www.ShoppingCardStore.com is a Big Fat Scam

A friend of mine-who is normally very sensible when it comes to money- falls for every in mail pitch that he receives.  He fills out the paper work for publisher's clearing house, he enters contests all the time.  He recently received one from a local Car Dealership-Ben Davis.
The pitch from Ben Davis was that you automatically won something.  It was either $10,000 in cash, a couple of ipods, a gift card, or $150 in cash.  Everyone won the gift card for $300.00 worth of merchandise. Here is the problem:  the gift card is from some low rent crappy business called ShoppingCardStore.com.  There was a time when they were called the GiftCardStore.com but they had to stop using that name when the complaints started pouring in.  Here is how the scam works:  You receive this card as a "prize" and then you go to their web site.
That is dangerous in and of itself, when I accessed the website my firewall had to remove a virus attempt.  So be warned.  Next, you are directed to their site where yo may choose from several items, all of them of Fingerhut quality.
Next, you will be hit with a handling charge-that you cannot use this "gift card" to pay.  Have you spotted the scam yet?
In addition, there is a $5.00 processing fee.  So you may well end up paying $90.00 for a bunch of free crappy stuff that you could have easily purchased at any dollar store.
Avoid VCard if you can at all.  You may also want to avoid www.ShoppingCardStore.com as well.  They are not a legitimate, fair or honest company.  You'll thank me later.


I received a comment by someone who had been scammed by ShoppingCardStore.com    The first thing you want to do is contact your bank and tell them it was fraudulent.  They can stop payment on the money that you sent to these scammers. It may take a few weeks, but you should get your money back.  I hope that helps.