A relative of mine has been receiving an alarming amount of solicitations claiming that she is the winner of a sweepstakes and asking for contributions from various organizations. The majority have been associated with different Veterans associations from all over the world and also from some organization known as "Advanced Awards Association".
Considering they both claim that she has won the same amount of money, $3,469, 751.14, I assume the organizations are related. And all she has to do to claim her prize is complete certain "tasks", puzzles to be more precise (word scrambles, math problems, etc), AND submit a "fee" (these amounts vary anywhere from $3.00-$100)
This woman is depending on this money to sustain her future financial needs and is making financial decisions based on the proclamations being presented to her. Today I saw for myself the various articles she has been receiving and could not believe what I found. There must have been over 500 pieces of mail from different organizations but all essentially the same.
Of course there is no real way to reach these people. No telephone number, no street address and no website: only a P.O. Box number is given. There's no telling how much money she's already "contributed" to these organizations, but what I do know is that whatever money she is giving to them is that much less money she'll have to feed herself with one day.
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