Letter from Madden Hall about free airline tickets
[UPDATE 9/19/10: I have included more information in a post about another letter here.] (See other posts here.)
Today I received a letter from Madden Hall telling me that I have qualified for an award of 2 roundtrip airline tickets. It says to call 866-390-9070. It looks like it was actually signed by Jacqueline Ball, the Vice President of the Travel Awards Division.
The www.maddenhall.com website exists. Here’s the whois info: http://www.whois.net/whois/maddenhall.com — registered June 7, 2010.
My envelope has a 44 cent actual stamp, postmarked from Phoenix AZ 852 on July 3 and my address is hand written!
I’m not going to write my thoughts yet, I’d be interested to hear your comments!
[UPDATE 7/6/10 10pm] I see that a few have searched for information about this letter. Please write your thoughts…
[UPDATE 7/7/10 4pm] I see some more visitors have been searching about this letter. Here are some things that seem to be related in some way:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgk7aFGO5pY
http://www.youtube.com/user/maddenhall09
[UPDATE 7/8/10 9pm] Here’s their Twitter feed: http://twitter.com/maddenhall
An actual story: http://www.kgun9.com/Global/story.asp?S=12741861
Notice anything similar to maddenhall.com with these?
Garrison Finley: http://www.garrisonfinley.com/
Sampson Phelps: http://www.sampsonphelps.com/
Burton Malone: http://burtonmalone.com/
Anderson Pratt: http://andersonpratt.com/
Morgan Stanfield: http://morganstanfield.com/
Maddox Wright: http://maddoxwright.com/
Strickland Penn: http://stricklandpenn.com/
Harris Fields: http://www.harrisfields.com/
Lexington Duke: http://www.lexingtonduke.com/
Hamilton Gates: http://hamiltongates.com/ (http://twitter.com/hamiltongates)
Davidson Powell: http://davidsonpowell.com/ (http://twitter.com/davidsonpowell)
Nicholson Barnes: http://www.nicholsonbarnes.com/ (http://twitter.com/nicholsonbarnes)
Warner Rowe: http://www.warnerrowe.com/ (http://twitter.com/warnerrowe)
Larson Keller: http://www.larsonkeller.com/ (http://twitter.com/larsonkeller)
Robinson Rhodes: http://www.robinsonrhodes.com
Foster Simmons: http://www.fostersimmons.com/
Stanton Carney: http://www.stantoncarney.com/
Swanson Carr: http://www.swansoncarr.com/
Morrison Banks: http://www.morrisonbanks.com/
Stanton Carney: http://www.stantoncarney.com/
Zimmerman Cain: http://zimmermancain.com/
Thompson Fuller: http://www.thompsonfuller.com/
Shelton White: http://sheltonwhite.com/
Gilbert Turner: http://gilbertturner.com/
Richardson Blake: http://www.richardsonblake.com/
Sutton Perry: http://www.suttonperry.com/
Chapman Lane
Sullivan Lang
Spencer Burns
Hammond Reed
Lambert Steel
Peterson Burke
Watson Brooks
Bradley Tate
Stevens Cole: http://www.stevenscole.com/
Hudson Stone
Hoffman Sims
Patterson Bell
Erickson Wade
Emerson Ross
Welsh McCormick: http://welshmccormick.com/
Jensen Sharpe: http://www.jensensharpe.com/
Jefferson Greer: http://www.jeffersongreer.com/
Henderson Gill: http://www.hendersongill.com/
Finn and Gilliam: http://finnandgilliam.com/
Brooks Spade: http://brooksspade.com/
[UPDATE 7/8/10 10pm]
I think I have found the answers to this mystery thanks to the great work of the folks at BBB in Tucson, AZ:
http://www.bbb.org/tucson/business-reviews/travel-clubs/southwest-travel-club-in-tucson-az-20007983
[UPDATE 7/24/10 10pm] I got another letter! This time from Hamilton Gates. See my new blog post.
[UPDATE 9/15/10] Oh look what someone posted about me anonymously, of course: http://www.metacafe.com/watch/5201222/brian_morris_tech_fraud/
Here is the letter and envelope (click to see larger image):
TEXT:
I am pleased to inform you that you have qualified for an award of 2 roundtrip airline tickets. Congratulations. These tickets are valid for travel anywhere in the Continental U.S. The retail value of this award is up to $1,400.00. Certain restrictions apply.
We have attempted contacting you several times without success. This is our last attempt. If we do not hear from you soon, we may need to issue the ticket vouchers to the alternate.
Please call me today at 866-390-9070.
Regards,
Jacqueline Ball
Vice President, Travel Awards Division
info@maddenhall.com — www.maddenhall.com
AT-91825 at the bottom
I received the same letter today…only it did not give a website to contact. The toll free number I was directed to call is 1-866-995-7151. There is no US Airlines only US Airways – I was suspicious and found this site that verified my suspicions. My letter was signed by Barbara Dion, Vice President!
I live in Columbia, SC & just received the Barbara Dion letter today. Thank you for posting the warnings about these folks.
Received my letter yesterday in Mid TN…. It’s from Garrison Finley. Thanks for all the info!
Thank you for posting this.
You have to be a fool to spend $8,000 to join a travel club.
P.S. My letter was from Garrison Finley and signed by Lynn Hess.
I just a received a similar letter for 2 roundtrip airline tickets. However this time it is from Richardson Hall from http://www.richardsonhall.com. But it is also postmarked Phoenix, AZ and the address is handwritten. The signature was the name Susan Davis. The number is 1-866-826-4719.
I got this letter today and noticed the letter- head of US Airlines and the hand written signed by “Mary Jay” Vice President looked very fishy. The number is 1-866-826-6873. It would be very nice to have this award of 2 roundtrip airline tickets up to $1,400.00. So, I am glad I checked on Google typed “who is vice president of US Airlines and it came up with this. I am glad I checked it out.
I got this letter today from “mary Jay” also. hand written envelope from Phoenix AZ also. Looks like they are busy little bees. Im glad i got on here and googled the number.