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North American Award Center Cash prize competition

I was first contacted for a prize of two million dollars which I was asked to send money for if I wanted the gift card. I did not send any money now I get another letter that said I would not be entered into the prize drawing unless I send them the money for the gift card. Two days later I received another piece of mail stating I am still in the competition for twenty one thousand if I pay a discounted fee. Thank you for informing me of this scam almost sent the discounted price to them.

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North American Award Center Winnings of $21,000.00 If I Pay $9.00

Sick of these scammers sending me ligit docs asking me for payment for large amounts of money I have won RE: Advance Notice Capital Reserve VI: Prize Guarantee Ti The Final Winners dated August 28, 2015, from North American Award Center with Seal of Senior Director of Payments John Winstead. ID No. 96822IYAN150-91853. Doc stamped "Winner"!
I have received 3 more "Winnings"! From the same Company asking for money to receive my "Winnings"! Where do they get my info from? Please go after these fraudulent people because they are stuffing my mail box with these so called "Winnings"!

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Teddytime
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Nov 19, 2017 5:03 am EST
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This is the second one I have received I mean come on . Can't we put a stop to this .I'm sure they get enough 9. $ they end up with enough to pay people for trying to scam us and scamming us . Sad people they aren't any better than the terrorists. So if you see this letter do the right thing don't get your hopes up and definitely don't give them 9. $ they don't deserve a penny .

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shawndree
Gillette, US
Aug 02, 2016 4:23 pm EDT

myh son has been recieving the same ###, big scam

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North American Award Center has been mailing my grandmother very legitimate looking mailings suggesting that she will receive prize money after the completion of puzzles of varying difficulty. The company has requested $9 - $40 with each mailing. Thank goodness for those of you who previously detailed and exposed this SCAM. We are grateful and hope that our complaint submission helps other unsuspecting people.

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North American Award Center Mail Fraud

On 9/30/2012/ I received my first letter saying North American Award Center was part of Publishers Clearing House and needed $ 11.89 for a processing fee for a 2, 000.000.00 sweepstakes drawing in November. Then I received six more totalling up to 77.77 before I got wise and checked up on the company. I have all dates and checks to North American Award Center from 9/30/2012 - 10/18/2012. If Aka. John Winsteadt has been doing this since 2011 why is he not in JAIL for mail fraud? As I can see from your website this is not the first complaint.

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Sue Blair
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Oct 31, 2017 8:04 am EDT

I HAVE GOT 2 OF THESE SAME THINGS TELL YOU WHAT TO DO AND MAYBE IT WILL HELP STOP THEM OK EVERY TIME YOU GET ONE IN THE MAIL SHRED IT IN PIECES STICK IN THE ENVELOPE WITH A PIECE OF PAPER WITH FRAUD IN GREAT BIG LETTERS WRITTEN ON IIT AND SEND IT BACK TO THEM

DO THIS EVERY TIME YOU GET ONE DONT THINK YOU WILL GET MANY MORE

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Reviewer39811
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Jan 02, 2016 9:24 am EST

This company preys on the elderly. My 88 year old mother continues to receive mail from them in spite of repeated requests to have her address removed from the mailing list.

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North American Award Center Rip Off

My Dad is elderly, vision ipaired and on a limited income. He is so convinced that he will absolutely win $$$ that he keeps sending this company checks. I have been at my witts end trying to convince him that he will not win. How on earth can people be protected from these companies preying on the elderly and low income?

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Nov 19, 2018 2:24 pm EST

Notice was sent saying I was eligible to win some money - all I had to do was solve the qualifying puzzle ( which was absolutely simple) and to send them $9 and a second request for $12. This was received on Feb.22nd.

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virtualgryl
, US
Oct 21, 2018 10:10 pm EDT
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below is a copy of the letter.
I have 3 letters telling me that this document has been approved by the full council. just send them $9.00 for registration.

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Kim Paluch Moore
, US
Jan 09, 2016 4:18 pm EST

Received another letter than I won a $21, 000 & to send them a check for $9 Scam so many complaints BBB.

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MAD GRANY
West Plains, US
Aug 20, 2014 2:35 pm EDT
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They are at it again, nth. American award center, Capital Reserve V 1401 Armour rd. nth. Kansas city
mo. 64116 I have received 2 of these one for 15, 000 and now 21, 000. both Kansas city mo. same address but different name titles. I plan to take mine to the post office, and report the scam! I hope others will too! aug. 20th. 2014 MAD GRANDMA!

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carolyn buford
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Apr 20, 2012 3:50 am EDT

Mr John Winstead keep sending me this (junk mail) noway am i falling for it, it always read if you are a winner, no deal, if you are to win, you do not send money.

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PERRE
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Mar 07, 2011 9:56 pm EST

Another letter :Tihs time from North american award center. Mr. John Winstead again, how many canadians is there in USA with these name. Perhaps all canadians have this name.North american award center= International award payment center.It make me sad that the authorities dont do anything about this. The only letters I recive is this scamletters from this countries.I put a spell on MR. John Winstead//Best.Reg, perre

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Mar 07, 2011 9:44 pm EST

stockholm 2011-03-08. 15.000$ from mr JOHN winstead TO ME FOR AN amount of 15$. Can they keep going on with this scam and noone in Canada react on this .Havent the canadians any laws against scams? Stop this please!//Best regards Per-ove .KIHL.

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TLSilveira
Atwater, US
Jan 13, 2011 1:29 am EST

They seek out these people who live on their own and are elderly. They know the difficulty that people in that age bracket often have in deciding what is reasonable and real. I chewed out the @$$hole who has been scamming my grandma this morning. I said to him that he was evil for preying on elderly people and taking advantage of them. . .his response "so what"! I was stunned, so as screamed WHAT!? And he repeated it for me. That should tell anyone that these people don't deserve to live. My poor grandma heard the conversation, and afterward, we were talking about what to do when he calls back. She said to me that there are winners listed on the mailings that she gets. Then she explained to me that she wouldn't send anymore money to them because she doesn't need to get her check for 9 million dollars, what would she do with that much money? She clearly doesn't understand that it just is not real. I have explained it every which way, so have my mom and aunts, she has diminished capacity and insists on living in her home, which is paid for, and we cannot find someone to stay with her that we can afford. None of us can do it because of other responsibilities. We take turns going in everyday to make sure that she is okay and has eaten or to feed her, but she has several hours during the day to read junk mail and respond if we don't catch something. She brought me 5 pieces of the same thing from this company. . .two different zip codes (Kansas City MO and Las Vegas NV). Each only asked for between 9 and 12 dollars, but it totalled $50, THAT DAY. There is no telling how many of them she gets in a month. She forgets how long it's been since she sent them money, so she sends more. She has had to change her bank accounts. Recently, the loser that keeps calling, told her to secretly go to the bank and take out $400 and go back to the house, and not to tell anyone because she might get mugged. He said that someone would be coming to get the money at her house! Well, thank God she called my aunt and told her that she needed her to come immediately to talk to her about money. When T got there Grandma told her the story, and guess who called. But that didn't stop him. He called this morning while I was there! Well, I threatened him with the police and tracing the call, and lawyers. He laughed at me and wasn't even a little concerned. THEY ARE NOT IN THIS COUNTRY! THEY DO NOT FEAR OUR POLICE! He likely has accomplices to pick up large sums of money from people who they get scammed to that point, but they do not fear retaliation, and the only reason for that would be that they are not even in this country. I cussed him a blue streak, but he didn't care. . .he just fired back. And he called back when I hung up on him. I told him several (like 20) times not to call back, but he did. I told him that he wasn't getting another &*$%#@ dime from my grandmother and that someone was with her in the home everyday to see to it. . .then he didn't call back TODAY. We'll see what tomorrow holds. He will probably wait for a week (giving her an opportunity to forget) and then call again.

Check Spokeo.com to see what information is floating out there about your loved ones. I checked Grandma and found that it gave her name, phone number, address, her age, the value of her home and THAT SHE LIVES ALONE. That was all that they needed to set her up. So far, most of the complaints that I have seen (google) are centered around people in their 90's living alone. Spokeo.com is how they find them. My grandmother has NEVER touched a computer. The information comes from many sources and Spokeo.com is irresponsible about making that information public.

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Brooklynscooter
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Apr 13, 2010 1:58 pm EDT
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Same thing happened with my 78 yr old mother. Over $4500 in one month.

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Nancy McIntyre
Kingston, CA
Mar 29, 2010 9:09 pm EDT

My father is elderly 94 little pension no savings and he is hoping to win so that he can leave his children and grandchildren and great grandchildren money for the future.
I also have told him this is a scam but he really believes it to be true and wants to win before he dies
I think it is deplorable how companies like North American Award Center preys on the elderly and is allowed to continue to rope the elderly in

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