I got a call the other day from a telemarketer with a very heavy Indian accent who said his name was Herman Dawson and he was with Gold Coast in Arizona. He said his ID # was 0864. He said I had been chosen along with a few others from my state to receive a FREE gas card worth $300 and I could use it at any gas station and there was no expiration date on it. He said he already had my credit on file and all I had to do was verify some numbers. He then asked me for my credit card number. I said I was out in the field and didn't have my card with me. He asked me how long until I would be home. I said in about an hour. He said he would call me back in an hour. I took that time to Google up Gold Coast and you know what I found, right? Anyway, he didn't call me back until the next day. He went through the whole deal again and I told him I wouldn't give my credit number to him. I said you already have my number, so go ahead and use it. He was very insistent. I told him if I wanted to accept the offer that I would call him back, but he said that he didn't have number that I could reach him on. I said you sound like a scam artist from India. He hung up on me. All I can say is if you don't initiate the call don't ever give anyone your personal info. KEEP ALERT

I recevied a phone call from a Paul Smith ID # 30666 with a thick Indian accsent from a (818) 870-9155 number stating that I just received a free $300 gas card. I asked him what is was for and how he received my information. He stated that he received is from Visa and Mastercard for useing my card. He stated that there was no catch so I let him go on asking him questions about his company. He stated his company was Gold Coast and it was based in Phoenix AZ. He said all he needed was for me to confirm my name and address. I gave it to him waiting for the catch. I was not requested to pay any money however he requested the expiration date of my credit card. I gave this to him them he requested that I get my card and give him the customer code that starts with a 4. I asked him how may numbers and he said 16...That is my credit card number!!! I told him no that he did not need my credit card number. He stated it was only for authorization and that without the 3 didgit number on the back my card could not be used. Excuse me I use my card all the time and rarley do I ever get a request for the 3 didgit number on the back at yet somehow thoes charges go through. I told him If I recieved it for fress. Send it to me in the mail but he was not getting my card number. He continued to insist I then told him to have a good day and hung up. He had the nerve to call me back and ask me to clam down and insisted that this was not a scam. I told him I dissagreed and hung up again...Please do not give your card number out to this company. You do not allways need the 3 didgit code on the back of yout card for a charge to go through. If this realy is aq free no catch gas card then my card number would not be needed.

I try canceling my memebership. Everytime I call the number is busy or I get a recording saying my wait time is seven min. and noone would come on. I wait a long time. They are taking 39.95 a month on my credit card. What can I do? I am so mad at them. I have no use for this.

Lol...ok so this guy calls me, says his name is Mark Benson ID# A1174 employed with Gold Coast Company very very heavy Indian accent, now tell me who with a deep deep Indian accent (probably from a really rich Indian (India) decent) is named Mark Benson??, Lmao he just called back but ill get to that in a moment. So he calls me about these vouchers for $300 of free gas, and I was all over that offer thinkin$300 in gas would be great. He went blah blah blah i told him my name, street, then he tells me $3.90 for shipping/handling.

I told him I didnt have a credit card, debit, or a bank account, I like cashing my paycheck and putting the money in my pocket, well he didnt like that, said I needed to go to a store and get a prepaid card, I said what about a money order? He said they dont accept money orders anymore. So I said ok ok I'll go to Wal-Mart and get a prepaid card call me back tomorrow, he said blah blah blah what time ? I said sometime tomorrow and said I gotta go, dog needs to shit and hung up.

Well I googled the company and what do ya know, I get this website complaintsboard.com and scam scam scam, while I' m reading a post by Susan Maurer "Mark" calls me back not just 3 mins ago and says "Hi Josh, I just need to clarify the time I should call tomorrow and to see if you had ANY card of ANY TYPE??"

I asked him "Do you know what google.com is?" He said "I will give you our website when the $3.90 fee is verified" I started reading to him one of complaints about Gold Coast Company that I see on this website not even skipping a beat, wouldent let him interrupt me and after I read the whole post to him I said "there are a couple hundred more shall I continue?" He said "buh buh buh uh uh uh uh" so then I said "Well my friend you can now take me off your call list because I think your crazy" and hung up...LOL MADE MY MORNING!!

Received call from employee 32141 allegedly from Gold Coast International in Phoenix AZ. Heavy Indian accent. Very insistent. Assuring me I am going to be receiving a free $300 gas card for some reason - I think to do with using my Visa card - he was hard to understand. I figured it was a scam, but was curious as he kept insisting this was a free gas card, that would be delivered in 3 - 5 days. He verified my name and city and then he got to the "all you have to do is pay $4.90 for shipping and handling". I immediately said no thank you. He became even more insistent - why would I not want to spend $4.90 for $300 of free gas - I would not have to pay anything until I got the card. etc. etc. I hung up. We did not get as far as him asking for my credit card info. but I see from similar scams described on this site, that would have been next. Watch out!!