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I got a call from Publisher's Clearing House saying I had won 2 1/2 million dollars and a 2019 Mercedes Benz. He said I need to buy a Vanilla card for $500; $250 for the car and $250 for the prize money. He had a heavy foreign accent. He told me to buy a Vanilla gift card at Family Dollar or Dollar Store. The call came on a blocked number. I hung up on him but he called back. He said his name was Tim Lake. His ID badge number was 001TL. He told me I could buy the card for $5 and put money on it from somewhere else later. He was adamant that it was legitimate.

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The "Publisher's Clearing House" called and told me that I had won a lot of money. I had choices between cars also. They asked me to go and get gift card, $1000 (Green Dot Money Pack). They suggested going to Dollar General for it. They told me my correct age, 72.

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Voice message stated my name and asked that I call back.

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My elderly uncle who I take care of answered the phone this morning and the caller stated that he was from publishers clearing house. I picked up the phone to speak with the caller and once again he stated that he was from publishers clearing house. He had a foreign accent. He stated that my uncle had won 1.5 million dollars and that he would get $7,000 every wednesday for the rest of his ilfe, and a pearl white mercades benz car. The caller stated that he needed me to get a pen and paper to write down some information on how to claim the prize. He then proceeded to give me a ladys name that was going to be in charge of the certified cashiers check. And a mans name that was responsible for handling the $7,000 weekly. The caller gave me his name and his supposed badge number. Then he put another man on the phone who also had a foreign accent who was "the prize patrol manager". You could hear wind blowing in the background like he was outside on a cellphone. The second man said he was 30 minutes away from my house. I acted like I didn't hear him then he changed his answer to 45 minutes away. I said, what is the name of the person you are calling. He said that he would need to look that information up because the prizes drawn had been selected by a phone number. Then he came back with my uncles name and address. He said upon arrival he was going to need us to sign some papers but reassured us that it was not personal information. Then he said you know when you make a transaction over $10,000 it would be automatically audited by the government and I said correct. I asked him earlier in the call if our conversation was being recorded he said yes by the government. And asked me to repeat all the things I had written down. I could hear a strange clicking noise in the background after I repeated back what I had written down. He then said ma'am before I get to your house I need you to go to the dollar store and purchase a mastercard or visa in the ammount of $399. So when I get there you can pay your down payment on the taxes. I then proceeded to tell him I don't have any money. He kept trying to reassure he wasn't lying and Then asked me if I chose to donate the money to charity because I couldn't come up with the $399 fee. He said if you can't pay that much how much can you come up with today. If he was already on his way to our house, then why did he have to put me on hold for 2 minutes to look up our name and address attatched to our phone number. He would already have that in his gps. . He kept saying then you need to go borrow that money from someone else so you can go buy that prepaid card to pay me. This is your financial road to freedom. I argued with him and eventually hung up. Now worried what he is going to do with our phone number, address, my uncles name,and my voice repeating back to him the information that I had written down. They made it sound so real until the end I really hope this stops before any elderly person gets taken advantage of!

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"Publisher's Clearing House" contacted consumer via telephone (Dave Saver). Claiming she won 8.5 million dollars with 10,000.00 a week for life. Can get a Mercedes or a Lincoln Continental. Asking if it's to be shown on tv or private. Asking to send a prepaid money for $3,500.00.

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I received a phone call from Publishers Clearing House. Callers name was David Fisher. He said I won $15 million and a 2021 Mercedes. I have to put up $500 to claim my prize. Wanted me to go to Kroger's or Rite Aid and use my debit card. I think this is fraud. He would not say where he was calling from. I did not give any information. I do not have the phone number that called me. I thought you should know.

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scammer left a message saying that we had won 18 million and a Mercedes. Asked for bank account information and a cashier's check in the amount of 900 dollars. No information was given and when I said that's not going to happen he hung up.

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A foreign man, Scott mason, said he was calling from Publisher's Clearing House. He asked for my address for a TV Crew to personally deliver a check for $985,000. He asked if I wanted it kept confidential. He gave me a prize confirmation number. He told me to buy a Vanilla card for $300. He told me to buy it from Walmart or a convenience store. He gave me a prize confirmation number. I was on the phone for 30 minutes.

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They came to my house and took 500 dollars away from saying I need to pay taxes on a brand new car that was supposed to be gifted to me and 2.4 million dollars as my prize. They will not refund my money nor will they give me my prizes. They lied straight to my face ! It's the fact that they came to my house to take my money! His name is Carlton . That may not even be a real number

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Entered by ScamPulse.com Staff - 11-15-21 - LJ

I received a mailing from Publishers Clearing House. A $5000 check was enclosed in the mailing. There is an Ontario Canada phone number on the mailing. 365-998-8318. I did not deposit the check.

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i have been scammed by them before. becareful

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Caller said I had won money. Just need to go to the bank get money and mail it to them. RIGHT!!!!

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I got a phone call from Publisher's Clearing House. They asked for a Vanilla Card. They said they needed the card due to the corona virus. I had to mail them through FedEx. I had to send a check for $1,400. They told me not to sign the check.

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My mother needed to pay $2419.23 to win 5.5 million and Mercedes Benz car. Person on phone said name was Edward Cooper.

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Got a call on my mobile phone from a male with an accent telling me I won 8.5 million dollars and a 2021 Mercedes. Stated he was calling from Publishers Clearing House. He had my old address.He stated his name was Mr. John Baker came in with listing of New York #929-256-6994. He then told me to call Bank of America Escrow #877-404-2319. He then gave me an escrow account number and PIN number. He stated it would be an automated message that would ask for those numbers. He then told me to call him back but didn’t say why. I didn’t call and while I am writing this complaint my mobile phone has rung with the same New York number. I will not answer again.

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They said I won $7.5 million and a Mercedez but that I had to pay $400 in gift cards to receive it. I said hell no and hung up.

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I received a call saying that I had won $135 Million in sweepstakes that included a car. I had to pay $2100 in a Vanilla Gift Cards to cover my fees. Mr. Steve said that I would receive my winnings once I paid them.

Mrs. Mary said she was an attorney and I had to pay them for winnings and I sent her $700 for my winnings in gift cards

I now have a different Mary trying to get me to send her money who claims I have winnings.

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By phone call i was told that i had won a car and a large amount of money . i was to put 500.00 on 2 different cards which i stupidly did. Then after that i was to put 2000.00 on another card . i did not do any more money . something told me not to . i tryed to get my money back and they had already took the money.

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Someone call me left a number on my voice mail and said I won 3.5 million dollars

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Received a phone call September 27 stating they were publishers clearing House and we had won $3.5 million Along with a 2020 Mercedes-Benz color of our choice and $7000 a week for life asked us to call ************  to claim our prize. It is known that publishers clearing House only notifies winners by Mail or in person do not fall for this scam

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These people called me and said that I had won the prize. I have participated, but never expected to win. I have bought their products, too. They wanted to come to my house.

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