Message 5461 of 6745

How would you handle this?

I had a message on my phone tonight, so I listen to it and it said" Mary, this is AMY calling about your order that was shipped on the 10th from Akins and Camberland Foods, please call me back at ........."

Well I googled the phone number and came up with the following
healthfood associates, inc - atoll .com - tulsa, OK Business 7807 e 51st st; tulsa,OK 74145 State:OK 74145 City: tulsa Telephone:(918)622-7660 Fax: View counts (10). Google MAP: Where are healthfood associates, inc? ...


I did not order anything from them, and I had no order shipped? Would you

A. Forget about it even though they called me by name, (my answering machine has my name.)
B. Call them back and see what in the heck they are talking about.

Could be a scam.... Whatcha think?
MaryTake5's profile
dont forget about it
check the statements of your credit cards and bank account

could be a scam? yes
could be a mistake? doubt it

over 2 years ago
I would ignore it myself until they start harrassing you.
chillinjoan's profile

over 2 years ago
It's a scam and they are hoping to get you angry enough to give them some info they can use.
There is also a scam where a person calls you and says all kinds of filthy stuff to you. You hang up, normally,but some stew about it and finally call back and give them a piece of their mind. Wanna know what happens next? Of course you do or you wouldn't have read this far.

You call back,irate as hell and talk smack to the man who answers the phone and he's just nasty enough to keep you on the line and going strong. Before long you have been on the phone for 8 to 10 minutes and have vented on him and are pretty confident he'll never call you again. Well, he probably won't.You see,he just got from you what he wanted. About $80 to $90 bucks because you called him back on a toll number and he is in a Boiler Room with others waiting for the next irate "customer". ;0)
dodger44's profile

over 2 years ago
Also, they could have mixed you up with someone. I almost had my car insurance cancelled because I had been confused with a neighbor!

Can't hurt to phone and check it out. If you don't, you'll be wondering and wondering.

over 2 years ago
if you call give them no information ! mary
livlovlife's profile

over 2 years ago
This is great, all these responses to this dilemma. Good thinking everyone... anymore?
MaryTake5's profile

over 2 years ago
Call Tusla's Better Business Bureau and make sure its a legit company. If it is, call them, with the number you found at goggle, not the number they left you, or the one on your Caller ID if either number is different from the goggled number. Tell them about the message. It could be a scammer, using a legit company name, but a false number, to get you to call back and get your info.
Ellen7's profile

over 2 years ago
you know Ellen, the caller id is one number but the number I'm to call back is a different number.
MaryTake5's profile

over 2 years ago
The company is a legitimate one, a subsidiary of Amcon which is a wholesale distributor of consumer products, tobacco, groceries, food service.

Here is their description from Reuters report on their last financial statement filing:

AMCON is a leading wholesale distributor of consumer products, including
beverages, candy, tobacco, groceries, food service, frozen and chilled foods,
and health and beauty care products with distribution centers in Illinois,
Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. Chamberlin's Natural Foods,
Inc. and Health Food Associates, Inc., both wholly-owned subsidiaries of The
Healthy Edge, Inc., operate health and natural product retail stores in central
Florida (6), Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma (4). The retail stores
operate under the names Chamberlin's Market & Cafe and Akins Natural Foods
Market.

If it were me, I would contact their headquarters in Oklahoma and advise them of the unordered item(s) coming from them. Verify with HQ that the numbers you were given are their numbers. And check your credit card statement. Someone could have used your credit card number to order.

From all I can find, the company is reputable and has no reports of being anything but legitimate . I would look first to your credit card statement, contact the company, see what they have on file and then go from there.

over 2 years ago

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