F.R.C. reviews and complaints

Got a yellow postcard in the mail that reads just as everyone else. Only difference was the name. It was "signed" Danielle Craft. Glad I checked it out before I called.

I got one of F.R.C.'s yellow cards in the mail today [protected]. I tried calling the number [protected] and all I got was some bad music. I don't know what the good news was supposed to be because after 3 minutes of listening to the same crappy music nobody answered the phone.

When my boyfriend signed up through F.R.C. to subscribe to a few magazines, after he gave them his info. They then told him and now you can not cancel ever.

What should I do?

Same Yellow Post Card SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM! Don't Fall for it.

I recieved the yellow post card in the mail from this company that i've never even heard of, much less had any affiliation with. Google led me to numerous warnings about the "company" and the people running it. Don't call the number and most importantly don't give them any information what so ever. The city on mine was Clearwater Fl. and the phone number was [protected]. If I can help one person by posting this, then I have succeeded.

I received a yellow card stating this company is trying to reach me with good news. It seemed odd. They give an 877 number to call with a control number. It's "signed" by Danielle Craftt. Apparently it's a scam because there is no information about this company online. Glad I entered the address in and found this site!

I have received many postcards from them in the mail ever since I started college. This is the third time they have sent one to me- know this is a scam. Many people have talked about this one...
It is a yellow postcard with "good news" on it. I have noticed their phone number keeps changing every time I recieve one..

Thank you all! I got the yellow post card today (08/10/09) from FRC 1381 South Missouri Avenue in Clearwater, Florida [protected] with other numbers under the address asking me to call [protected] with a control number. After reading all this, the post card is going in the trash! GOD BLESS YOU ALL.

Glad I checked here before calling that stupid number on that stupid yellow postcard!
Talk about baiting an unsuspecting caller for a sales pitch since sales telemarketers aren't supposed to call you unless you have an established relationship with them and this postcard would be the perfect loop hole!
My postcard was printed with the name Michelle Barbaa, how about anyone else? What names are on you postcards, maybe we can give a little taste of their own medicine, hehe...

You received a postcard from frc?

We have good news, enter our dream of a lifetime sweepstakes with no purchase necessary.

Call us toll free at [protected] to enter

And while you are on the phone ask us about our sensational magazine service that offers your choice of over 450 top magazine publications.

Or visit us at www. Familyreadingclub.com

YOU RECEIVED A POSTCARD FROM FRC?

WE HAVE GOOD NEWS, ENTER OUR DREAM OF A LIFETIME SWEEPSTAKES WITH NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.

CALL US TOLL FREE AT [protected] TO ENTER

AND WHILE YOU ARE ON THE PHONE ASK US ABOUT OUR SENSATIONAL MAGAZINE SERVICE THAT OFFERS YOUR CHOICE OF OVER 450 TOP MAGAZINE PUBLICATIONS.

Or VISIT US AT WWW.FAMILYREADINGCLUB.COM

You can thank World Financial Capital Bank Store cards for giving out your information. Give them a call and tell them how dissatisfied you are with their actions.

I also am getting married and signed up at several bridal registries prior to receiving a card. My card was signed by Michelle Barbara though. Thank you all for posting the warnings.

I called in deep curiosity I didn't give them any card information thankfully, they said that a credit card company gave them my information and wanted me put in a sweepstakes, I'm going to cancel the "free" subscriptions to magazines that they are sending me. But they are also sending me a watch which I assume is fake and I don't care about.

They also said that they were the Family Reading Council as something. Sadly I called but I didn't give out any card information, the strange thing was that they had my married name on it.

I wouldn't recommend calling, I feel like I'm in a horrible trap since I let curiosity get the better of me. I don't ecpect to win at all.

I got the postcard in the mail today and the first thing I did was check it out, and I'm glad I did because it led me here where I found out for sure it was a scam. Thanks!

I just got the card in the mail today, and the first thing I did was check it out on the net, and I'm glad I did because it led me here.

I got the card and checked this site. No one complaining here bothered to called the number. My question is: What's the scam?

YOU RECEIVED A POSTCARD FROM FRC?

WE HAVE GOOD NEWS, ENTER OUR DREAM OF A LIFETIME SWEEPSTAKES WITH NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.

CALL US TOLL FREE AT [protected] TO ENTER

AND WHILE YOU ARE ON THE PHONE ASK US ABOUT OUR SENSATIONAL MAGAZINE SERVICE THAT OFFERS YOUR CHOICE OF OVER 450 TOP MAGAZINE PUBLICATIONS.

Or VISIT US AT WWW.FAMILYREADINGCLUB.COM

amazing iam from the bronx new york and i got the same yellow card and I think the scam that they have going is when you call that number you are actually activating a credit card. Some credit card company sends you a credit card but when you receive it. It tells you to call to activiate.

As soon as i got the yellow card i came here and found this is a scam...so to play it off i called them...:

rep asked for the control# then eventually she knew who i was! wow! she asked if the number i was calling is a house, cell or work phone number! told them it was the pay phone! ...she said she has a good news for me...and i said i have a better news for her that I am wiring a comment on the complaint board for the world to see that you guys are a SCAM!

Yes we all got the yellow card. I never spell out my mid name. only initial but this yellow card has my middle spelled out COMPLETELY. Only my credit card comp. knows my middle name... guys it's a scam! do no fall for it!

I got the same thing and I am linking it to the American Shopping Center. If you have not gotten this info from them then let me tell you they claim that you have won something whatever it could be toilet paper for all I care but anyway after they tell you that you have one you have to pay this pathetic shipping price. I actually have gotten phone calls from them plenty of times and they are beyond annoying and the one time I thought I thought I be smoth and play there game I get this dumb yellow card. I strongly believe they are linked and if they are reading this believe me not I will find you and make sure you are out behind bars were you can become somebody's B.I.T.C.H!

I got this yellow postcard in the mail, I can not believe this...with so much techonology and being the 21th century you would think that this type of things would have been looked at a bit more closely...it seems like so many people have gotten this "good news" already and no one has taken care of this yet...

I am completly pissed that my information is going around like that.

The same this happened to me, i got a yellow card in the mail, same words on it and everything, after i found that i read that someone got it right after they got a credit card, i just got my first card, and my legal name is hyphened, but i connect my name, and it was addressed to the way i write it. i do believe its through the credit cards. thanks.

i got the same card today, i new there was something wrong. thanks everyone. did anybody call bbb about this?

I do not have Capital One but just recently joined FaceBook, and got a card today.

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I received a yellow post card in the mail from Clearwater, Fl. It was addressed to me and it said 'We are trying to reach you with Good News! It is really important that you call us. Call toll free [protected]. Control #[protected] Thanks Michelle Barbaa Call 10 am to 8:30 pm EST Monday thru Friday'

The first thing that I wanted to know was what the company wanted with me and what kind of company that it was, so I searched for it and found this web site. I wouldn't have called the number anyway due to the fact that if it seems too good to be true it usually is. I found that other people have gotten yellow post cards and reported the company as scam artists. This company used the name F.R.C. and the address 1381 S Missouri Ave, Clearwater, Fl. Apparently this company has been doing this for a long time because the address on my post card and the name did not match any of the other reports that I read so they must change their names and addresses frequently. I decided to post this so other people could see that the name and address is different and that the company was trying to scam people by changing their information on a regular basis.

Received 06 19 2009
Greenville SC
joe

Like meny of you, I got that very same YELLOW CARD from Clearwater Fl. It is nothing but a SCAM. Rip it up and throw it away. IT IS TRASH!

I received this same yellow card in the mail yesterday 6/1/09. I live in Austin, Texas. This is a scam. I wish they would stop sending this junk mail to me. When I never gave any of my information to anyone. How did they get this information unless they went to a mailing list that they purchase. I don't know any Michelle Barbaa in Clearwater, FL..
and I have never heard of F.R.C. until on went onto this online. Our local news here in Austin has been mentioning alot about this scam and how these people trying to get our money and our Social Security and bank accounts and stealing our idenity and money from our bank accounts. Don't ever give out this information to anyone. I suggest you file this with the Better Business Beureau and if you have a news channel like Austin does 7 on yourside will investigate this scam. Good luck! This is just another scam. DON'T DO IT.
Austin, TX -BZ

My husband and i use to have a capital one card and we canceled it and have moved twice since having it and we received this yellow card in the mail. I receive scams in the mail at least once a month, so i check everything out that i don't recognize. Our residence was built just two or three years ago. Sounds like they target new addresses and capital one customers. I think any organization can get a public mailing list from the U.S. postal service for mail advertisement. I read that some companies lose privilages due to false advertisement, the postal service has a code ethics. Capital one is a very dishonest company and they have lawsuits against them all the time. google Capital one settlements or lawsuits. I met someone years after we canceled our Capital one card and they had a class action lawsuit against them with a group of friends.

Here it is 5/12/09 and the scam is back in the mail again. It is the exact same card posted and it is going around at least in California almost 2 years later.

I am glad io checked this out it seems a lot of these types of things are getting out. I decided to check this out first because a while back i had gotten an email from someone saying their client has left me $5 million but she would tell me who it was and that it needed to be kept a secrect...lets just say i never responeded to that one either.

I just got that yellow card yesterday in the mail. I got a Best Buy credit card about a month ago, could that have anything to do with why I received this card? Has anyone actually called this Michelle Barbaa?

I just got one of these stupid cards today and knew better than to call but decided to look it up to see if I could find who gave up my info... I've had a Capitol One card for less than three months.
Lovely.