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Was told she won 2.5 million from publishers clearing house. To recieve winnings she had to pay the taxes which was $2500.00 Dollars.

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- Eugene, OR, USA
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I have been contacted by Michael Washington to say I won $2.5 million US dollars. 2nd prize in s Publishers Clearinghouse contest . I don’t recall purchasing any products from them in years. Caller is calling from Jamaica. I hung up and have not responded to three more calls from him.

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- Hazlehurst, MS, USA
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So this guy portraying to be Dave Sayer called stating I won a new car from a Mercedes dealership and 1.2 million from Publishers clearing house. He wanted me to pay $500 in processing fees and he would bring my new car and check to my home. He knew the address. As I gave him the runaround he continue to get aggravated and he offered to meet me at my bank to get the $500 when I told him my bank is not in town he suggested I get a debit card from Walmart. When I refused to do so he became more and more agitated. I confronted him about him being a scam and he got angry and kept calling even though I told him do not call my house again he repeatedly called six or seven times in a row. I’m really worried because he had personal information that no one should’ve had. I called my local sheriffs department and I contacted the dealership. I told him to email me some type of proof that I was a winner and he emailed me a bunch of junk that looked homemade but using someone else’s passport as identification. If you would like to call me I have that saved and I will be glad to help you catch these people. I really do hope that you guys can put a stop to these clowns portraying to be something they’re not. People work hard for their money and it should not be stolen by thieves with broken promises. I’m just thankful they called me instead of some elderly woman that did not know better. ************  if you have any questions

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- Hattiesburg, MS, USA
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The person had a foreign accent . After I asked how he got my number and threatened to turn him in to the ScamPulse.com he replied with a degrading sexual threat to me so I immediately hung up the phone. These people must be stopped . They are disgusting!

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Business called and stated that they were from Publishers Clearing House. They wanted me to go to Wal-Mart and send them $499.00 and once she sent them the money they would send the prize patrol to her house. He even stated that he would stay on the phone with her while she went to Walmart and give her instructions once she got there. They called from 876-476-7773 and stated that his name was Alexander Blown.

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- Mccall, ID, USA
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They ask that you pay delivery fee

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I was scammed out of 1500. for taxes on prizes I supposedly won. They still call daily. Very persistent.

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- Naples, ID, USA
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They called and said we had won a prize from Publisher's Clearing House and wanted to confirm a few things. They even knew what our home address was without us providing it to them.

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Called and said I won 5.7 million and they put it in an account for me and all I have to do is get 2 gift cards worth $900 total in order to access this account

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- Grand Prairie, TX, USA
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I got a call from someone saying I won $1.5 Million, but I needed to buy a $499 gift card and give it to them when they arrive.

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His name is Jack Freeman from PCH and his badge number is 7889jf

with confirmation number 8910394286

He wanted me to open a bank account and give him the account number so he would send me $5 million dollars. I was not to tell anybody and my winnings would be private.

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- Wichita Falls, TX, USA
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I got a call saying that I won $4 million and that I needed to pay $1,000 fee to get the money. They wanted me to go to the bank or go by credit cards and I was supposed to give it to them when they pull up.

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A male called and asked if I knew anything about Publishing clearing house, for I had won 3 million dollars and a new car plus a 1000 cash. I was to go to walmart and buy several cards aat 5 hundred dollars and keep them in my care. That when I told him it sounded like a scam and he gave me the above number to can and check it out, however I did not. He keeps callsing back at a number that come up private. That is when I called the ScamPulse.com here in town and they told me it was a scam.

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- Madison, WI, USA
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The person told me I had won 2nd place in the Publisher’s Clearinghouse Sweepstakes, and that I would be receiving $3.5M and a new Mercedes Benz, and i would start receiving payments this Friday of $5000/week until i received the entire amount.

He told me that his name was Micheal Andersos, and that he and Debra Holland would arrive this afternoon with a big Clearinghouse check, and that he would stand on the left and i on the right, and Debra would take a picture for publication. He gave me his badge number of 840321US. He told me they would have a box to give me and that after they presented me with the check they would escort me to the bank.

They proceeded to ask me who i wanted as a beneficiary for the money if anything happened to me, what color car i wanted, whether i was a US citizen, over age 50, marital status.

Then he wanted to let me know the requirements expected for when they arrived. I was to have 2 - $500 VISA gift cards, which would be exchanged hand-to-hand for the package they were bringing. At this point i hung up the phone.

He called back, and i rejected the call.

He called a third time and told me we must have been cut off. I said “No, i hung up on you!”

He said “Aren’t you interested?”

I said “ No, I’m not an [censored]!”

He hung up on me.

Five minutes later i thought to myself that i should have told him I’d have the gift cards and then called the police to apprehend them when they arrived. Hindsight! Could have gotten them off the street.

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- Schenectady, NY, USA
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Allegedly Publisher Clearing House contact me and advised I won 5 1/2 million dollars and new car but you had to send $900.00 processing fee

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- Wichita Falls, TX, USA
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They called and told me I won 3.5 million dollars and that I would get $7k a week for one year. They told me to go Walmart to get some gift cards, one vanilla debit visa card. Walmart was out. I went to Walgreens for an Amazon gfit card and they said it might be a scam. Then I went to CVS and found the Vanilla card.

Then they wanted me to go send cash via FedEx in a magazine but FedEx said they couldn't send cash when i asked them.

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- Mc Leansville, NC, USA
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Phone call: won prize worth millions plus expensive car. Cautious but curious of possibility. Led around to request for bank info to deposit checks (got nothing, accounts blocked). Wanted to prepay taxes on winnings. wanted to pay taxes in cash. No way does the IRS want taxes in advance nor do they want cash. Stayed on phone, constantly asking questions and praising winning prizes. The chatter keeps their victim from thinking deeply enough to realize something is wrong. Even wanted to stay on the phone while going to the bank as well as while in the bank. After blocking bank accounts, hung up. Kept calling over 12 times. Left voice mail - they were so close to making it.

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A male identifying himself as David Goodman from Publisher's Clearing House called Saturday morning 8.26.2020 at 10:30. He told me I had won the PCH sweepstakes prize of 3.5 million dollars plus a 2020 Mercedes-Benz (pearl white). Prizes would be delivered to me either privately or if I chose, publicly with balloons and announcer on camera at 3:30 Saturday afternoon. [ I chose the publicity with balloons, lots of balloons. ]

Caller then informed me I would have to pay the taxes on my winnings before prizes could be awarded. He stated on that amount, taxes would be about $10,000 to $20,000. Caller told me to go to my bank and open a new account into which my winnings could be deposited in order for taxes to be withdrawn. He gave me a code number and a 4 digit PIN and told me to keep all of this to myself and not to tell anyone about it.

I told caller I would have to go to bank which closes at noon on Saturdays and it would take at least an hour to do that. Caller said " Go ahead and do that, I'll stay on the line until you return." I told the caller "no, you call me back in an hour." He agreed and I hung up.

Seven minutes later, David Goodman called again and asked if I had opened the new account yet. I just told him no, the bank was closed and it would not be open until Monday. Caller then told me he had to work on Sunday and he would check back with me then. I said that would be fine and we hung up.

No call on Sunday.

10:00 Monday morning, David Goodman called again and asked if I had opened the new account yet. I told him no because I needed a ride to bank. Caller called back 3 times after that but we did not answer.

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We received a message on our phone saying this company had been trying to reach us to claim our winnings. I called the number they left, and the person I talked to said that my mother won the publisher clearing house sweepstakes worth $2.5 million and she would receive $7000 a week. They gave me the winning confirmation, and then on a blank paper I was supposed to put her contact information and the winning number to confirm it was me. I was then supposed to use UPS and overnight $799.34 to cover taxes for the FDIC. I didn't believe them so I wanted to verify what they said. My mother also has dementia and I was concerned they were trying to take advantage of her. They called me several times to see when I was sending the money and also that Wednesday was my deadline before the offer expires. (Entered by MS re: story given by the victim's daughter.)

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David Howard from PCH called at 915 am confirmation number 771490882US

ID number 1137711045 US

Is this legit?

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