Complaint Review: Prize Documenting Center Of America Et Al.

About a month ago, I started receiving letters from a dozen different companies---all of them saying basically the same thing: Im a confirmed cash winner of a million dollar sweepstakes, and all I have to do to receive my grand prize is send them a onetime $20 data processing and release fee. In a desperate (foolish) attempt to make all of my debts magically disappear, I paid the fees.

Some of the companies (such as Sweepstakes Audit Bureau, Consolidated Research Authority, and A.E.Z. Global Marketing) have already been reported by this website. The following companies have not:
A.F. Committee
Designated Reports Division (DRD)
Division of Currency Claims (DCC)
Exp Prize Services
Monetary Entitlement Resources (MER)
World Wide Award Group
Prize Documenting Center of America (PDC)

I gave them each about $20 and never received anything but more letters. {note: PDC was the worst because after I paid their $2.75 fee, they charged an additional $33 directly to my checking account. I didnt even know about this until I received my monthly bank statement.} Its all a big scam. Save your money! Dont make the same mistakes I did.

Aaron
Austin, Texas
U.S.A.