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12/27/20 Received a [home] call from a man (foreign accent) introducing himself as "George Freeman" informing I had won an enormous PCH jackpot. I did NOT release any personal info although he was trying to get me to do so. Told me Monday 12/28 was going to be a BIG day for me and to stay by the phone. I refused to give any additional information citing I was skeptical. He assured me it was "real and that no one could mess it up for me" but we needed to be on the same [secret] page. (In this conversation he said a lot of other stuff including he was working with the FBI to secure my safety. Told me I had two (2) options to claim my prize - 1) bank info for [faster] electronic transfer; and 2) UPS delivery to my home by PCH Team and FBI agent. He insisted option #1 was definitely better. I told him I refused until I could verify his identity on Monday a.m. That’s when he warned me about calling PCH saying if I did, I definitely open myself to be swindled by “fake” PCH employees.

(On Monday, 12/28, I emailed PCH and response I got confirmed contact by Mr. Freeman was a fraud.)

1/1/21 - Received another [home] call from same man today at 11:05 am ET reminding me his name was "George Cooper" and that we somehow missed each other on 12/28 and he was calling to reconnect so I could claim my winnings. (My 2nd Place Publisher's Clearing House Prize is: $3.8 million + $958,000 Cash Bonus + 2021 "Pearl Red" Mercedes Benz.) He re-iterated he has been with PCH for 17 years and his Agent ID# is USA-4990. Mr. Cooper gave his phone number as 1-876-856-9854 and assured me PCH would not employ him for 17 years if he was not the real deal. Anyway, he told me to “relax my brain,” enjoy New Year’s Day and he would get everything ready for me on Monday, 1/4/21, re-stating this was going to be a BIG day for me and no one can mess it up as long as we’re on “a two-lane road” of sharing information. Conversation was recorded and I have no intention of releasing any personal information. I hope to prevent myself or anyone else from being scammed.

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Receiving messages from a random person in mutual friends with

"I meant the cash donated randomly to selected people by the Publishers Clearing House from the PokerStar Mega Bonus Association to help and support people financially."

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- Tyler, TX, USA
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Initial contact was through mail advising to contact via phone. Consumer spoke with Michael Sanders. They set up an account with Bank of America for her to send the money to. To pay for Federal Trade Commission stamps Cash prizes and Mercedes car.

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Got a call from someone claiming to be from the PCH. Wanted me to go to CVS and get a gift card to claim the money. My wife laughed and hung up but the guy called back making more attempts at getting us to claim the money.

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- Detroit, MI, USA
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Someone called me saying I won 5.5 million dollars from publishers clearing House.

They wanted me to buy a $200 vanilla gift card, and they were going to come to my home to present the he check, and take a picture with the receipt on the check.

I haven't done this yet, but am looking for help catching the crooks.

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- Seward, NE, USA
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I was contacted via phone by a Robert Morningstar claiming that I had been the winner in a random drawing for a runner-up prize in the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes. I was to receive 5K per month for life. Catch was that I first had to send a money order in the amount of $520 to a Willa Stewart, 4710 Middlecoff Road, Apt. B55, Corpus Christi, Tx. 78413, prior to be presented my winnings. I checked the Publishers Clearing House website and they specifically state that winners are never notified by phone nor is any money ever required as a precondition for being awarded a prize. Morningstar provided a phone #573-557-5973 that I was to use to contact him before placing the money order. The personal address I was given for the money order triggered my suspicion that this was indeed a scam. Please follow-up before any other individuals are scammed. I will not return his call. If there is anything I can do to assist in prosecuting Mr. Morningstar or Ms. Stewart, please advise.

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He claimed to be an employee for Publisher’s Clearing House and said his name was Michael Collins. He told us that we won three million dollars and that due to COVID-19 they had to call before going to your residence. He had our address and first name. He gave us fake names of people who were allegedly going to come with him to our residence, but we looked up the names and saw that they were either historical figures’ names or actors and actresses names. My daughter called Publisher’s Clearing House’s customer service and looked up my account. It had showed that I hadn’t won anything yet.

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- Chillicothe, OH, USA
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Dave Sayer, badge no. d3824pch, from Publisher's Clearing House called today. He said I had won $2.5 million and a 2020 Mercedes Benz, free auto insurance for a year, and six months worth of Shell gas, $10,000 worth of Walmart gift cards, and $7,000 a week for life. He asked if I was married, widowed or single. I told him I was a widow. He said I would have to pay to register. He told me to go the bank and withdraw $3500. I told him I didn't have it, but I could get $1000. He told me to call them at 509-902-7088 when I get to the bank. He told me he would meet me. They've called twice since then. I'm 90. I went to my daughter's house and she helped me report it to BBB.

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- El Centro, CA, USA
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I first received the letter in the mail. It said in the letter to call them. I called them.

The person that I spoke to said his name was Steve. He told me that I won the sweepstakes. This included 6.5 million, and 4 Mercedes Benz.

He then asked for my banking information, I told him no. He then wanted me to go down and cancel all of my accounts and only bank at Bank of America.

He then gave me an account number and a name of a person in a specific town and state. I was then instructed to get a money gram. Your initial amount wired was $16,000. I borrowed this from my dad. Every pay period they are taking my disability social security. They've been taking money out of my account for 2 years in the amount of $900 to $2500 at a time. I would have to borrow money from my dad and my brothers.

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THIS GUY CALL HE SAYS I WON 15 MILLION DOLLARS AND A 2021 MERCEDES CAR FROM PUBLISHER'S CLEARINGHOUSE HE GOES BY THE NAME JACK KULOSKI HE HAVE ME A NUMBER TO CALL TO PROVE ITS NOT A SCAM THE NUMBER IS 9162370207 PUSH #3 THEN ENTER A 7 DIGIT CODE WHICH IS..1345789 CAN YOU PLEASE CHECK INTO THIS FOR ME

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We received an after hours through our ******* Plumbing answering service. Our dispatcher returned his call and he stated that he was the owner of a property in Holliday, TX and the tenant had a water leak under their kitchen sink. Our dispatcher sent it to our on call plumber and our plumber contacted him. He told our plumber that his father lived in the home and that he had left the money on the counter to take care of the service call. He instructed our plumber to call him when he arrived to the house and he would get on the phone with his dad and tell him that he was taking care of everything. When our plumber arrived to the house, he contacted the "son" and knocked on the door while the "son" was still on the phone. He identified himself to the elderly gentleman and gave him the phone to talk to his "son". As soon as the elderly gentleman got on the phone, the "son" immediately changed and identified himself as Mr. Jackson with Publishers Clearing House, and told the elderly gentleman that he had been trying to contact him to send his award package to his house but that someone had made the elderly gentleman change his phone number and he hadn't been able to contact him. He was demanding that the elderly gentleman hang up and call him back from his phone so that he would have his new number. The elderly gentleman's daughter got on the phone and hung up on him. He tried to call back but it went to our answering service and he identified himself as the elderly gentleman. He then started calling our dispatchers phone over and over cussing her out in another language until she finally blocked him. Our dispatch software records the calls made by our techs through our ipads. I am unable to attach the recordings because they are mp3, but they are available if you need them. The calls do identify the elderly gentleman by name and address.

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- Caldwell, TX, USA
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The CEO Andrew Goldberg of publishers clearing House called me. Spelled Goldberg wrong… I knew it was a scam from the beginning but went along… I had won 3.5 million, A Cadillac Escalade cherry red and $7000 for the rest of my life each week. All I had to do was keep this a secret and surprise my husband. He wanted to stay with me the whole time on my cell phone. I told him I did not have one because he called me on my landline. I told him I would get my husbands.

But after it was taking so long he told me to go without the cell phone and he would give me instructions on what to do. I was to purchase two prepaid warm visa vanilla cards for $500 each. When I return home he was to call me or I was to call him and then he would give me further instructions on how to go to Western Union and pick up my $7000. Then after all this was done Steve Harvey and two other name people were coming to my house to award me the 3.5 million and the red Cadillac.

I called the FBI and they said until they have several complaints about this number they won’t investigate. I called the local news station here and they forwarded me this website to fill out this information. I intend to go to the dollar store and other stores here that sell prepaid visas in town in Caldwell Texas to notify them anyone purchasing visa cards to at least say something just in case somebody’s doing this and don’t know better. I played the game hoping that I could figure out something and would love to have these people caught. Waiting on my call. Hope you can get this out. Thank you

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- Mililani, HI, USA
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I received a text message 11/25/2020 saying I won a prize. I had a feeling this could be a scam because there were some typo-errors like 'are' for "or" and "my" for "may". So I talked to a guy name Tony Whiteside (but the guy has an India or indian accent) he said I won 3.5 m dollars, a brand new Lincoln Continental plus $5000.00 a month for life. He instructed me to go to Wallgreens that very minute a buy a certain card and put $600.00 on it and hold on to the card. I told him I don't have the money and he insisted I send the money thru my bank to them. I told I can't so he said he'll talk to Dave Sayer. I've seen Dave Sayer on tv and heard his voice. This guy is another Indian guy trying to disguise his voice. I gave up. They're still calling me but I not answering. I called ScamPulse.com and they said if I won something I shouldn't have to pay anything.

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- La Rue, OH, USA
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James Bell badge no. 6601JB, from the Better Business Bureau called me today saying I had won $6.5 million and an SUV in the Publisher's Clearing House Sweepstakes. He said I needed to pay an insurance fee on the money. He told me to mail a money order for $838 to Vera Green at 34 N Keytstone, Upper Darby, PA 19082. He asked if I lived alone, if I wanted to keep it private, and what I would do with the money. He mentioned prayers, blessings and God. He said three people: Robert Hill, Susan White, and John Jackson, would be coming to my door on December 7th. I could hear a lot of noise in the background. He said a lot of people work here at PCH. He said I would get $500,000 on April 15th in the Set for Life promotion. He asked if I was properly dressed, because he wanted me to turn the camera on my computer so he could see me. He told me I could buy the money order at the post office, walmart or walgreens. I said I had friends at the post office. He told me not to tell them where I was sending the money. He's been calling all morning. He has a slight accent, but sounds more American than others. He kept calling me "Sweetie". He said he was a different Publisher's Clearing House than the one in NY. He didn't want me to check it out. I said you never have to pay to win that's what eveybody says. He said people don't know what they're talking about, and to trust him. He said the check would be written against Bank of America and the insurance was through Allstate. He said he was calling from Jamaica, FL.

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- Waynesburg, KY, USA
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Gentlemen called by the name of Peter Anderson. He said that he randomly picked my phone number and asked if I’d like to have 2.5 million dollars, plus a new GMC pickup truck. He stated that the prize patrol was in Waynesburg, Kentucky. All I had to do was go to the General Dollar Store and purchase a $125 card to ok my winnings. He eventually brought the price down to $25. He was very persistent and nice, but I knew it had to be a scam. He begged me to find a ride to the store once he realized I was elderly and couldn’t drive. He asked lots of personal questions, and that’s when I hung up.

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- Columbus, OH, USA
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I got a call from Michael Freeman. He said he worked for UPS. He said I had won the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes. He said I won $1.8 million and a new Mercedes Benz. He said he'd been trying to deliver it to me but hasn't been able to. He said he would deliver the money to me in a couple of hours. I asked where he was, and he answered California. He gave me a claim number, package number and badge number. He asked if I was married. He asked whether I wanted it to be public or confidential. He asked for my mom's and dad's names, which I gave him. I told him where I banked, then he said he needed my bank account and routing numbers, which I didn't give him. He had an accent.

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- Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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A James Collins called me saying he was with the Publisher's Clearing House and that I had won 18.5 million dollars. He was trying to get me to buy prepaid Visa gift cards and give them the number in order to receive my reward. That's when I knew it was a scam.

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They said that he won money but they wanted him to get a visa card for taxes

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- Wichita, KS, USA
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said publishers clearinghouse sent me notification in the mail and i didnt respond to it and wanted to know why i didnt respond. Told them i didnt know there was anything like that from them. David Wade is the mans name and claims he works for Consumer Protection Agency in New York, NY. Also gave me a claim number. I had to call a different number to find out what i needed to do which i called and it was Publishers Clearinghouse but then they told me that my $1.5 million check was sent to Brinks Security in New York because i didnt send the notification form back. In the meantime Brinks Security (supposedly) called me and said i had to pay $998 which is refundable so they could get the check to my state. All federal and state taxes were paid out of the 1.5 mil check. They said when they delivered the check to my house i would receive 2 checks. 1 for $1.5 million and 1 for $998.

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Very elaborate presentation and very believable Said I had won a prize and then went through a presentation about getting verified and the final thing to get my winning confirmation numbers I needed to go to Walmart and buy a onevanilla gift card for two hundred dollars to get my numbers and validation from the IRS.

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