ADDLESHAW, BIRD & MITCHELL CONGRATULATONS! You are the guaranteed award recipient. Check in the name of _________ now available. FRESHMEADOWS New York

Sweepstake Rip-Offs and Scams

ANYTIME you receive a message from any organization REQUIRINGA PAYMENT to receive your sweepstake award - whether cash or gift item, you know right away it is a SCAM and a FAKE.  This is my third time around receivning letters from Addleshaw, Bird & Mitchell and two fake Publishers Clearing House.

The real Publishers ClearingHouse (I called them directly) stated that they have been advised there are several letters circulating, with names of their employees or board members (taken off of TV ads) ... they operate in SURPRISE YOUVE WON ... when they show up at your door (exactly as portrayed in their commercials). No money is every required - except the check they hand directly to you when they arrive at your home! And there is never a confidentuality clause for you to sign, as some of these rip-off artists require.

No reputabile company will request any payment from you. Read all the document top to bottom, see send us the signed document and $_______ ... run to the nearest computer and post office and report the scam ASAP!!