Strike It Rich VII Sweepstakes review: Prize Listing 53

Idid the same as you looked it up on the internet because I didnt enter any contest through them very fake looking letter screams scam

At least they did not ask for $20.00 processing fee.

Same here. Just received it in the mail today (02/04/2011). I've seen these scammer's before, and, from what I have heard, although they do process subscriptions it's to those that they ONLY want you to subscribe to and NO winning of any so called sweepstakes comes out of it. This whole scam has been going on for a good number of years at that. Don't we already have enough scams going around these days as it is? We don't need these rip offs trying to 'cash in' as well!

I just got off the phone with the Strike it Rich telemarketers, not one but two. I told both that was not interested in purchasing anything, just entering the sweepstakes. Ha! They would not take no for an answer. I kept refusing and they kept talking. Finally, I was told to stop talking over them and was told I was rude for constantly saying No. Goodye was my answer.

This one is all about selling magazine subscriptions. It has been circulating for years. I called it a couple of years ago. I think they're harmless, but I still wouldn't give them any information.

I just received my letter in the mail today (04/28/2011) I just entered to win one million dollars.(RIGHT) (WRONG) I havent entered into anything. This is a SCAM. America is already broke as hell, and then he comes someone else to take the little pocket money we do have left, after bills and all. Someone really needs to stop these people from doing things like this. On the other hand if I want a chance at winning a million dollars, I'll play the Lottery. Posted by sick of scams in America.

I HAD A SCAM RAN ME ALSO THE COMPANY SENT ME A CHECK FOR ABOUT 3500 AND TOLD ME TO CASH IT. THE THING WAS NOT TO GO TO A BANK OR LET ANYONE KNOW WERE OR WHY I RECEIVED IT AND SEND THEM ONLY LIKE 1300. ONCE I GIVE THEM THE MONEY. THEY WOULD DELIVERY MY 50, 000 WITH MARSHALL ESCORT. I CALL THE BANK IT SUPPOSES TO HAVE COME FROM THE FUNDS WASN'T THERE. I REPORTED THEM TO THE BBB IN WASH. DC. YOU NOW THE RESULT...

I just received the same scam(5-10-11), I knew it was a scam right away. For 1 I knew I hadn't entered into any contest recently, and the look of the letter is what clued me in next. Thank you for having websites like this. I have had pretty convincing looking letters come in the mail before, and if it weren't for websites like this I may have fallen for it. Though I have learned as well in the past, if it sounds too good to be true, then 9 times out of 10 it is. For the one above me who did call, you can report them to the local police dept. it is a scam and they can get the word out to anyone else & be reported.

I recieved this letter today (5-11-11), and my first thought was "When did I enter into some contest?" So I figured I'd hop on the internet and when I was typing the name into Google... I was only able to type "Strike I" before it automatically popped up as a popular search. I knew right then this wasn't legit. Gotta say... I was crossing my fingers it was, but nope. I could really use $1.1 million. haha Couldn't we all?

I just received the letter today (5-27-11). My first red flag was it said SECOND NOTICE on the envelope. I know I had not received a first notice as I open and look at all mail I get. Got scammed by BestBuy earlier this year so I check all offers on the internet. Lesson learned.

Wow, I read all the comments here and thankfully I didn't call the number they provided. Same as everybody, I didn't enter into any contest which makes me doubt big time. Honestly, the amount did blind me at first into hoping that I'd win. But with all the crisis our economy is experiencing to date, it's really necessary to check it out if its legit. And searching online is really helpful. What made me doubt more was, the necessity of providing your address for verification. Nowadays, you should not be giving out any information to anybody you do not know. Thanks to the one who started this thread--kevinanglo90.

I received my Strike it rich today [protected]) and I have until 6-16, 2011 to respond. I am like the rest of you what sweepstakes and when did I enter a sweepstakes. I am sick and tired of these scammers, not only receiving them in the mail, I also get them via e-mail. When are they going to get tired or caught scamming.

I just got my $1.1 million dollar sweepstakes letter. I didn't enter. Letter looked fake. need the money though. But not that bad. Quick search on internet, nothing but complaints.

I received a 'Strike it Rich' (NME) official prize distribution statement too. I've never entered in to their contest.
You all can't be pending too. So it must be fake, You can't win a contest that you didn't enter.
I think Publisher Clearing House must have given them the address, because I haven't ever used this address except to PCH. I use a Post office box.
Thanks for the warning.

Got a PO Box, keep getting same letter but they misspell name each time. Haven't entered contest. I did call number got some one across the waters as usual. Hung Up she couldn't speak english well gave up!

I keep getting letters from the National Magazine Exchange, claiming this is my, "second notice" (see attachment). After researching this, there is NO WAY that I'll be calling them! Their address is:

National magazine Exchange
8285 Bryan Dairy Road
Suite 150
Largo, FL 33777

Supposedly, if you want to be taken off of their mailing list, you can call [protected]. The website they have listed to view their, "privacy" policy is www.nmemags.com.

I feel really bad, I work for them, and feel it is a SCAM!

Got the Sweepstakes VII 2nd chance yesterday 8/9/2011 and figgured I'd play along after reading through these comments.
First thing they said was there is no obligation to send any money or purchase anything. After she took my info she then wanted to offer me 2 watches and magazine subscription. She rattled off all the different magazines. I told her I wasn't interested. She said thats ok, just pick 2 that you would like. I suggested dogs and car magazines. She said great! It's only a dollar something a week. I said I DONT WANT TO PAY FOR ANYTHING! Thats fine, and she rattled off MORE magazines!
OMG are you serious? She got pissed and wanted her supervisor to get in on a 3-way (and not the good kind either) and I again said I'm not buying anything. She said fine and transfered me to another department where they wanted to sign me up for a "free gas card or 40 dollar credit card)
Only in America do people do business like this...
SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM...

omg i just intered the contest smh so stupid but they was tryna sell me the magazines but i say no thanx a guy couldnt stop talking talk about he saving me money so i should take advantage of the offer i said f*** no .

Seeing this forum is here. I did call them and buy just 1 year or 12 months of service to their Reader's Exchange Program. I don't intend on winning the Sweepstakes but I do enjoy the magazines package I have had now for 10 months. I changed some of my magazines 2 and 3 times at no extra cost. I only paid 3 consecutive monthly payments of $22.36. They have never ask me for any more money. I did get both my diamond quartz watches and my electronic organizer for free as a thank you for participating in the program. I thought I was getting 3 magazines then the Supervisor gave me two more to make it 5 magazines. Then at the end of the call the Supervisor said it was such a pleasure talking to me he added 6 more magazines at no additional cost. Like I said I have changed several of my magazines in the past 10 months and they did it with no extra cost or charge. I even changed one of the extra magazines they included into my package into Playboy. I change 3 other of the extra magazines into Turtle/Humpty Dumpty/Jack and Jill for my granddaughter. They not only change the magazines for me at my request with no problems, they even mail them directly to my grand daughter for me. I cannot complain. When my 12 months run out, I am going to call them back enter again and get 11 more magazines I can have changed and mail to addresses other than my own all for only $1.29 per week total that I paid in full with 3 consecutive monthly payments of $22.36 each. After the third payment I will be paid in full again like last year. Heck you can even use one of those prepaid re-loadable Visa or Master cards you can buy at Seven-Eleven or Wal-Mart if you are afraid to use you own credit or debit card. They also offered to enroll me into Great Fun and Shopper's Advantage for free for the first 30 days to try it out. I got a $40.00 Visa Gift card for trying Great Fun and canceled it after the 30 days. I got $50.00 in shopping money for trying Shopper's Advantage for 30 days for free which I also canceled after the 30 days at no cost to me. With the $40.00 Visa Gift card and the $50.00 in shopping money, I made $42.92 profit and the magazines ended up being paid for with the money I got from trying their free 30 trail promotions. I hope when I get the magazines again in two months they offer me those free 30 day trial offers that pay me to try them for free for 30 days. I am not trying to win the sweepstakes but if I do, I will be posting here again to laugh at every one who did not want to enter the sweepstakes for free. They told me that is how they pay for the sweepstakes by selling the magazines. I don't know anywhere I can Home Decorating Digest Craft/Playboy/Turtle/Humpty Dumpty/Jack and Jill/Black Belt Magazine/Newsweek/US Weekly/ESPN/Reader's Digest Large Print for 12 months for 3 consecutive monthly payments of $22.36 each. If you do, you are even better than me at finding a bargan. Post it as a response to this statement so I can check it out.

just got my letter today and i immediately googled it because I don't remember signing up for any sweepstakes drawing and something is off about the letter. Anyway, I'm glad to find this site and all your comments. Since it is clearly a SCAM, what should we do about it? How can we stop these people from stealing our names and addresses? Is there a governent agency where we can send these letters and complain about our information being stolen?

I called the number gave the guy my ID number, he took it all down asked me to verify some stuff, he said TY, then said there would be some prerecorded messages I could listen to, i listend to 1 message then hung up. It probably took all of 4 minutes at the most. I hope i win! lol

My mom just got one in the mail yesterday and it says to call and provide the prize entry ID # and confirm your address. I thought I should look it up for her before she did any of that and figures its a scam. I believe it is so wrong to mess with peoples heads when it comes to money, especially when times are hard for a lot of us. They think we will do anything to strike it rich. They give false hope that we could not only win enough money to get out of dept, but help everyone we know and still live very well for the rest of our lives. Its wrong to take advantage of innocent people who are struggling these days just to make a ends meet, or to even find a job for some of us, all to make a sale and they can't even take no for a answer. Offer a chance to win money to make money, ( If they have $ 1, 100, 000, 00 dollars to give away in a contest why are they so hell bent on forcing a sale on us?) As far as I can tell they have been doing this drawling for more than a few years, that's a lot of money to give away, Yeah Right. They need to find another way to make sales, one that is honest and they might actually have forums discussing a great product and service instead of all the warnings not to deal with them. There should be a law to stop this, if you type sweepstakes in your search engine there are thousands of these so called random drawings and I would bet my left arm maybe a handful are real. So be careful on who you deal with I know I am.

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i just got the letter today 10/28/2011 i guess i wont be calling them then

I just got a letter today 10/27/2011 i guess i wont be call them, scam artist these days

My husband got a letter today 11/22/2011 and luckily he asked before doing anything. After reading the complaints here, I guess we will not be calling. Thanks everyone for the comments!

when i first saw the letter i knew it was ###, however i had entered a CapitalOne sweepstakes so i thought it was the same thing. i was on the phone with them and they kept pressuring me to get magazines, i said no about five times.i finally gave up said yes. then that's when "Megan"(with yelling kids in the background) transferred me to he r"supervisor" and he was pushing me to give my credit card info. -- that was when i knew it was a total lie. Go with your first instincts ! i put him on hold and then shortly hung up! lol

When I 1st got the letter in the mail i knew it was total trash however, i recently entered a sweepstakes for CapitalOne so i thought it was the same thing. "Megan" pressured me to buy magazines even after i said no about 5 times. I gave in and said yes, then she transferred me to her "supervisor" . I grew even more suspicious because he was forcing me to give my card info so bad it seemed like a scam. No company who is giving away money needs your card info! Strike it Rich is a Scam! I simply put him on hold and hung up! Ha!

I truly appreciate these sites where I can find out about scam letters, and phone numbers. Thanks so much everyone for all their input. It does help others. This is definitely why I bought a shredder :)

I just got off the phone with sweepstake VII today 02-01-2012 i was told that I was the big winner in this sweepstake and to
process my paper work, BECAUSE I WON 1, 100.000.00 . I need to send a check or M/O for 990.00 to
William Milton
1629 Weston rd
Hopkins, SC 29061
the phone numbers they gave me is [protected] who is Robert Myers and [protected] also [protected]
People, People People please share with other who don't have INTERNET
THIS IS A SCAM SCAM SCAM

Isn't it interesting that I receive Publisher's Clearing House Sweepstakes notices, then after entering a website where I picked up megadoses of adware, malware and spyware I began receiving Strike It Rich VII Sweestakes notices? PCH isn't at fault, it's a clear cut case of someone snooping in my computer and trying to con me into giving them my money.

I believe that we are all sweepstakes contestants or enter at one point or another people i order a mags. subs. w/PCH i really believe (third party) have a list out there with our info. just remember it's a capitalist country everyone out for themselves ..."Lots of Snakes in the Grass" SO pls BEWARE... Thx to the email-er that posted ...taken off mail list phone#[protected] /website: www.nmemags.com. Have they ever shown a winner like PCH does! SCAMMER...where the PROVED?

me too, i just received this letter, but my question is. what do they want?, because obviously is a fraud, but if someone call the number, what do they lost by calling, I fortunately didn't answer, but this happen a week ago, imagine how many years these people continue doing this fraud!

Thanks, just received my "Distribution Statement" today in the mail. I figured it was probably not legit.
Again, appreciate your comments, because I dont need any of that nonsense.

I called just to see what type of scam it was I never would of given them any credit card info or anything. I talked to this guy about magazines and she transferred me to her supervisor. He wouldn't take no for an answer very rude lol. Then he transferred me to the Caribbean airlines where they tried to get my credit card info there. For some free cruise never a free cruise no one would ever wanna give those away. Finally she said OK and I hung up don't know what happens next but i gotta say it's deff a scam

When I called the number they said I could received $100 gas card if I tried a saving club all I had to do was pay $1 and can cancel the saving club at any time I did I received 5 $20 vouchers and the saving packet I paid a $1 for and when I cancelled that was it they did not take any more money Nothing just the $1 I paid but they did try to push magazines off on me and I kept telling them no over and over but I think it just a way for them to sell there magazines that's it

My husband just got the Strike It Rich VIII Sweepstakes and I looked at it because he thought he won something. Don't know how they got his info when I'm the one entering the Publisher's Clearing House contests, at least the really big ones. He thought it was from a contest he entered 6 months ago for a jetski, but I told him it would be the same name of the contest. I decided to look online rather than call and thanks to all of you guys I am not making a phone call. We don't need this right now, he's unemployed and I maybe in a month and I have to worry about how to feed my family. I have a 7 month old son in great health and I want to keep him that way. If you want to buy magazines that way fine, but remember they have all your info, who's to say they don't sell it to another third party or if they use it and steal your identity. You don't know who these people are and what they will do with your info. Just be aware and be smart, don't let anyone fall for this nonsense. I only enter Publisher's Clearing House because I know it's legit and may have a chance of winning, but that's it, this is an all out scam and I knew something was up when it said FINAL NOTIFICATION DOCUMENT. I thought it was a bill, but if this was the final notice, what happened to the first few notices? How stupid do you think we are and for shame because using snail mail they'll prey on the elderly. Why don't you send those scams to people in political positions? I'm sure they'd appreciate it and I'd hope they'd shut you down.

I to also received an entry to possibly win a large amount, said I had entered and provide me with a number and to call by the end of june, looked on the back an the drawing is to end 4/13/2014, and the winner is guaranteed 1, 100, 000.00. Sponsor is National Magizine Exchange. HaHa. And they have a website with pictures of some winners as well as stories. How can they do that?

So how does one find out if they actually paid a "PRIZE". This is supposedly their 8th time to offer the prize. Did they pay off on 7 previous prizes?

I got a mailing on [protected] and called the number the next day and figured out quite quickly it was a scam. They got mad when I said I didn't own a credit card or debit card. They even lead me to believe they were tied to PCH. There new number their using is [protected].