American Sweepstakes Publishers (A.S.P.)
Reviews and Complaints

i was told that i had won 2 prizes in the american sweepstakes in need to send 120. oo i have call better business bureau i have called other place you do not need to send money to get your prizes yes my hops were high could had use the money i live on what get from ssi thank you mike

to whom you can interest, today, October 9, I received a call from the telephone number [protected]) that I won from a America Sweepstakes of las vegas, a million dollars; immediately I told him that he was going to report this phone to the police and by online
Thank you Ricardo Viamontes.

You're not alone. Anyone receiving these should keep all documents received, and file a complaint with the mail fraud division immediately. Easy to do online. These people have to be stopped!

Any sweepstakes companies that want money for any reason are scammers. I included my telephone number to American Sweepstakes Publishers and not I get 6-8 calls PER DAY telling me how many millions I have won; all want anywhere from $299 to $9450 to have the prize delivered.
Don't be fooled! If it's too good to be true, it's definitely a fraud! Marisa B., Roseville, CA

Offer to send 20.00$ and you will be gaureenteed 1, 254, 204.00, I did not send the money but checking the internet for auhthentisity found this site .I hope some one catches these crooks befor they swindle another sinor

This is Lelan Clegg they sent me a letter said i win $750.000.00 from Bank American Serial Number [protected]-13 sponsored by Procter and Gamble Products Visa Master Card The award under Claim #ASP73579 By Gene Caira AMERICAN Sweepstakes and Promotions Director

I just got a letter today stating the 12 dollar fee and the other was save 3 dollars and it was a 9 dollar fee! What made me think twice about it is that it clearly states that you cannot be charged for entering a sweepstakes and that it is illegal to be charged, but on the letters both have a processing fee! I real many letters like this a month and there has to be someone you can send these letters to you not only to get them to stop sending them but to find a way to protect people from getting scared! To all the people out there getting these letters please search as the form with the nice letter saying you won money, search into things because it is something most people don't do! I look it up these companies that say this don't have anything to do with these so called sweepstakes! I the letter even said so in the beginning!

Hello,

I communicated number of forms accompanied with 20 € of cool(expenses) every time to gain(win) a 900.000-€ sum. We certified me that I had won and I received from new number of forms the same that the others asking me again for 20-€ expenses. There, I said myself that one to swindle me purely and simply! All these forms are most signed part of time(weather) by Mr. Michael Washington. I estimate(appreciate) hardly that in the current economic situation of austerity, the florisse swindle again in United States - do not worry you, in France, we have ours but they are fast invited to appear in front of the courts! Thank you for your collaboration!

I see their addresses keep shuffling around in Kansas, I got the notice too, won't give in scammed before on Fb, no number plus the area they are from, Bonner springs PO BOX 478 KS, 66012 LOW INCOME, SEX OFFENDERS NOT GOOD AT ALL

So I also recieved a guarantee to claim a 1 million dollar prize. I was very excited because I'm a college student, this money would have benefited me in the long run. I was also excited that I might even be able to finally get a car. But I never sent in 12 dollars, my mom wouldn't even let me do it and I'm glad I didn't. These scammers need to be stopped really soon!

I received a letter too guaranteeing me $1, 000, 000 all I had to do was send $12.00...guess he must be making enough to cover his direct mail whoever is printing these for him is also is guilty of mail fraud...but I guess the authorities are looking the other way on this...who should we be sending these letters too? Wiki leaks...?

Can these criminal scammers be taking to court . I have two different cheques sent to American Sweepstakes Bublishers $12 each for same purpose as instructed by those people explaining their complains above.. My cheques were paid to American Sweepstakes Publishers so its mean that whoever owned or trustee to this company will endorse the cheque to be able to withdraw. I saw my bank statement that these two cheques have been withdrawn. The name of the company appeared real as they can drawn cheques under this name.. We have to do something to stop this scammers from stealing money from people espeacially those who do not know them..I am doubt of how my Bank (well fargo) release this to American Sweepstakes Publishers if this is a fake company.. Remember that every account certainly to business account or non trading account must have presented business history and directors etc before approval to open such accounts.. Please help me to stop this and those of you who knows law or related to a lawyer please refer this to them.
Tui

I received the same letter! I'm not sending them any money! They need to be behind bars!

I too have received this letter staking there's a million dollar waiting to be released to me but i have to send in a $12 dollar processing fee. when they send them to me immediately know its fake because they don't have a contact information so that they can be called. How do these people get your name and address though? i never use to get them until i enter the real publishers clearance house so may be that's how. i just wish it would stop!

I also received a few letters mentioning a one time fee of $12.00. Then after getting more letters I looked at how it mentioned it would be void if the fee wasn't sent. Why would they continue to ask me for an one time fee, if it was One Time. So I decided to call the customer service number [protected]. It went to a message after ringing all the way through. This Michael Washington guy is good at what he does. I seen complaints eay back from 2010 and he hasn't been caught or stopped yet. How many more years have to pass and people get screwed before something is done.

Thanks for the info! Always bear in mnd if it sounds too good to be true it probably isn't! I've always done research before returning any documents cause I believe that even with my signature these scammers can make things happen to their benefit!

I live in canada and as you i have been scamed by emty promises of large sums of needed money by this mr. Or mrs. Wastington and many many others. After several disapointments i just began to burn all the garbage mail i had been reciving that was stogging my mail box . Someone told me if they are requesting money for handling or mailing costs there was a problem of some sort, then i started running there names or headings on the net only to find out they were all leaches under the same umbrella. Beware of any of thoes requesting money or acc. Numbers of any kind. Hope this helps to scwoss some of thoes blood suckling lowlife.

I have read the article shown above and now agree. I have been contacted by letter from American Sweepstates in Rochester, NY and my prize was $5.5 million. I have
tried to find out as much as I could about the validity and when they said they would
fly to Az. to pick up my check to pay $10, 000 toward my taxes, I rally got nervous.
I have invested part of my IRA in silver & gold and only have $10, 000 left in an IRA
I could borrow against. We only have a State Revenue Dept. here that I know of
so I became suspicious and have gone on line which I seldom ever do. I found many
others who have shared their stories of grief with A.S. Is there such a thing as a legitimate American Sweepstates? I have spoken with Robert Carson and Linda Smith
#31360 at Ph>#[protected] and Robert should answer. Tell him you are my attorney,
Mr. Kerk Apperson and you are checking them out. This is acrtually my son and he lives
in Omaha, Ne. He owns his own business. and he or his wife will answer as QW Express.

I would dearly love to have this all be true and could actually win some money. If you
have knowledge of this company in Rochester, N.Y, please, please call me at once
and advise me what to do. They are reportedly located at 300 State St., Rochester,
N.y..14614. I was a full time financial representative for Waddell & Reed there in Shawnee Mission for over 33.5 yrs. I am now retired. n Robert is awaiting my call
to him this afternoon. Please try to find out any/all information for me at once.

Thanks much.
Nancy Baucke
61 W. Calle Monte Vista
Tempe, Az. 85284

480-49`1-2786 Please call if you know anything about this.,
61 W. Calle Monte Vista,
Tempe, Az. 85284 Ph:[protected] Call me at once if p[ossible.

I'm a single mom that hopes for better things if life. For the past 3 months i have recieve letters after letters. From american sweepstakes publishers / po box 29171, shawnee mission, ks 66201 / micheal wastington. This man always has his signature. Asking for 12. 00 for research reuired. And never no money. . Now again today on june 14, 2011 saying for release of money of 1, 000, 000. 00. Where is the justice. People like this should pay! For taking advantage. I hope people like me can really get a break some day. Keep hope. But don't let anyone take advantage you. . .

I got a voicemails from an attorney David Goldberg stating a won 19.5.million and a car mercedes will round and round w go they kept telling ne to buy a greendot moneypack card. They did not have any in my area so I bought another card I sent in the card like I was told I received a claims number. All was good now their after me again to get this greedot money pack card there hassasin me everyday threatening to keep my winnings what do I do?

I just got scammed out of $1500.00 They said I won $525, 000.00 but each time I had to send $500.00 for another reason. Then I started reading about American Sweepstakes and found out that they don't pay out anything but are sponsored by other companies. They were trying to get another $500.00 out of me and I told them that was the last of my money and if this was a scam I would be in big trouble trying to pay bills. They swore that I had this money comeing as soon as they got the last $500.00 I had. I decided not to send it to them, and they stopped calling.

American Sweepstakes Company is a nationally recognized third-party administrator of sweepstakes and contests for companies and agencies.
They do not run ANY sweepstakes under the American Sweepstakes name. If you’ve been notified that you’re a winner of a promotion, YOU ARE BEING SCAMMED. Criminals illegally use their name and logo to deceive consumers, and there are thousands of victims of this kind of fraud every year.

Sweepstakes winners are NEVER required to pay anything before receiving a prize, and taxes are paid directly to the IRS after receipt of winnings. If you’ve been asked to send money in any way in order to claim your prize, IT IS A SCAM. DO NOT SEND MONEY.

If you are the victim of such a scam, American Sweepstakes Company unfortunately cannot assist you in any way. Please report the incident to your local police, your state’s Attorney General, or the Federal Trade Commission at ftc.gov or [protected].

Thank you Crystal Carlton for sharing your post. I thought that this company was running a SCAM. After doing a Google search and reading your comment, I was pleased that I didn't fall victim to this sick game of winning. I don't know how I got on their mailing list but I hope mighty hard that this crooked man named Michael Washington in Kansas City will remove me from his company's list. People if you didn't enroll in a sweepstake, how can you win anything? Bridgette Stevens from Olympia, WA

My mother also keeps receiving mail from American Sweepstakes Publishers telling her to send 12.00 dollars an she is guaranteed to win this one million dollar sweepstakes . It is all a big scam my mother is a widow on a fixed income these people prey on the elderly. Please beware that this is a big SCAM...

please report to the fbi the person name gene thomas phone number is [protected] please trace that person and arrest them because its a scam,

yes they tried make me pay 1500 to money gram to send to dominian repulic to hacve them delivery the package i dont belive it that person try me his name is gene thomas from kanas the divison2 department their phone number was 514 651 3440amy one who been scammed u can call fbi or dective to have them trace it toward that number to have that person arrest hes the SCAMMER PROFESSIONAL NAME IS GENE THOMAS TRY MAKE ME SEND 1500 TO JUAN REYAS HES IN DOMINIAN REPUBLIC I DONT BELIVE IT I ALMOST SEND IT TO THEM SO I STEPPED BACK NOT WORTH IT EVEN U GOT LETTERS TO PLAN ONCE U WON SOME THING SHOULDNT HAVE MADE U PAY FOR IT THEY SHOULD GIVE U TOE CHECK OR MONEY TO WIN NOT NESSCARY TO PAY THANKS TO EVERY ONE DONT PLAY THAT GAME NO MORE ITS ALL SCAMS

These people prey on the elderly and others who just don't realize what scams this is and that NONE of these sweeps are legit! I remember watching one of those news reports/investigations shows on TV where they were interviewing an adult daughter whose mother still continued to enter the sweeps even after losing friends, family ties, all her bank acct and savings gone! I had a client (I used to be a case manager for elderly) whose daughter contacted me so she and her sister could file for power of attorney and guardianship over their mother because of this same thing. They had to have her mail start going to a P.O. box which they set up so that they could screen her mail and stop the "sweeps" and "You just won " crap that of course she never entered. Only after the mail was not delivered directly to my client did it stop and they started to be able to get a grip on her blowing all her assets. You can't win if you didn't enter (Did your name. address, other personal info just fall out of the sky?) and if you send money overseas you can never get it back because American government/court systems have no jurisdictions in any other countries. What gets me even more is the one calling itself the Euro, Afro, Asian Lottery. WHY don't people who receive garbage from them ask themselves, "If its the Euro, Afro, Asian Lottery/Sweeps, then WHY are they telling people in the USA that they won?!"
Good luck with helping your mother and restoring your sanity once you can clean up the aftermath. She's lucky to have you. Many people don't have someone to step in, and some seniors hide it so well, many family, friends, caregivers have no idea its going on!

This is a scam my people ?

Joesph Gonzalez contacted me and said he was prize coordinator for American sweepstakes, wants 500 to deliver my prize, five million dollars and a car! Hahaha. No way, he's a scammer too

American sweepstakes publishers now has a customer service at [protected]. That is what said oh my letter.
Internal award payment center also send me a letter has customer service number [protected] they're both from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Central Time I want to find out if this is a legit companies

American sweetstakes publishers, p.O. Box 129454, kansas city, ks 6612

they keep sending letters and call to me about different things, what visa or master card do you perfer etc.
Other, was 12.99 for delivery fee for the winner of the sweepstakes that you entered.Another one asked what sweepstakes order some things like a s did yi said if you are calling you should already know. I did order some products. A cd and some face products retinol creme that i believed the publishing house was offering, now i am not sure that those did come from your sweeps stakes offers . Do you send out offers to your sweepstakes entries as i have entered and ordered. I have kept the original numbers of the sweepstakes number as my first entry. Today i got another one of those 12.00 fee from another company about a fee for delivery in advance for money del.But told my husband that they can deduct it from the win monies.

I have American Publisher Sweepstakes wanting me to send first they asked for $17, 550.00 because I had won 2.5 million and a new 2015 car. When I told them I was not working Dave Jefferson called me back and asked if I could come up with $ 950.00 from my bank. When I could not get that amount he said he would put in $400.00 of his money if I could come up with $550.00 and send it Western Union. I would have my 2.5million and 2015 car within 48hours. This has been going on now for over 3weeks. I keep telling him I am not working and the bank will not lend me any money. Big time SCAM. He said the main company was Mega Million that backs American Publisher Sweepstakes. NOT going for it. I have been Ripped off before he said their are still good people and not all are scams.

I just received this in the mail today and LMAO as I read it. here is exactly what the letter states

Dear Amie
As an independent research monitoring agency, we are pleased to inform you that we have identified $1, 254, 204.00 in pending, unpaid cash award opportunities as recorded in the most recent documentation that is now CONFIRMED and GUARANTEED to you. Your sample report statement is above. Please note that your name appears and you will have access to over 20 different sweepstakes totaling the full $1, 254, 204.00 USD that sponsors are bound by law to pay in full to all winners. Please keep this statement in a secure location.
Now that you have been a) identified; b) confirmed; and c) notified; you are d) guaranteed full access to the $1, 254, 204.00 USD cash and prize report referenced on this verified statement and recorded in the documentation, provided you respond and return the document release form at once.
I urge you to complete this form and return the document release form below ( in which they want me to pay $20.00 USD ) immediately. We can not be responsible for the loss of any portions of the money.

Sincerely,

Michael Washington, Tracking Manager.

The address that I'm suppose to return this to is :

American Sweepstakes Publishers
Department of Prize Data Information
PO Box 12954
Kansas City, KS
[protected]

My mail box is being flooded with material from American Sweepstakes Publishers, and they had me sending in small amounts of $10, or $11 in checks, and I was falling for the possibility of winning large sums of money, and was thinking that maybe this was legitimate.. We are living in times now, where people need money, and too many are getting taken advantage of by scams. I have some one calling me, with a foreign accent, telling me that they have a cash prize to deliver to my door, with the UPS, and gave me a check number, a serial number, and a routing number to track this with. The person calling me, has a private number that shows up on my caller ID, and I told them to call me on my mobile phone, so that I could check that out. He said he is going to call me tomorrow morning, and I am going to ask him the name of the company he is working with, and get his phone number, and investigate this, and am going to check him out to see if he is really, or a scam. I will not sign for anything alone, nor will I ever give my bank card, or Social Security number to ANY ONE!
I am on disability, and a fixed income, and can't afford this. I feel as though people in this situation are the ones that are getting hit the hardest, and are the ones that really need money and support, and these scam artists see that, and the disabled and vulnerable fall right into their clutches! This has got to STOP NOW!

I fell for it and sent $12.00. Then they want another $12.00 every single time they mail me. I am just making confetti here. Everyone is right in saying this is a scam and needs to be stopped!

larry in tennessee they wanted a $12.00 fee first, then a $40.00 dollar next and said i was tied with another tiebreaker for $20, 000.00 its just a money game and scam.