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I received an official looking letter with a Publishers Clearing House logo at the top saying I was a second place winner, total claim amount is $450.000. The letter congratulated me and said my prize has been insured to it's total value and will be delivered to me when all requirements have been met. Legal and administrative fees have been calculated in the enclosed check of $7,600.00. These fees are mandatory and are meant to satisfy official laws, and income tax protocols mandated by the U.S. Government. The Publishers Clearing House has made all necessary arrangements in order for you to receive your prize. Please contact your Claim Manager without any delay, BEFORE depositing this check at your financial institution, and for further information on this prize. Claims Manager: JIM BERNARD OR DIANE STRONG. TEL # 1-647-2707, SECURITY CODE PCH-8319. As required by federal law and state laws your security code and prize information must be kept strictly confidential. Which means, you are precluded from discussing your win with third parties. This is to reduce the risk of unauthorized access to your claims information. Our office is open Monday through Friday 9am to 6pm Eastern. Accept our congratulations., signed, Patrick Benson, Chief Fianacial Officer.

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Told me he was from the publishers clearing House. Same man calls for my elderly mother all the time. Claiming we have won a certain amount of money or a cadalac and is in town waiting for me to drive down and pick it up. Eventually he gets to the part where he always asks for money before he is able to give us the enormous check. He has been calling for years and knows my mother by name.

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- Pacolet, SC, USA
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Scammer used the name Prystalski and told me I won money and a new mercedes.

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- Kimbolton, OH, USA
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Caller called elderly mother claimed winner pch millions.sent faxed documents to library ftc, and bbb, of pch statements of millions prize winner .

Asking her to send $4900 to claim prize to be sent after $4900 is sent to them.

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- Boise, ID, USA
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It started with a phone call from a Dave Sawyer (heavy accent) explaining how much I had won. He wanted an email address to send me the information on the prize of $8.8M plus a Mercedes sedan. They showed a check from bank of America in that amount and a Pic of a guy holding a big check with myt name on it. There was also an "itemization" if the winnings with a breakout for IRS Processing fee of $984. They needed that amount in a cashiers check sent to someone in Tucson before the payment could be released. I bit. They also had the names of the presenters and a GM for verification. I then received an "IRS" letter with my name misspelled and strange wording needing another $2600 for state and income taxes. That was the red flag for me. I bid them a nasty good bye.

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- Star, ID, USA
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Received telephone call from Tom Goodman stating they were from Publisher's Clearing House. Said she won 2.5 million and a car. Said she needed to call Bank of America at 562-253-2915 and gave her an account number. She called the number and gave her social security number and birthdate to David WIilliams. They knew her name already. When they called the number then number back this morning it wasn't a bank.

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I received a call informing me that I was a winner in the Publishers Clearing house sweepstakes. I knew this was a scam because I never entered the sweepstakes. I decided to see where the call led. The man gave me his name and ask me to repeat it back to him which I did not. He then asked me to repeat some of the initial information he gave me and I told him that I couldn't remember. He asked me to write numbers down on a piece of paper. He have me an ID #, a ticket #, a Bar code #, confirmation #, Ref #. Once I had written everything down he asked me to read everything back to him so he could record it for the BBB, Bank of America and someone else that I cannot recall. I told him that I was having problems hearing him and would like to call him right back. He gave me his phone # 571-216-8836 and said his name was Andy Golderg. I called him back and he answered so I know it is a legitimate phone number although he did not answer with a company name but it was his voice. He wanted me to repeat the numbers back to him and I again said that I was having phone issues and asked if he would send me the information and I would get it notarized and sent back. I asked him if he had my address and he said yes. I asked him to repeat it to me so that I made sure that it went to the proper address. He hung up on me and when I tried to call him back, he did not answer. He was clearly trying to record me.

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- Burkburnett, TX, USA
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man called and his name was andrew brown and he said I won 2.5 million in the sweepstakes that was going to be drawn on bank of america and I also won a 2019 Mercedes benz and the check number was supposed to be 800372477us. and he gave an entry form number and it dawned on me that I had not entered this, how did you get this number? He asked how to pronounce my name and my wife's name to be a beneficiary and he said that he would be delivering the prize in an hour and there was a prior written notification sent by mail. I asked him how did he get my phone number and my address, and then he went silent

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- Indianapolis, IN, USA
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Consumer was contacted by phone by someone that said his name was John Carter with Publisher Clearing House and that consumer had won a car and $8000. All consumer had to do was pay $3,988 for handling fees. Consumer says the company keeps calling her.

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My Dad received a call from a man claiming to be from "Publisher's Clearing House." He said "You've seen our ads on TV right?" He said that my Dad had won "Second Prize of $2.5 million" and to grab a piece of paper to write some things down. My dad (knowing that it was a scam) asked how much this was going to cost him. The scammer said "$2500." My Dad told the man to "stick it where the sun don't shine" and the caller hung up.

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- Henrietta, TX, USA
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I was contacted on my cell phone which I don't give out and told that I'd won Publishers Clearing House and that they needed me to go to a Western Union and send money to Jamaica. He used the name David Miller. I went along with it and told them I had the money and that I couldn't send it because the Western Union machine was broken and I couldn't sent it. They have called my cell phone 15 -20 times just today.I'm not answering.

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- Wichita Falls, TX, USA
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On Saturday March 9th they called me and my husband and then got my number and had both phones tied up at one time. He went and got an Amazon gift card for 499.99 and gave them the numbers off the back of the card. Our daughter got involved at that point and goggled the numbers they were calling from and it said Jamaican money scam. Since then they have called his phone almost every day. Today a lady called and said we needed to pay tax on the money and the car we had won and said she was from the US Treasury Dept. We told her we had not won anything and she said she would talk to David and get it straight. He is the guy we gave the gift card number to. He then called and told my husband to get in the car and go to our bank and he said no they had stole the gift card money and he was not going to the bank. The other numbers they called from was 876 958 0181 and the lady today called from 269 651 4115. Thank you

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Person is calling saying they are from publishers clearing house . He asked if this was the blank household. I did not give him a chance to ask me anything else I told him and this is a scam right so he hung up the phone on me.

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- Jerome, ID, USA
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I received a call around 12pm from Dave S*** at ext. 5 who had my address and both of my phone numbers. He stated I would be receiving $3 million from the publishers clearing house. He stated I was not to tell anyone about it. At the end he told me he didnt want any money but that he needed me to go get a federal stamp for $500. He claimed that it wasn't for them and he stated it was for the federal government.

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- Indianapolis, IN, USA
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I just got a call from Victor Fernandez saying he was with Publishers Clearinghouse and that I had won 1.9 million dollars and a Mercedes in a blind draw they had. They wanted to deliver the check and car today, but I first had to pay $900 some dollars for fees. I said I would call them back. He gave me a number and then I called the attorney general's office to check it out. While on hold with the attorney general's office, they called again and when I told them who I was on hold with, they hung up on me. I guess I'm no longer a winner.

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Called using the name Dave Sayers saying I had won the Publishers Clearinghouse award

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Answered cold call. He stated he was with Publishers Clearing House and wanted to know if I had heard of them. I asked how he was with Publishers Clearing House and he was calling from a Jamaica number? He hung up

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Called and told my mother in law won publishers clearing house. Was told we had to go to an IRS office and give them 900. The phone number was from Kingston Surrey County, Jamaica.

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Publisher's Clearing House called me last week and left an automated voice message that I had won a prize and needed to claim it. I called them back today and no one answered, 45 min later I received a call from Dave who stated I won $2 million as the second place winner and needed call this bank phone number 877-975-8139, but he never gave me the name. The account number for the bank is: *** and I gave him the last 4 of my social as the pin. He said I needed to call the bank and follow the options.

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This person called my 94 year old mother and asked her to mail them 150.00 to publishers clearing house. That she had won something but needed to send them 150.00 dollars. Luckily she call me and I told her it was a scam. They called me back and cussed me out which I did the same and told them they should be ashamed of themselves.

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