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This company has now tried to scam me twice - but with no luck! After receiving their first scam letter telling me that I won a quarter of a million rand but needed to send R215 in order to redeem it, I decided to call their call centre as an "unsuspecting customer" trying to redeem the funds that I won. The con artist who answered had no clue what he was talking about and when I asked him how he got my details and how I had won this competition he could not provide me with a straight answer. I eventually told him that he was a liar, a cheat and a fraud and told him to lose my particulars. It is now two months later - and I have miraculously won another R100 000.00 from them! This time, they have replaced the telephone number with a fax number and all I have to do is send R212.90 to them in order to get this paid out to me.
I wish these criminals could be tracked so that they can get what they deserve!
Hi all, i also received a letter claming that i have won but decided to 1st do some research on them and came accross this blog. Please see details below for the director of International Merchandise Services for those who would like to take the matter further.
Buckham, Jean
Director
Lifestyle
PO Box 391, Rondebosch, 7701
adminphone : [protected]
adminfax : [protected]
adminemail : ctheart@lifestylemail.co.za
WERE DO I START .INTERNATIONAL MERCHANDISE SERVICES... THESE PEOPLE GIVE YOU FALSE HOPE AND PROMISES. LAST YEAR I WON R50000 AND A CAR I ALL SO HAD TO SEND THEM A FEE WHICH I NOW AM SORRY OVER .THIS YEAR I WON ANOTHER CAR AND R115000 AND R50000 ALL WITH RELEASE FEES.( STUPID IS WHAT STUPID DOES).O AND I NEARLY FORGOT THE TV THEY WERE GOING TO DELIVER ON THE 12TH OF MARCH 2010 IN TIME FOR THE WORLD CUP HAHA.STILL NO DELIVERY. THEY SEND YOU A LETTER TELLING YOU THAT YOU HAVE WON A TV OR A DVD PLAYER OR A DIGETAL CAMERA OR WAIT FOR A PENDANT.YOU RECEIVE THE PENDANT EVERY TIME I HAVE SIX OF THEM TO PROVE THE FACT .I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT.WHY PUT A PENDANT WITH SUCH ITEMS AS A TV DVD AND CAMERA. I HAVE KEPT ALL THE MAIL I RECEIVED WITH ALL THE PHOTO STATS OF FALSE PROMISES AND THE MONEY I HAVE SENT TO THEM AND ALL THE BANK SLIPS . I AM GOING TO GO TO THE FRAUD SQUAD TO SHOW THEM. I HAVE HAD IT WITH THEM AND THERE VASE PROMISES . THEY HAVE RIPPED ME OF FOR THE LAST TIME, AND I HOPE THEY ROT IN HELL AS I AM A PENSIONER AND EVERY RAND IS IMPORTANT TO MY WIFE AND I . THIS MIGHT SOUND STUPID BUT I WAS HOPING ALL THE TIME THAT IS WAS TRUE . TO GIVE MY WIFE AND I A BETTER LIFE FOR THE TIME WE STILL HAVE ON THIS EARTH. PS .NO MATTER HOW YOU TRY YOU WILL NEVER SPEAK TO MR PIRIE OR MR BURGER OR ANDERSON OR JENNY -ANN OR MR WALBRUGH THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE NAMES ON THESE LETTERS I HAVE RECEIVED. I DO TEND TO WONDER IF THESE PEOPLE REALLY EXIST. DO NOT EVEN TRY TO SPEAK TO ONE OF THE PERSONS ON THE PHONE, THEY DO NOT HAVE A CLUE AS TO WHAT IS GOING ON
Neem goeie raad:
NEVER DEAL WITH SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN AND OPERATES FROM A POST BOX !
I have received a letter saying that I have won a motor vehicle and have to pay R 149.90 for delivery. But no contact details are provided to follow up with their postage. Further more they say that if it is delivered to the wrong address, they will not take responsibility. They ask for payment to be done to: International Merchandise Services, see if any one can find out about them, and confirm.
What a load of bull. Please watch out there are to many scams going around.
I too have recently received a similar letter saying that I am the "potential" recipient of a R 500, 000.00 prize.
All I have to do is send them a R 99.90 acquisition fee. Gee ! - Lucky me !
I agree that these crooks should be locked up.
I have sent my "Lucky Winner" documentation to the local fraud squad to follow up.
I have just received their latest creative letter leading me to believe I have won a 32" LCD Television..they mention a Small or Big LCD device with the 2 TVs pictured as the catch to lure you in .however the small print on the back gives the odds at winning a small LCD device to be 1:1 if I pay then R139 - and the 2 TVs at 1:160000 - so what is this 'small device' I am guaranteed to win? they do not say...for sure it will be something not worth the R139 !
So many are getting suckered in by their clever wording...can they not be brought to task for such misleading statements!
hello, I too was told that to claim I was to pay (which I did) to this day NOTHING!
Once bitten twice shy!
So, its GOODBYE TO INTERNATIONAL MERCHISE SERVICES!
I have been receiving same notifications from these fraudsters for about 2 years. Intially I was stupid and twice sent money but no longer so don't know why they bother with me still. I also tried to get a phone no. in "Eppindust" where ever that may be !