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8/1/2010
N Cal Attorney, Attorney
Category: Consumer Protection Law
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has an F rating from the BBB, and there are a number of reports posted at
http://www.ripoffreport.com/Search/American-Direct-Sweepstakes.aspx
so it is probably a scam. If you did not enter a sweepstakes you would not win one.
These are common scams. I recently got an email from the United Nations saying I had won a million dollars. I deleted it.
has an F rating from the BBB, and there are a number of reports posted at
http://www.ripoffreport.com/Search/American-Direct-Sweepstakes.aspx
so it is probably a scam. If you did not enter a sweepstakes you would not win one.
These are common scams. I recently got an email from the United Nations saying I had won a million dollars. I deleted it.
N Cal Attorney, Attorney
Category: Consumer Protection Law
Satisfied Customers: 14,329
Experience: since 1983
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