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Hooray! I got mine in the mail the other day too...it couldn't have looked more suspicious if it had Ed McMahon's smiling face up in the corner. The first thing I did was scan the internet for details.
I think I'll hold out until they offer me a mini AM/FM boombox absolutely free (processing fees apply) and they DOUBLE my credit line to $20,000.
For now, I will just drop them an email thanking them for sending me some fire-starting material. It was getting cold and the kindling bin was out of newspaper....
@Anonymous wrote:
I just got this "approval" in the mail today. First off I will never send money to someone saying they need it for a membership fee up front for a credit card. Thats just crazy. Second let me tell you how to deal with this letter. They have to pay the postage to have the return letter returned back to them. Well instead of signing it and sending money I am going to do what my Mama taught me to do with junk mail. First you take their return envelope, write a nice little ha ha letter if you want, take some other junk mail I got today and rip it up and put it all back in their envelope and send it back to them. They like sending junk mail lets see how they like receiving it back at their expense. LOL
Yes....that is a great idea...and your mom saw it where I did...on 20/20 at the end when Andy Rooney did his little 2 or 3 minute segment. That has stuck with me for over 20 years!!! Make them pay the postage to get someone elses junk.
Besides...the Postal Service can use all the extra $$ we can send their way!
I got this "offer" in the mail. It seemed, for someone in the process of rebuilding credit (and as you can see from my sig, I'm in the mid-600 range right now), just a little too good to be true. To go from a secured card to a $10,000 line seemed outrageous to say the least. As soon as I started typing in 'union workers credit' into google, immediately the word 'scam' appeared with the second listing-- as I suspected it would. It never fails to amaze me how bold scammers can be, and to what extend they're willing to extend their quips and schemes.
If anyone gets this "offer", rip it and pitch it. Or, fill their return envelope with the shredded pieces and a short letter containing the words, "feels good to pay, doesn't it?" and send it their way. See how much they enjoy paying for garbage.
@haulingthescoreup wrote:
Frankly, I would be astonished if the "workers" were unionized or anything else. I think anyone might wind up getting a mailer from these chuckleheads, whether they have any union involvement at all.
This just falls into the category of buying junk at inflated prices in order to get a tradeline reporting.
Yep. I got one a few months ago, and I'm not affiliated with any union. I looked it over, decided it was bogus and tossed it straight into the trash.
@Anonymous wrote:
I just got this "approval" in the mail today. First off I will never send money to someone saying they need it for a membership fee up front for a credit card. Thats just crazy. Second let me tell you how to deal with this letter. They have to pay the postage to have the return letter returned back to them. Well instead of signing it and sending money I am going to do what my Mama taught me to do with junk mail. First you take their return envelope, write a nice little ha ha letter if you want, take some other junk mail I got today and rip it up and put it all back in their envelope and send it back to them. They like sending junk mail lets see how they like receiving it back at their expense. LOL
I like this! I'll remember it for the future. Thanks for sharing the tip.
I RECEIVED A LETTER SAYING I WAS PREAPPROVED FOR A CREDIT CARD, JUST SEND IN $37.00,FOR A FEE LOW INTEREST RATE. I WAS NOT AWARE OF IT BEING A CATALOG MEMBERSHIP. I UNDERSTOOD THIS TO BE A CREDIT CARD,WHEN I DID NOT RECEIVE ANYTHING FROM THE COMPANY, I CALLED THEM; SINCE MY CHECK HAD ALREADY BEEN PROCESSED.THE LADY NAMED RENEE WAS VERY RUDE SAYING YOU SHOULD HAVE READ THE LETTER, BECAUSE IT STATED WHAT THE COMPANY WAS ABOUT.I ASKED TO SPEAK TO A MANAGER,SHE WAS JUST AS RUDE.THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO TO KEEP OTHER PEOPLE FROM BEING RIPPED OFF.
VERY TICKED
Disclaimer at the bottom of their offer:
:YOU HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR THIS PLATINUM CARD MEMBERSHIP OFFER BECAUSE YOU SATISFIED CERTAIN CONSUMER CRITERIA. VISA AND MASTERCARD ARE REGISTERED TRADEMARKS OF VISA INTERNATIONAL AND MASTERCARD, INC. RESPECTIVELY, AND ARE UNAFFILIATED WITH THIS OFFER OR UWCS. CREDIT AMOUNT REFERENCED HEREIN SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO FUNCTION AS ANY TYPE OF MULTI-PURPOSE CREDIT CARD AND IS EXCLUSIVELY APPLICABLE FOR CREDIT PURCHASES FROM UWCS. ADDITIONAL CREDIT MAY BE GRANTED IN THE FUTURE AT CREDIT PROVIDERS SOLE DISCRETION. FAILURE TO RESPOND BY EXPIRATION DATE WILL RESULT IN TERMINATION OF YOUR ELIGIBILITY."
Always read the fine print! It's like those durned EULA's: