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On July 18th I received a phone call to my cell phone from Michael Lee saying he was from "College Prep" he stated that my daughter checked a box when she took her ACT's last year that requested she get study materials. The caller knew my daughters name and school she attended. He did say it was free of charge but I would have to provide a credit card that would be charged but that would be refunded upon the return of the materials. I fell for it and the first card I used was declined. I gave him another card and it went thru. He caught me during a busy time at work. After I got off the call I did some research and asked my daughter about this and she did not check any box about this. I tried to call the number he called from but it was just a random person (So the number was spoofed). Michael from college prep did give me another number when I was on the phone with him if my daughter had any questions with the study material. I left numerous messages and finally some woman called me back and was very rude and dismissive when I said that seems like a scam. I told her I did not want the package and to credit my card right then. She said the package was out for delivery already (an hour after my original call). When we finally got the package I called back and again after numerous voice mails to phone # 1-833-677-1680 the same woman called back (from a blocked number) and said I can return the package and my card would be credited upon the package arriving. I sent the package back and paid $15.70 out of pocket to have the package sent priority mail. Per USPS tracking the package was received on July 26th, 2025 and I still haven't gotten a credit on my statement from my credit card company. This is a complete scam and shame on them for using children to scam people out of money.