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He told me his name was Frank Kennedy. His badge number was FK666V. Then he gave me a ticket number 32, and told me I would get a Mercedes 3219. In return for this, I had to pay taxes, which would be $2500. He asked if I was excited, and if I was over 65 or retired, which I answered. 0023 confirmation number. 50891 US Avenue, United States was also given.

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Received a check in the mail for $5,990.25. Letter said it was for insurance and attorney fees. The check said OPTUMRX in San Diego, CA, the bank on the check was Wells Fargo in Cincinnati, OH, and the letter was from Canada. 

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- Rib Lake, WI, USA
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A man named "Mark Gold" called my cell phone and said I won $1.5 million and a new car. He said all I had to do is pay $55.00 for shipping & handling and then all I had to do is go to Walmart, buy gift card and send the money to wells fargo and then he would meet me at my home.

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- Wichita, KS, USA
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I received a letter in the mail informing me that I had won 2nd prize in the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes for $450,000. With the first initial check along with the letter. But it made me suspicious because they did not want me to tell any 3 rd party until I contacted them. So I Googled Publishers Clearinghouse and found out that they do not send out letters to your door. They only show up at your door with flowers and the great big check. So if you get a letter claiming you won, Report it to the BBB.

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I received a call from 876-362-5883. Supposedly I won $2.5 million in Publisher's Clearing House Sweepstakes. I was told to go to my bank to withdraw $200 to have it ready for the prize delivery. They also wanted to pay off my credit card debt and asked for credit card and debit card numbers, which I did not give. Instead I called ScamPulse.com to report. 

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- Newport News, VA, USA
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Received a call from a person called John Washington claiming to be a representative from Publishers Clearing House headquarters in Las Vegas. The phone number was (702)805-8970. I picked up the phone because I ordered products and entered the PCH sweepstakes in the past . He claimed that I won $5 million dollars and a 2019 Mercedes Benz. They asked for a credit card number so they could charge $1100 for to cover tax and delivery and it has to be paid upfront. They asked me to call the escrow agent at (916) 237-0204 to pay the $1100. I paid this scammer nothing because it's a scam.

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Email made it seem like I won a prize, but I didn’t recall entering anything. Did some research and it appears that it’s likely a scam. I didn’t click any of the links just in case it was a scam, so I can’t give you the website they led to.

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- Yelm, WA, USA
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Received a email from these people that I won $1000 in the PCH lottery. I clicked the link and it took me too a PCH site. I assumed that it was real. I did give the information requested on the form. Received another email asking for bank information. This sent a red flag to me. They said they only send balloons to the big winners. Called my bank. They advised me not to give any additional information to them and contact you. I do have the email string if you need it. I hope this was a scam and I didn’t turn down money.

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My husband got a computer generated voice message on his phone to tell him he won the Publisher's Clearing House Sweepstakes. They gave him a phone number to call and claim his award. He did NOT call them back.

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- Albuquerque, NM, USA
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Bryan calls and said this is the publishers clearing house and you have won the prize

He called my husband yesterday with the same lines

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- Gilbert, AZ, USA
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Received call from a John Cooper ID Badge #JC2525 who passed me to a Bob Chase stating I had won $785000 and $7000/wk for life

and that money would come from Bank of America (asked if I had an account with Bank of America)

In addition they said I won a 2019 Mercedes Benz Convertible which would be delivered to me via UPS Package Code 990085

When I said this sounded like a scam they hung up

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- Thayer, MO, USA
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"David Brown" called and said that I had won the publisher's clearing house contest. He called my wife's cell phone. And he texted that number too. He provided his badge number, a confirmation code, a tracking number, and a call back number. He went through the entire speech, 3.5 million dollars, I could pick out the type of Mercedes I wanted. He asked if I wanted the presentation to be public or private and he said it should private so no one would rob me.

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- Wichita Falls, TX, USA
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received a call and one man called 3 times and I didn't believe him and so he told me to call the number to tell me what I had won so I called and it says its a secure number and the line hangs up so the man said he will have them called me. They said I was going to get $5 million and a new mercedes and they needed money for shipping. So I said that I would pay it when I see the car in my driveway and the money is in my hand so they hung up.

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- Silver Spring, MD, USA
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Enclosed are papers from scam artists. I had ignored or trashed them. I was so excited, because I thought I had won enough money to repair our church in VA. We need a lot of money for repairs its only about 22 of us. None are rich. The letter came from publishers clearing house, so I thought . I have entered so many contests from them (PCH). I sure hope you will be able to find a way to warn seniors and other citizens so they won't get caught up in this scam.It was not until I had given out some important information that it sank into my head that I was being scammed.

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- Gaffney, SC, USA
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“Carter Benjamin”called claiming to be from the confirmation office of the Publishers clearing house saying I won $2.8 million and a new Mercedes Benze. he said all I needed to pay was taxes. I needed to go to Walmart or a bank or something and get a gift card for $348 dollars and give him the number.

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Jimmy Johnson from Publishers Clearinghouse (not) advised me of an $850k prize. I was to first mail $3,500 to Merchandise Bank attn: Raymond Frank. I refused. Then I was to wire the funds to him through Walmart. He called 6 times trying to get us to mail the money!!

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On August 2, 2019 I was contacted by a man who claims to be a PCH rep. He said his name is George Gibson. He went on to ask if I had entered a PCH sweepstakes several months previous. And I had so I kept talking to him. He told me I had won the sweepstake months before but they had not been able to contact me and I should have gotten my winnings back at that time. He went on to say I had won 3 million, 5,0000 a month for life and a Mercedes Benz as well. I have all this on a text from him. He kept in contact on a daily basis except Sunday's. I have the numerous number of calls he made to me. He gave me a #, that was to Bank of America and an account # so that I could hear of all the large amounts of payments going out. So a few days after that he wants me to send his "accountant" my bank info which was to be a blank check and he wanted me to write a letter asking them not to cash my check saying it was only for bank purposes. I told him I did not use checks but I did get him a statement signed by the bank manager with my info on it and he asked me to send it overnight ($25), to send a letter. So days go on and he calls to tell me they were going shopping for the car I was going to get.I said I wanted an SUV, so he sent me many pics of Mercedes-Benz dealerships, also many pics of different SUVs and told me to pick one so I did. A few days later he calls with a date that the Prize Patrol would be coming to my town to do a taped presentation that would be aired. It was set for Sept 13, a few days later I received a personal check addressed to me but with another name. He said the accountant had made a mistake so he said to send the check back but he texted me a different address to send it back to, 21-AWest Broad Street, Burlington, NJ, 08016. So a few days later he sends me another personal check for 6,000 claiming it was for the IRS taxes. Also he changed the presentation date to the 18th of Sept. due to the check mix-up. When I got the check he said to deposit it to my account. My bank put a 7day hold on it. After the second da= he said to ask them if I could get out 2,000 they said no so he asked if I could borrow it from someone and when the check clearedI could pay it back and I told him no. I told him that I would get the cashed turned into a cashiers check when it cleared made out to the IRS. That's what the check had been sent for me to do. He wanted me to get the cash out and he would send me a text where to send it to. The checked bounced after the third day. Which was the 13th of Sept, that was the last I heard from him. He put a block on both of the phone numbers that he had given me to contact him. And when I called the Bank of America #, it was disconnected. I had my daughter call his numbers and her call went thru but all we got was a voice mail saying "This is George Gibson from PCH, please leave a message ". So I know he's moved on to trick the next person. I have pictures lots of them, texts , pics of the checks and the addressed envelopes , pics of the certificates with my name on them saying what I won, pics of the different SUVs he was sending for me too choose the one I wanted. I am cry devastated and distraught, hurt me to the core of my soul over this. Being tricked lol this especially when one needs money hurts. I will be willing to show all the information I have to the news if it helps to catch this guy.

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- Archer City, TX, USA
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caller said that he was with publishers clearing house and I am not sure if you remember signing up or not but you have won $35,000 dollars and they were on the way to my house about 35 minutes away and he told me to call that number-i didn't call it-then the phone rang again and he asked why i have not called the manager yet and he said I better hurry because we are on our way we hung up and he called back again he said are you gonna call and I said I had the sheriff on the other line and he hung up

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- Orlando, FL, USA
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The gentleman called me at 9:00 pm at night on 09-06-19 and advised that he was with Publisher Clearing House and that I had won 7.5 million dollars and a 2019 Ford Explorer. He stated that I would need to go to the bank and get $2,500.00 first thing Saturday morning on 09-07-19 and get the money in the form of a cashiers check. That I would need to mail it to him send to the following address: Shanice Davis 306 Meadows Court Apt 136 D Daytona Beach, Florida 32114. I asked why I would need to send it to this address if he was with Publisher Clearing House. He advised that no one would mess with the money that I would be sending him to the Florida address but him. He then put me on hold and I heard a lot of people in the background speaking in another language. When I asked him why they were speaking in another language he advised that they were having a meeting. I told him that I knew it was a scam and I would be reporting him to the BBB and also the local authorities.

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Was called and told that I have won 2.5 million , 50,000 dollars and a new Mercedes.

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