Complaint Review: Sweepstakes Clearinghouse

A few months back, I received a letter in the mail stating that I had been picked as one of the finalist in a sweepstakes. In the package I received there was a certificate for $400. It was to be used for one of their items. They sent me information on the items and how much I had to pay for each item. The money was to be used on the item of my choice.

Inside the package of information there was a piece of paper asking me if I wanted to pay with check, money order, or credit card. I also had the option of starting a payment plan. I chose the payment plan. I chose to pay $25 dollars to start a payment plan for the desktop computer. Me and my husband sent a check to the company and the company cashed it a few days later.

The next month, I expected to receive a payment book or something from the company comfirming my payment and for further information, but there was none forthcoming.

Over two months have gone by and I still have not heard anything. I now know the kind of things that they have been doing and I now know that it is just a scam and I would love to have my money back but I do not know how to even get ahold of the company because it did not have a phone number on my papers, it only had the address.

April
Cowen, West Virginia
U.S.A.