American Cash Awards
Complaint 186380 Details

True I had entered a sweepstake and that is what had sucked me in and caused me to move forward even when it didn’t feel or sound right. I hope many will read this and note the names of scammers.

I received a phone call from a David Brown from American Cash Awards Company saying I had won $3,500,000.00 plus a Mercedes Benz car and which color would I like, black, silver or white. But I would need to pay a $500.00 fee paid with a “Green Dot” card, bought with cash (no less) at either Walgreens, Rite Aid or a Wal Mart Store. I agreed to do this. He even gave me a case number and Access code and FDIC check claim number. It sounded too good to be true, but I had entered. He claimed a special rewards team would come with him, an attorney and US Federal Marshall and would escort me to the bank and stay to see that the money was transferred properly. He assured me it was a legal raffle in my State. I did so and he said someone would arrange to make the delivery the next day. They did call and set a time.

He called to check to make sure I was going to be home. After the appointed time arrived and no one showed up, a lady by the name of Rosa King called and claimed she was arranging to make this delivery, but I needed to go get another “Green Dot” card for another $500.00. I was dumb enough to comply and gave her the number. She called again later and said they were in our area and was having a hard time finding our place. She even named subdivisions and names of streets, so it sounded right. Then she called again and said they had been stopped as they didn’t have the “US Gold Seal” to make this delivery and would have to turn around and go back.

The so called Rosa, then turned the phone over to a man called “David Washington and he claimed he was from the IRS, and that he was the one that stopped these people because they didn’t have the “US Gold Seal”, and that I would need to go get another $1,000.00 “Green Dot” cards for this to be delivered. I told him I would have to think about. We got woke up early the next morning by a William Petro, claiming he was the CEO for this company and the case had been turned over to him. He put big pressures on me and said it would be given to charity if we didn’t take it, but we had to get that other $1,000.00. My husband even talked harshly to him. He gave my husband a name of Dwight Jones and a phone number to verify that he had the car and we asked to go see it. He said that could not be done as it was in a secure place. The remainder of that day our phone about rung off the hook, and we refused to answer it. They even woke us at 5:15 a.m. on a Sunday. We asked for some proof this was real, but only got word of mouth. This drug on for days. Yes, I was so stupid and trusting again, so I did just that but did not give out the numbers at that time.

About four days later, we got woke up early by a Mr. Mark Williams claiming he was a higher CEO of American Cash Awards and he really didn’t want to see us lose this SUV (it now was SUV, instead of a car) and the money. He kept asking if I was interested and I kept telling him only if it was on the up and up, and we had proof of that fact. I finally gave in and gave him the two “Green Dot” numbers. He called back later that morning and says he need $350.00 on a “Green Dot” card for the transaction fees at Wells Fargo Bank and had me talk to a Mary Kay Robinson, who said she worked as a process manager for Wells Fargo.

I hate to admit it, but it gets worse. Mary Kay Robinson called on a Saturday; many phone calls. They wanted to bring the money on Tuesday as it took 3 banking days for this money to clear. I had family coming for a week and that would not work. Mary Kay called again and said that she could get clearance sooner if she had another $1,000.00 “Green Dot” cards. Yes, it smelled like I rat, but I didn’t listen to my gut instinct. They were to deliver it all Saturday night, but of course, they used the excuse it was too late and would do it Monday.

By Monday, I was so totally confused and been told by a Robert Marshall, who claimed to be and FBI Agent not to talk to Mark Williams and he gave me a code if he did call. When Mark called on Monday, I asked him the code and of course, he was wrong and I told him so and hung up the phone. Our phone smoked from hundreds of phone calls the remainder of that week, but I refused to answer.

The next Monday, Mark Williams called again, and he claimed that because I would not answer to phone the car had to go into storage and that would cost another $500.00 to get it out before it could be delivered. We even went to find where they claimed the car was, but got know where. After many days, I finally gave him another $500.00 (Green Dot) card, he called the next day and said it would be delivered. When they didn’t show up at the appointed time, I called him, and he acted very shocked that Mr, Kevin Johnson had not delivered the car and said he would call him. Then he calls again and says Kevin Johnson had said he had wanted 2 $500.00 “Green Dot” cards not just one as he got. We haggled over that for several days and I final gave in. Well, I was so stupid and trusting. Long story short. It was all a scam and I lost way over $3,000.00. A hard lesson learned. If it is too good to be true, IT IS.
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