Complaint / Review
American Cash Awards
Jamaican Caller Claimed $2.8 Million Prize and Demanded $399.99

Earlier today, near 3pm Hawaii time, my cell began ringing, showing an odd number that appeared to be from Jamaica...#876-893-9417. A man with a heavy Jamaican accent was on the line. Because of the accent, and because he talked so fast, I struggled to follow most of what he said. It sounded as if he had recited those same words hundreds of times. He went on to tell me that I had won two million eight hundred thousand dollars plus a brand new Mercedes convertible. Naturally he kept feeding me nonsense, trying to convince me it was true.

I promptly asked, "So what's the catch?" He answered that there was none. I also asked where he had obtained my number. His reply was that I shop at Walmart often and spend more than $20 per purchase. Note that he could not tell me my name or my state, nor how my number ended up on his list. Walmart has never asked me for my phone number! Total nonsense.

Next he read me two long numbers, one supposedly a check # and the other a car #. He stressed that I must have both exactly right and had me say them back repeatedly. When I got one number wrong, he seemed quite upset and insistent that I fix it!!! I noted both numbers and recited them to him, and he confirmed they were correct. He then asked if I had a vehicle and ordered me to rush, grab my car keys and purse, and go to the closest Wal-Mart to load $399.99 onto a money Pak card or a money order, with him remaining on the line the whole time! I told him this was nonsense. I asked how he could say I am a millionaire who won all this money, yet I must first pay him so that he can stamp the check and deliver it to me without hassle?!!! I could not believe what I was hearing!

I had no intention of ever driving to a Wal-mart in order to send money to him. I kept putting questions to him, though, so I could learn which scam company this was and help warn others. I requested that he email me any documentation he had so I could read it myself. I said his accent made him hard to understand, which seemed to offend him a bit, but he agreed to email me. Here is a summary of the email he sent me.

The email opened with a notice of first category draw results and congratulated me as a winner in the First Category of the Grand Prize Category draw organized by BETTING GAMES AND LOTTERY FULFILMENT company. The draws took place on MAY 8th, with official announcement of results on 10 JUNE. According to the email, participants were chosen by a computer ballot system from names of people in America, under its Sweepstakes Promotions Program, and I was awarded a total payout of US 2,800.000, spelled out as two million eight hundred thousand. The message also carried a check for $2.8 million & a picture of a Mercedes.

While I was on the phone with the self-styled James Williams, I looked up the American cash award company on Google on my computer and discovered a huge number of rip off reports. The man had not hung up, so I gave him a piece of my mind! I asked whether he realized his scam outfit appeared on countless internet pages... He insisted it was all lies, written by people hoping to take the checks away from the people who rightfully won them. Excuses, excuses. He also addressed me as sweetheart repeatedly, so I informed him that sweetheart talk does not work on me. He kept denying every accusation and tried to persuade me that I had truly won something. How desperate some people are! I ended the call, and since then he has called me 4 times within an hour and a half, leaving 1 voicemail.

Becoming a millionaire would be wonderful, but I am no fool, and I can tell when an offer is unbelievably good! My wish is that these greedy, heartless, shameless people stop escaping punishment! They have to be caught and held accountable for their actions! Fortunately no money left my pocket, yet I am aware that plenty of others lost theirs, and I wish no more victims! Perhaps this will help somebody, and please share it with everyone you know so we can end all of this!!