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Man called my mother from 253-843-6440, said he was from Publishers Clearinghouse and that she had won $2.5 million and a new Mercedes C 350 worth $48,000. But she needed to send $375.00 to cover delivery. He even gave her a claim ID #.

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- Mayflower, AR, USA
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Caller informed us that we had won a prize & asked if we wanted to receive it at our Arkansas address.When I told him no, He became very vulgar and told me "then get the f--k off my phone b---h".I called the number back, He answered "Michael Anderson with Publishers House". However the name on the caller I D was J.M.Kingston. I believe that he was going to ask for money for us to receive "our prize".

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- Scotts, MI, USA
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you'll receive a call a woman will tell you. you've won 250.00 in gift cards. and to receive this promotion. you must sign up for 6 magazines. of your choice for 60 months= 5 years. she will answer your questions and if you listen to her close she contradicts herself. it s only 3.98 a week, or 23.98 a month. its up to you how you want to pay it. she will say i need to transfer me to your supervisor to make sure I done my job right. she says put a good word in for me. this man comes on, and ask how long have you lived at your address. what is your birthday. where do you work how long have you worked at your job. then he said what charge card do you use most. and he needed the number to setup automatic billing. I ask If he could send me a invoice and I would call them back, he said no we ave to do it over the phone. I said I am sorry i don't want to be involved in any scam. he said I could look at my phone and see that there is a number there. and they don't sell the code on the back of the charge card. and he said I will be giving you a tracking number. I said said well anyone can come up with a phone number, and I could make up a tracking number and it has to be 16 digits long. So no. your getting my card information. I said I didn't want to be involved in any scam. he does have other personal information. and i hope nothing comes of it. if your a legit deal you will mail me a invoice, he said mam you have a good day and hung up.(caller i.d.269-462-8088), (when my husband heard was going on. he told me ITS A SCAM!) also he said up the in Michigan alot. but the number on my caller id is a Michigan number, I wished i would looked at the before i kept giving him and her information.

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- Adamsville, TN, USA
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The caller told me that I had won 9.5 million dollars in the Publishers Clearinghouse Sweepstakes. I know this was a scam because I got scammed a year or so ago and sent money for taxes and other fees to collect another bogus award. He said his name was Mr. Simms and he was calling from 702-347-2255

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Call from 876-810-9956 request GM *** *** #5 with Confirmation #660322/DB.

Mercedes Benz on the way to the driveway with check for 3.5million.

Please take your mother to the bank for the taxes 1% $3,500 by 2:00 p.m today to claim the prize and car.

Phone answered as cleared by Homeland Security and ScamPulse.com and ends with "God Bless".

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"won" 2.5 million dollar publishers clearing house prize.

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- Moyers, OK, USA
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I had a person claiming to be Dave Sayer from PCH contact me on Facebook and then supposedly switch me to someone via text who claims that I need to send money through western union or money gram to Sharon Bradley from West Virginia.

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My daughter was phoned by people who said they were from Publisher's Clearing House. They told her to open a bank account, and then she would deposit a cheque they gave her. With that she would pay insurance fees to get the winnings. The phone number they used was 876-802-1186. The number showed up as being from Jamaica. 

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- Augusta, GA, USA
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Caller informed that we won 2.5 million dollars and a mercedes Benz. They wanted us to send them money in order to receive the prize. Caller was Debra Holland. 8765440343. Send 108 Irwinton road, Toomsburough GA 31090

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- Gadsden, AL, USA
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A man claiming to be a James Nelson, from publishers clearing house, contacted me and told me I won 650000 and a new Mercedes. Long story short he needed a 1% fee to cover a money transfer. The phone number is 1876 842 8730. When I hung up on him he left a vey vulgar message. He was obviously a non native English speaker so I don't expect him to be caught, just thought you should know

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- Alabaster, AL, USA
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Cold call at 8:30 in the morning. Said he was from Publisher's Clearing House but did not give his name. Asked pointed questions and agreed with the answers given. However, he never offered specific info that only a legitimate representative would know. My wife took the call but recognized the scam appearance and ended the call.

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A lady called telling my dad he won money. He would be payed $10000 and this was only the beginning. He was suppose to go o Walmart and buy money gram for $1055.

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I got a check for 7204.55 in the mail claiming to be from Publishers Clearing House. The check had the name of an insurance company. Said I need to call to activate the check. I called ScamPulse.com because this is a scam. security code PHC-WE9-DD7 *** *** is the name of the person who supposedly sent the check to me. I did not call because I knew this was fake.

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- Longview, TX, USA
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Received a call from "Mr. Scholl" saying he was from Publishers Clearing House out of Jamaica, New York and I had won a large cash prize. They had my name, address, banking information and last 4 of my social security number, so I thought they where genuine.

They said that the IRS needed $199 in tax for my prize to be released. I paid them the amount and the said someone would come to my house with the check. They called back the next day and said there had been an error and they needed and $200 as they had misjudged how much tax the IRS was taking, so again I paid them the $200.

They came back again 2 days later asking for another $900 and at that point I knew it was a scam and I asked for my money back. They become very unprofessional and abusive and told me they would do it, but it would take 90 days. They also gave me the number of the supervisor who was called Milton Johnson.

I realize now I was scammed and I lost $400.

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I happened to answer my elderly mother's phone and was informed by a person who said his name was Paul Anderson and he was calling from Publisher Clearing House with the good news that my mom had won a monetary prize of $265,000. He was very convincing and I spoke to him for over 30 minutes as he gave me detailed instructions on how to receive the prize money. He told me to call this number to confirm. The number was 1-866-996-5997.

I was also give a confirmation code. He sounded very sincere and I was nearly convinced that he was telling the truth. After I called the number, he called me back to further give me more instructions on how to receive the cash prize. He told me that I needed a invitation and the way to get it was to go to western union to fill out a sender's form with my mother's name and address. He also gave me the name of the merchant banker (Orvett Williams of Brooklyn, New York) to put on the form. At the very end, he let me speak to the CEO James Carter who casually mentioned the fact it would cost $386 to get this done and that it would be reimbursed to me. Of course a red flag went up to let me know that just maybe this was a scam. I became skeptical at that point and asked Paul for phone number to call him back on. He gave me this number #424-235-1261. Paul also informed me that three people would personally come to my home to deliver the check.

The names were Mary Schmitt, James Green and David Williams. He also said that they would be at my home that same evening around 4:30pm. He then asked me what time my bank closed, I told him @ 4pm.That seemed to be a problem for him and he mentioned something about rescheduling. Needlessly to say, I have the phone numbered reversed so that I found out it was a scam. They waited my time listening to them and they were very, very convincing. I'm glad that I answered the phone instead of my elderly mom and by the way, since Paul was unsure as to what I would do, he called back later on that night and spoke to my mom. She told him that I had done some fact checking, needless to say he hung up on her. Never send money to receive money!!!!!

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Received phone call stating I won $3.5 million and a bonus prize of a Mercedes Benz. Against my better judgment, I called 866-996-5997 to receive a confirmation code. They said I need to pay a processing fee of $399.95.

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- New Bloomfield, MO, USA
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I received a phone call from Publisher's Clearing House saying that I won money and a car. They argued with us for 20 minutes trying to convince us it was legitimate. I was to pay a $275 MoneyGram to receive the prize of $100 million check and a Dodge Journey. We told them we would call them back.

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- Selma, AL, USA
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Individual called and statedbhe was calling on behalf of pch, publishers clearing house, and stated i had won 7.5 million. The rep then gave me a phone number for the federal reserve bank, an account number and instructed me to call the bank to have the funds released. After telephpning him, he called me as soon as i hung up. I asked who the individual was that the bank, automated, stated the acct belonged to. The rep stated thats who pch uses to depoait all monies. The rep then informed me that all fees had been taken care except for the delivery fee which i could wire the money or send a money order on amt of $486.00. The rep then asked when, the sooner i could, the 7.5 million could be released to me. I ibformed him it would be after 6 pm, at which time he stated he would call me back to confirm the money had been wired.

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- Mount Vernon, IL, USA
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I received a phone call last night. They offered me 1.5 million dollars and a car and said I had to pay $200 up front using a Western Union Money Gram.

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Person received a phone call from someone claiming to be from Publisher's Clearing House. In order to claim the prize and car, the person would have to wire the caller money.

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