585-347-XXXX

Within seconds, I knew an epic prank call was on my hands. A man with a thick Indian accent informed me I had been selected to receive a $200 gas card for “being a good customer” (of what, I am still not sure). I immediately replied that I didn’t believe there was any way he could ship $200 worth of gas over to me from India. We spent minutes bantering back and forth about his ethnic background, his immigration status, the call center industry in India, and the language barrier resulting from his thick accent. Then I realized after about 10 minutes – he couldn’t **** up on me. I scrambled to get my call recording setup in order, and after over 25 minutes of torture already, I managed to record another 23 minutes! The offending company is called “American Auto Benefits” and a quick Google search reveals plenty of dissatisfied customers. It seems that the $200 gas card / gas vouchers are really some kind of rebate, and that the rest of the “benefits” of this program are nothing you couldn’t get for a fraction of the price from AAA or other reputable organizations for motorists. Ironically, although the telemarketer claims at one point that I was selected because I’m a Visa/MasterCard cardholder, he fails to mention that many credit card benefit packages include roadside****istance at no charge! He even goes on to say that it’s the victims fault for agreeing to use the service. Unlike many telemarketers, American Auto Benefits actually has a website, although after looking at it you may still be wondering what exactly it is that they sell. Like many spammers and scammers, they have opted to use a private domain registration, and also have multiple websites with the same or similar content (see below). Although the telemarketer said repeatedly earlier in the call that he was from P***nix, AZ, they publish an address on their website: 2*** Gulf to Bay Blvd., Suite 1560-411 Clearwater, FL 33759. Not surprisingly, this is the address of a UPS store (i.e. the “business address” is a PO box). But mysteriously, the Florida Department of State Division of Corporations has no record of a business named American Auto Benefits. The Better Business Bureau, on the other hand, has two listings for American Auto Benefits, and they rate them “D”. The BBB page also provides some information on the prin****ls of the company. The first page for “American Auto Benefits” lists their location as 11125 Park Blvd., Suite 104-344, Seminole, FL 33772, but does not include a rating. Unsurprisingly, this address is another UPS store PO box. The second listing is for “Odyssey World Travel & My Discount Savings Network”. Odyssey World Travel also has a website that happens to include virtually the same information as the American Auto Benefits website. The address for this company is listed as 10341 66th St N Ste 382 Pinellas Park, FL 33782-2306, which is yet another postal box service provided at a store called “Goin Postal Pinellas Park“. Both BBB pages list the websites and phone numbers, and the American Auto Benefits BBB page also names “Shawn Davis” as a prin****l. The investigation into this matter continues and a follow-up article will almost certainly appear here soon. We’re still digging for the real truth here, but when you’re done listening to this call I think you’ll agree: few things are as satisfying as hearing a telemarketer beg you to **** up on them. Have you received a call from “WCA” or “American Auto Benefits”? Have you been victimized by American Auto Benefits? Share your story below!

I received a call from this number to a business line. There was a fax ma****e on the other end. They only called once, so I believe they may be a fax spammer who then sends a fax if a fax answers and if not, does not call back. This is not a business that was given our landline in errror because they only called once.

Voice recording about harmful effects of antidepressants.. don't know why it called me but its def some ****** bs

Called me during my college mth 104 class 20 times

Called, no vm. Only once, but seems to be spam.

They just called. Left no message.

God this is a relentless caller

Called iPhone no message Spamass

Called oh 823 and 911

Spammer - computer sales call

Called left no message

called me no msg left.

Called, no message.

Won't stop calling!!!

Meeska. ENOUGH ALREADY