A friend of mine received a call from "dish" saying that cause hes such a loyal customer, they will give him 6 months of free service if he pays for the first 6 months upfront. They also said that he needs to call them back (gave him a #), and that the payment must be made with a "green dot card" from walmart. I told him to call dish (1800333 dish) and take them up on their offer. Im assuming this is a scam, right? Not sure what account info access they have for him, but he didnt give up any info. He also gave "dish" my number saying that i would also be interested in the deal.
Dish "pay for 6 mo, get 6 mo free" scam?
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Yes it's a scam there's no way dish would give a half a year service free. Sounds too good to be true.
Geesh... that particular scam job is phoning it in. A green dot card from Walmart? What, non-consecutive unmarked bills delivered in a briefcase a bit too suspicious?
The best deal used to be an annual lump sum payment for your year's subscription that added up to a free month. But that has been gone for nearly a decade.
??? I'm still doing this, just paid for yearly Top 250. The nice thing is I pay just before the (typically) annual price increase. Am I just grandfathered into the deal?
jrbdmb said:
It's not worth it anymore unless all you have is AT250.
The annual discounts on the premium channels are worse than when you bundle them all together.
Dish warning about scam
I received this from Dish a few minutes ago... I couldn't find the thread from the other day...
Account Number:
Dear Most dear honored saintly Raymond, (kidding)
Recently several DISH customers have reported that people claiming to be representatives of DISH have contacted them in an attempt to collect money for special promotions or upgrades. We have discovered that these callers are often asking for credit card numbers or requesting payments via Western Union or Green Dot.
This message is to remind you that DISH will never call you asking for this or any other personal information or information related to your DISH account. If you receive a call requesting a payment in exchange for a promotion or upgrade, we encourage you to disconnect the call and contact us directly at 800-333-DISH (800-333-3474).
Mods -- The other one showed up. This can be combined or trashed...
As a reminder, the forms of payment that DISH accepts are:
Credit card
Debit card
Electronic funds transfer
Check by mail
Cash through any retail store that offers:
MoneyGram Express Payments
IPP (In Person Payments)
PreCash
CheckFreePay
ACE Cash Express
Western Union Prepaid Services*
*If you make a payment through Western Union, you will receive a 10-digit Money Transfer Control Number (MTCN). DISH will never ask for this number.
Thank you for being a valued DISH customer.
I received this from Dish a few minutes ago... I couldn't find the thread from the other day...
Account Number:
Dear Most dear honored saintly Raymond, (kidding)
Recently several DISH customers have reported that people claiming to be representatives of DISH have contacted them in an attempt to collect money for special promotions or upgrades. We have discovered that these callers are often asking for credit card numbers or requesting payments via Western Union or Green Dot.
This message is to remind you that DISH will never call you asking for this or any other personal information or information related to your DISH account. If you receive a call requesting a payment in exchange for a promotion or upgrade, we encourage you to disconnect the call and contact us directly at 800-333-DISH (800-333-3474).
Mods -- The other one showed up. This can be combined or trashed...
As a reminder, the forms of payment that DISH accepts are:
Credit card
Debit card
Electronic funds transfer
Check by mail
Cash through any retail store that offers:
MoneyGram Express Payments
IPP (In Person Payments)
PreCash
CheckFreePay
ACE Cash Express
Western Union Prepaid Services*
*If you make a payment through Western Union, you will receive a 10-digit Money Transfer Control Number (MTCN). DISH will never ask for this number.
Thank you for being a valued DISH customer.
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Just received this email from Dish
| Recently several DISH customers have reported that people claiming to be representatives of DISH have contacted them in an attempt to collect money for special promotions or upgrades. We have discovered that these callers are often asking for credit card numbers or requesting payments via Western Union or Green Dot. This message is to remind you that DISH will never call you asking for this or any other personal information or information related to your DISH account. If you receive a call requesting a payment in exchange for a promotion or upgrade, we encourage you to disconnect the call and contact us directly at 800-333-DISH (800-333-3474). As a reminder, the forms of payment that DISH accepts are: |
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| *If you make a payment through Western Union, you will receive a 10-digit Money Transfer Control Number (MTCN). DISH will never ask for this number. Thank you for being a valued DISH customer. |
Just received this email from Dish
Recently several DISH customers have reported that people claiming to be representatives of DISH have contacted them in an attempt to collect money for special promotions or upgrades. We have discovered that these callers are often asking for credit card numbers or requesting payments via Western Union or Green Dot.
This message is to remind you that DISH will never call you asking for this or any other personal information or information related to your DISH account. If you receive a call requesting a payment in exchange for a promotion or upgrade, we encourage you to disconnect the call and contact us directly at 800-333-DISH (800-333-3474).
As a reminder, the forms of payment that DISH accepts are:
- Credit card
- Debit card
- Electronic funds transfer
- Check by mail
- Cash through any retail store that offers:
- MoneyGram Express Payments
- IPP (In Person Payments)
- PreCash
- CheckFreePay
- ACE Cash Express
- Western Union Prepaid Services*
*If you make a payment through Western Union, you will receive a 10-digit Money Transfer Control Number (MTCN). DISH will never ask for this number.
Thank you for being a valued DISH customer.
Just got the same 1 also.
Got the same 1 also.........already being talked about http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/306560-Dish-quot-pay-for-6-mo-get-6-mo-free-quot-scam
Most companies sell mailing lists. Since there are so many companies involved, it is hard to say where the information came from. This is why you should always opt out of the "advertising partner" stuff in your privacy preferences. The bigger question is why, industry wide, these lists are opt-out instead of opt-in.
