my entry, and would have contacted me by mail after several months of trying to get me by phone.  I let my answering machine take all my calls.  That way, I don't have to deal with these idiots.

Just got one of these calls from this number today.  The number comes up as listed to Trent Brooks with 312-488-1853.  When I answered the phone, there was nothing but silence, but when I started letting the impatience come out in my voice, then I heard the call disconnect.  That's when I looked up the number/name online.  I'm so glad that I didn't call the people back.  If they want to "give" me a Navigator or whatever, they can "give" it to my answering machine from now on.  Because I won't be answering these calls anymore!

Received this same call today saying I might have won the Grand Sweepstakes for a Lincoln Navigator I had submitted for a couple months ago.  Left a message saying I should call 800-301-3436.  Pleease!  Caller ID was from the number above.

16 Ways You Can be Phone Scammed

18 Nov 2008
When we started 800Notes.com we had no idea that telemarketing fraud comes in so many flavors. The variations include 'cramming', 'slamming', credit card scams, calls from telemarketers pretending to be IRS, sweepstakes and lotteries scams, advance fee  loan scams, phone toner scams, fat finger dialing scams, and area code phone scams.
Typically the goal is to get you to reveal personal, bank account information, or to make you do something that will result in unwanted charges on your account. Individuals and businesses are equally affected by these scams although the schemes might be different.
In this article I will outline the 16 most popular phone scams. I am sure there are more, so if you have been a victim of a phone scam, or you know of a phone scam not mentioned here, please share it with me and the readers in the comments.
Send this article to your family members, co-workers, and employees. Give it to your teenage kids and elderly parents (studies show they are the most vulnerable to the scams). As the old saying goes, "Forewarned is Forearmed".


2.    Another phone scam involves calls from ?Prize Distribution Centers? that claim that you are the winner in sweepstakes or a lottery. Of course, you are not the only ?winner? in the lottery and tens of thousands of people received the same call. The goal of the scheme is to entice you to make a relatively small payment (for example, shipping and handling fee, a sales tax) promising that a much bigger prize will be sent your way. Once the payment is sent, you will most likely not hear from the company again, and a promised ?Lincoln Navigator? will not find its way to your driveway.



FROM FTC WEBSITE
Prize Offers: You Don?t Have to Pay to Play!
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/telemarketing/tel17.shtm (FULL CONSUMER ALERT)


A Dozen Ways to Protect Yourself
The next time you get a "personal" letter or telephone call telling you "it?s your lucky day," the Federal Trade Commission encourages you to remember that:
1.    Legitimate sweepstakes don?t require you to pay or buy something to enter or improve your chances of winning, or to pay "taxes" or "shipping and handling charges" to get your prize. If you have to pay to receive your "prize," it?s not a prize at all.
2.    Sponsors of legitimate contests identify themselves prominently; fraudulent promoters are more likely to downplay their identities. Legitimate promoters also provide you with an address or toll-free phone numbers so you can ask that your name be removed from their mailing list.
3.    Bona fide offers clearly disclose the terms and conditions of the promotion in plain English, including rules, entry procedures, and usually, the odds of winning.
4.    It?s highly unlikely that you?ve won a "big" prize if your notification was mailed by bulk rate. Check the postmark on the envelope or postcard. Also be suspicious of telemarketers who say you?ve won a contest you can?t remember entering.
5.    Fraudulent promoters might instruct you to send a check or money order by overnight delivery or courier to enter a contest or claim your "prize." This is a favorite ploy for con artists because it lets them take your money fast, before you realize you?ve been cheated.
6.    Disreputable companies sometimes use a variation of an official or nationally recognized name to give you confidence in their offers. Don?t be deceived by these "look-alikes." It?s illegal for a promoter to misrepresent an affiliation with ? or an endorsement by ? a government agency or other well-known organization.
7.    It?s important to read any written solicitation you receive carefully. Pay particularly close attention to the fine print. Remember the old adage that "the devil is in the details."
8.    Agreeing to attend a sales meeting just to win an "expensive" prize is likely to subject you to a high-pressure sales pitch.
9.    Signing up for a sweepstakes at a public location or event, through a publication or online might subject you to unscrupulous prize promotion tactics. You also might run the risk of having your personal information sold or shared with other marketers who later deluge you with offers and advertising.
10.    Some contest promoters use a toll-free "800" number that directs you to dial a pay-per-call "900" number. Charges for calls to "900" numbers may be very high.
11.    Disclosing your checking account or credit card account number over the phone in response to a sweepstakes promotion ? or for any reason other than to buy the product or service being sold ? is a sure-fire way to get scammed in the future.
12.    Your local Better Business Bureau and your state or local consumer protection office can help you check out a sweepstakes promoter?s reputation. Be aware, however, that many questionable prize promotion companies don?t stay in one place long enough to establish a track record, and the absence of complaints doesn?t necessarily mean the offer is legitimate.

we have received two calls from 312 488 1853 on our cell phone but by the time we answer they've hung up. also got a call from 312 377 0165 - same result -nobody on the line.

We have received two hang up calls from "Trent Brooks."  WOW, maybe we won a Lincoln Navigator, too!!!  This guy is better than Oprah!!!!  I hope someone finally cracks down on this idiot!!!  Maybe because I pick up the phone, they won't talk to me.  A message like winning a Lincoln Navigator for certain needs to be left on my answering machine instead of talking to me in person.  That way I will be stupid enough to call back his 1-800 number.  Thanks for the "heads up" and  the complaints.  At least I know what this is all about!!!

I have been getting daily on my home phone from a company called Prize
Distribution Center (caller ID says Trent Brooks 312-488-1853). They
leave a pre-recorded message saying "Hi, this is Bill with the Prize
Distribution Center. Calling in regards to the contest that you
entered sometime back in hopes of winning a brand new Lincoln
Navigator. Contest is officially over, we are looking at your entry
form, so we do have very good news for you. Give me a call at the
office as soon as possible at 1-800-301-3436, again that's
1-800-301-3436. And again, congratulations." They keep leaving the
same message every time they call.

I called the number they keep leaving on my answering machine to try
to get off of their call list. The people who answered the phone got
my father's name off of the caller ID (I was using my cell phone
registered under his name), yelled at me that I am too young (I'm 25) to win
the contest and hung up on me. I haven't entered any contest to win a
Lincoln Navigator. I called back asking to speak to a manager and they
hung up. I called back a few minutes later thinking I would get
someone else on the phone and they told me that there isn't a call
list and that they were going to keep me from winning the contest.

Me too, got the same call, message left on my cell, the roads are going to be sporting a lot of New Navigators!  So sad that people have resorted to trying to feel innocent people.  Think I will just keep my little old Matrix SUV wannabee!