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Publishers Clearing House Imposter - Prize Winner Scam Reports & Reviews (162)

- Dodgeville, WI, USA • Feb 06, 2024
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I received a call Thursday, February 1, 2024. The caller claimed to be with Publishers Clearing House and said that we were winners of $7000.00 per week for life. The caller claimed to be Debra Holland and gave us a number to call and a code to use to claim our prize. We did not think it was legitimate but were interested in what it might be so we called the number given. The person that answered claimed to be from Publisher Cleaning House and asked us for the code - once given they said we were winners of $7000.00 per week for life. Our response was low key in that we didn't really believe we were winners. The person then said we had also won a drawing for 18 million dollars - again our response was even more low key - such as, "that is really strange". The person asked how often we sent in Publisher Clearing House contest forms and our response was, "we cannot remember ever doing that." At that point the person said, "Hello, hello" as if we had been cut off - and then the call ended. I called back using the number they had given us and was sent directly to voice mail - the number of the voice mail was different than the original number. The whole thing seemed really strange. No information was given from us (name, social security, account information, etc). Thought it important to report.

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- Sacramento, CA, USA • Feb 06, 2024
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He said I won $2.5 million plus $6,000/week + a car.

He said I needed to pay $1285 (in income taxes), using three "Green Dot Money Pack Scratch cards" ... 2 at $500 and one at $285

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- Richmond, VA, USA • Jan 30, 2024
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On 1/24/2024, we received a call from 516-203-1440 that we did not answer, so the caller went to voicemail. The caller claimed to be with the Multistate Lottery Commission and said she was calling to inform us that we were first place winners in the Mega Millions Publisher's Clearing House's Golden Harvest Sweepstakes Giveaway. According to the caller, who sounded like a US born citizen (e.g., no accent), we won $18.5 million, plus $7,000 every week for life and a Mercedes Benz with a 5 year warranty and a gift card for fuel. She also stated our claim code was 4747.

Surprisingly, she left no phone number for us to call back. Even if she had, we would not have called the number.

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- Upper Marlboro, MD, USA • Jan 29, 2024
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He said he was from PCH and I had won $3,000,000. PCH would deliver it to me at my door. It sounded to good to be true but I fell for it. My kids said it was a scam so I called him and said I would love to take it but I am declining the prize. It sounds like a scam.

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- Henderson, KY, USA • Jan 26, 2024
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A MAN CALLING HIMSELF TODD SLOANE FROM PUBLISHERS CLEARING HOUSE. TODD SAID THAT I WOW $955.000 AND A 2024 MERCEDES BENZ. IT SOUNDED TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE. HE TOLD ME WHAT NEEDED TO PROVE MY ID AND GAVE ME A WINNING PRICE CONFIRMATION NUMBER. HE DID NOT ASK FOR ANY BANK INFO. TOWARD THE END OF THE CALL HE SAID THAT I WOULD ALSO NEED A ONE VANILLA VISA GIFT CARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $416 AND WHEN I GET THAT, I NEED TO CALL HIM BACK AT 1-438-801-0388 AND HE WOULD CONFIRM THAT I HAVE BOUGHT THE CARD. FOR THE ENTIRE CALL I DID NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YES, BUT HE KEPT TRYING TO GET ME TO DO THAT. HE ASKED WHAT DAY I WOULD BE CALLING HIM, I TOLD HIM THE 30TH. WHICH I HAD NO PLANS TO DO SO. I WORRY ABOUT OTHERS WHO MIGHT HAVE BELIEVE THAT IT WAS REAL AND LOSE MONEY.

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- Century, FL, USA • Jan 26, 2024
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Call said I had $3.5 million in a sweepstake needed to pay the $1200 for tax for the publishing clearest house sweepstakes

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- Oklahoma City, OK, USA • Jan 26, 2024
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Individual was called and convenced they had won $10M dollars. $5,000 per week for life and a Mercedes in a Publisher's Clearing House drawing. To receive it they had to pay the tariff on the car, and the money would be tax free.

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- Texas City, TX, USA • Jan 23, 2024
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THEY CALLED ON THE 14TH & STATED THAT I HAD WON A SWEEPSTAKES OF S3,5OO.000.00 PLUS $7,000 A MONTH FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE PLUS A 2023 MERCEDEZ BENZ. IT'S (2) MEN AND THEY CALL ALL DAY AFTER I GET OFF OF WORK AND THE FIRST TIME THEY ASK ME TO SEND $1000 IN (2) $500 VANILLA GIFT CARDS ON THE 16TH AND AGAIN ON THE 17TH (4) OF THE SAME CARDS FOR $2500, $500 EACH. THE PAPERS THAT SENT ME LOOK SO REAL AND I'VE BEEN ORDERING FOR PCH SINCE THE 90'S I THOUGHT IT WAS REAL. THEIR NAMES ARE ROBERT NELSON 419-951-8280 & ROBERT RICHMOND 1-888-243-2881. MARY LEE IS THE INVESTOR. THEY GAVE ME A BATCH #************. THEY ALSO SENT ME 14 PAGES AND THEY CONSIST OF WINNING NOTIFICATION THAT HAS THE REF, #************* ALONG WITH THE BATCH #, FDIC LETTTER, IRS LETTTER, ACCEPTANCE SWEEPSTAKES & LOTTER FORM, ScamPulse.com ACCREDITED BUSINESS LETTER, , PICTURE OF THE CAR, PICTURE OF A BLANK CHECK AND PICTURE OF A PAY TO THE CHECK, & ECT. I REALLY THOUGHT IT WAS REAL UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE AND I CAME HOME TO RESEARCH TO SEE EXACTLY HOW IT WORK AND THEN REALIZED I WAS SCAMMED. PLEASE HELP ME GET MY $3500 BACK PLEASE. I'M 74 AND HELPING WITH (8) GRANDCHILDREN AND WORKING PART-TIME TO SUPPLEMENT MY SS. YOU REALLY CAN'T SEE A REAL EMAIL ADDRESS. I HAD TO USE THIS ADDRESS IN ORDER TO FILL THIS INFORMATION OUT.

THANK YOU ******** ** ******

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- Cazenovia, NY, USA • Jan 22, 2024
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Scammer said I won $8 million All I had to do is buy an Amazon card at Walgreens for $396 to pay taxes on winnings. warned not to tell my bank or family or Walgreens why I was buying gift card. told me to leave phone on so he would know I was on my way to Walgreens. told him my phone does not work in car. Told me to call him back when I got home. Of course I did not. Called me 7. times previous week.

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- Palmdale, CA, USA • Jan 22, 2024
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You wanted all those everything but my social security number if you want to account numbers and then you basically you can either have control of it or he said deposit money into it but he also had any open another bank account and different bank to try to manipulate it try to get one bank to cash another bank check and there's no money in the account and still want to be paid on top of the greenhouse gas cards and one of those cards and he uses the source of data for military Machinery to injure somebody and demand it like a terrorist he's got a physical illness or injury and all that Ransom payment you look up the fbm website and look they are warning people about the football ransomware or data or scammers and if you want them one Omar Tyler as you pretends to be PCH posters Clearing House Representative for the grand prize payout Patrol of grand prize and they supposed to be paying the taxes on grand prize to receive it

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- Prince Frederick, MD, USA • Jan 17, 2024
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They asked for me specifically and said that I had won 3.5 million dollars in a raffle that had randomly selected my phone number. I refused to give them any source of money and hung up the phone.

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- Marinette, WI, USA • Jan 16, 2024
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Someone called pretending to be publishers clearing house from an unknown number. They left a voicemail telling me to call the provided number and that I had won $18.5 million.

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- North Port, FL, USA • Jan 05, 2024
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Told me i won 3.5 million dollars and a mercedes benz. In the town over.

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- Conesus, NY, USA • Jan 05, 2024
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Contacted me out of the blue about seeing my name on the PCH list. Asked if I had heard from them. Then went on and gave a lengthy explanation of what they do. I thought it was suspicious because the message was sent during school hours and the friend who sent the message does NOT have a cell phone.

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- Dallas, TX, USA • Jan 03, 2024
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Said they sent me the winner ?? information in the mail and I didn't return the information to them

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- Baltimore, MD, USA • Jan 02, 2024
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Sweepstakes enrty won by PCH and the project manager office called me multiple times in two days leaving and speaking directly to me regarding this prize

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- Columbus, OH, USA
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they had called me clamming i won 17 million as a 2nd place winner and am calling their bluff. they wanted me to pay $300.00 to claim my prize

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- Jefferson, MD, USA
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I was contacted by phone by a Susan Williamson who left a message that I won PCH $10k per week for life, plus a new Mercedes AND $7.5 million dollars.

I was told to go to a bank that I have used for at least three years and open a new account. I was told the deadline to do this is this Friday.!

After ai Called the number and got the details, four people pretending to be from P CH called me to see if the bank document had been completed. The names were James Cooper, John Cooper, and John Elliott. The last caller is not leave their name.

I am 74 years old and believe that people trying to scam older people who have worked their entire life to get by are the worst kind of criminals.

I have a document package that they sent if it would be helpful to catching these people.

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• Jan 25, 2024
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Send the documents you have

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- Signal Hill, CA, USA
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Robotic VM saying I had won PCH Sweepstakes prize of $13.5 million and $10,000 per week for life. Called 1-877-932-4360 number and Todd Sloane answered, identified himself as a employee of PCH. Emailed me a form to fill out to claim prize. Prize form has punctuation, sentence and layout errors, confirmed my doubts. Form has a section explaining "Gift Registration Payment", which even more confirms it is a scam.

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- Bangor, ME, USA
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was contacted by agents several time over yrs always telling me i won this time facebook i thought was real then by phone cell phone i want to sue as they have leaked out info on me, taken money from me and used me to make themselves rich

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