Scammers - get a real job.  This is ridiculous to try to steal others good hard earned revenue.  You all should be prosecuted!  Got the same message called from 888-300-5799 from a girl claiming she was Mandy.  Of course, she said she drew my name but she never said my name.  Unreal!

In early 2013 I received a call that I won a $25 K home make over.  I guess b/c everyone else on this forum didn't claim their winnings it was passed on to me!  :-)   Anyway, the caller claimed to be Samantha and asked me to call 888-663-6415 ext. 322.   I never called but then in May 2013 I received another call.  Same message but this time it was from Jessica and she instructed to call 888-861-3741 ext. 721.

Like others mentioned, I also noticed they never say you won but rather "I have very good news, your name was pulled"

Wow. All I can say is that "Jessica" must be mighty busy! Much thanks to Brad for his posting.

Received call yest from Jessica saying I won $25,000 home make over. Right!!!!!!

Its not a home makeover... its a trick for you to call... ITS A DEBT COLLECTOR / Collections

Got the same message.  It is obviously a scam.  Who do we report it to?

I got a call and the message left on my voice mail was my name was drawn last night for a $25,000.00 home makeover. After reading all these posts I decided not to call, I figured it was a scam to get money from hard working people. Once I google the number every thing I need to know about phone number 888-861-3741.

Got a call from this number with the same information about winning.  I called the number, woman answered and said she was the verification center.  I had her repeat that.  Then I asked where she was located and she hung up on me.  Tried calling the 888 number again and it just rang and rang and rang.

Very helpful messages here, had the exact same message left at my house, from one of the same women's names - when I googled the number the Caller ID said, prior to googling the callback number, it appears it's a mobile number from India! I tried to call back this evening, no answer. I won't bother trying to call again.

I called today and got the same reply. Can't remember the name of the guy I talked to though, but was told Jessica had gone to a meeting? I decided to do some research, because this is second time I've gotten a call stating that I had entered a contest and name had been drawn. They are careful not to say you have won.  Although, when this guy wanted to verify what contest I had entered and I asked him shouldn't he know that since thats why he's calling, he claimed he was calling because I had won and needed to verify my information and then at the end he switched and said I would be entered for a drawing this Sunday. When I called him on his lie, he tried to deny it. They are basically just verifying address, age and income range, so no confidential information, so I think it may be a company way of tricking people into doing surveys, since most people decline?

Got the same call. Very vague - I'm Jessica from 'a notification center', I'm calling in regards to an an entry you filled out either online, at a shopping or other event (really vague, I don't do any of these) to tell you your name was pulled last night to win $25,000. Just had to call back 888-861-3741, ext 721. How did I know I'd find the number here?  I thought there was a way to prosecute these spam numbers? Their phone call woke the baby up!

Follow up - decided to check caller id - the number that placed the call was 888-300-5799. I looked up that number and found this: http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-861-3741 and the person who followed up all the way to the end found it was a caller from the Notification Center on behalf of DirectBuy and the
call was a telemarketer.

SCAM ALERT!!
National Giveaway Center - purporting to be in Indianapolis, IN.
Supposedly I had entered a drawing for a "Gold Key" Giveaway for a $25,000 home makeover, and other fabulous prizes "about a year ago". Just out of curiosity (and being aware NOT to give out any personal info) I called them back. Although they left an extension number for Jessica at ext 721, I was told by a Crystal that "Jessica was busy".
When I wouldn't give my name & zip code "to verify I was who I said I was" (how would she know - I hadn't given her any information yet & she never referred to me by name...???) until she told me the name of the company she worked for & their location, then she became rather snotty and said if I didn't remember signing up for it, then I shouldn't be asking her for any information!  

Search on the internet for this company name and/or any Gold Key giveaway promotion turn up ONLY this website. BBB has no listing for any such company in Indianapolis, IN, or anywhere else that I can find.

Hhhhmmmm... RED FLAGS, anyone?

Got the same message from "Jessca" at the notification center stating I was selected as the winner of a $25K house makeover.  888-861-3741 Ext 721.

You are a Scam too?  : -)   Then why would you put all your personal information on here?

I responded to a call left on my answer machine from Jessica @ x721. Jessica was out. He asked for my phone number to confirm the entry (which I had filled out one in a shopping center less than a year ago) so he could search the computer and unfortunately for me, I gave it to him. He then asked me if I lived in and that I make at least $60,000 annually as he said that I checked off on the form. Then the fast talk saying that I won a choice of cruises on Carnival or two round trip tickets to Puerto Rico, etc. All I had to do was go to another city near where I live to claim my prize and I can still win the $25,000 home makeover. I told him I wanted the makeover and not the other gifts. And I asked that they remove my entry from the system. [Lesson learned after the fact.  : -/   However, learned.]  A Home Makeover would be nice. What a shame all the deceit coming from those whose real desire is for greed.

$25,00 HOME MAKEOVER   NAME DRAWN LAST NIGHT

This post was very helpful. I got the same call is everyone else here, but after reading your posts and going to that directbuy website, I decided not to call them back. It might be a legitimate sweepstakes where someone actually wins something, but I just don't want to sit through a sales pitch to enter it. Thanks to all who posted here.

got the same message.  Jessica called and left a voice message with the phone number 888-861-3741 x.721  I too have entered contest and thought, just maybe.  I called back 3 times and the phone just keeps ringing and ringing.  No one has ever picked up, so I thought I would Google the number to see if it was valid.  I see now that it's a scam.  I have had similiar situations happen before and DirectBuy was behind those too.

Thanks for this helpful info, Kay. I just got a call from "Jessica" today...

To just update to everyone since my last post...I emailed directly to Direct Buy and they replied as attached:

Thank you for your inquiry.  You are now added to the unsubscription list.  Please note that it may take a few days for the unsubscription to become fully active in our system.  

Kind regards,

Tiffany

Active Email Compliance Team


On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 8:14 AM, Brenda Lewis <bjworm@yahoo.com> wrote:
To Everyone Involved,
    I am notifying you to make you aware that I received one of your promotional scam calls regarding " won a $25,000 Home Makeover from Jessica, ext:721..." on Friday April 26th, 2013. This will be my only response to your call which is to REMOVE MY NUMBER FROM YOUR CALL LIST IMMEDIATELY! 352-732-1155.

    Thank you in advance and I hope that there will not be a need to take this further.

Thank You!!

Thank You!

Please Do Not Call or Harrass Me Thank You

I received this call for winning a $25,000 Home Makeover as well. Again, it was from "Jessica, ext. 721" with the same exact message as everyone else on Friday, April 26th, 2013. I did call them back today but there was no answer, just kept ringing. This prompted me to Google the number and here I am. It's too bad that people have to stoop so low to promote themselves or scam us less fortunate. I do enter contests all the time but try to stick with what I see to be legitimate drawings(ie: Lowes, Better Homes & Gardens, Publishers, etc.). Should have known better if it sounds too good to be true...-wishful thinking!

Message I won a drawing for $25,000 .  One thing is for sure, they can't possibly give away so much money to so many people.  This is definitely a scam.

Unbelievable what Spammers get away with here in the US, BTW, what are they gaining by doing this ?

Also had message left on message machine.  So scripted.  Don't fall for this one.

Got the same call from Jessica too, 25,000 make over...the red alarm went off...this is the second time I had someone call about this, it was a different person several months ago.  I'm not interested in joining their club, they can take their club and hit themselves over the head with it!

Direct Buy left a recorded message on our answering machine informing us that we had won! I filed a complaint with the FCC's do not call list site.
May Direct Buy go out of business sooner rather than later.

I was left a message on my home phone that says my name was drawn for a $25000 home makeover.  I checked the return number and ended up on this page.  What do these people want?