Complaint Review: Associated Consultants Inc.

Thank you, Ripoff Report users! You confirmed for me that the North American Sweepstakes is a scam. Below is the content of the letter I received. It sounds just like the others I read about on your site. Enclosed was a very real looking check from Liberty Iron & Metal LLC, P.O. Box 1391, Erie, PA 16512 in the amount of $4,900. See below for details.

September 19, 2008

Claim No. Janas/****

Winning Notification
We are pleased to inform you that you are one of the declared winners of North American Sweepstakes held on July 28th, 2008 in the 2nd Category. Ticket serial No. ******** drew the lucky winning No. *******.

We have made many unsuccessful attempts to contact you regarding this winning. You are therefore entitled to the sum of $100,000 US dollars. This is from total prize money of $1 Million US dollars that was shared and presented among the other 10 declared 2nd Category winners. Please note that all the participants were selected through a random computer ballot system drawn from over 100,000 names.

In accordance with our disbursement policy, your claim number has been assigned to our North American Claims Affiliate. Your claim number must be kept confidential to avoid a double claim.

To expedite the processing, enclosed is a check in the amount of $4,900.00 US dollars, which is part of your winning being sent to you, the sole purpose of this check is to enable you to pay for the applicable Government Taxes on your big winning.

You are required to pay a total sum of $3,900.00 for the Government Tax. This amount is to be paid either by Moneygram or Western Union directly to the tax agent.

When the winning is processed, you will receive your final check a lump sum payment of $95,100.00 this amount will be sent to you and delivered by UPS.

Please do not attempt to use this check until you call. You are advised to contact your claim agent immediately for further clarification as indicated below within 5 business days.

Mr. Ray King 1-905-598-1591 (Claim Agent)

Congratulations.
Yours truly,
Mrs. Trudy Edwards (Promotion Manager)

Erin
Lee's Summit, Missouri
U.S.A.