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My husband got a computer generated voice message on his phone to tell him he won the Publisher's Clearing House Sweepstakes. They gave him a phone number to call and claim his award. He did NOT call them back.

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- Albuquerque, NM, USA
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Bryan calls and said this is the publishers clearing house and you have won the prize

He called my husband yesterday with the same lines

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- Gilbert, AZ, USA
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Received call from a John Cooper ID Badge #JC2525 who passed me to a Bob Chase stating I had won $785000 and $7000/wk for life

and that money would come from Bank of America (asked if I had an account with Bank of America)

In addition they said I won a 2019 Mercedes Benz Convertible which would be delivered to me via UPS Package Code 990085

When I said this sounded like a scam they hung up

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- Thayer, MO, USA
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"David Brown" called and said that I had won the publisher's clearing house contest. He called my wife's cell phone. And he texted that number too. He provided his badge number, a confirmation code, a tracking number, and a call back number. He went through the entire speech, 3.5 million dollars, I could pick out the type of Mercedes I wanted. He asked if I wanted the presentation to be public or private and he said it should private so no one would rob me.

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- Wichita Falls, TX, USA
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received a call and one man called 3 times and I didn't believe him and so he told me to call the number to tell me what I had won so I called and it says its a secure number and the line hangs up so the man said he will have them called me. They said I was going to get $5 million and a new mercedes and they needed money for shipping. So I said that I would pay it when I see the car in my driveway and the money is in my hand so they hung up.

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- Silver Spring, MD, USA
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Enclosed are papers from scam artists. I had ignored or trashed them. I was so excited, because I thought I had won enough money to repair our church in VA. We need a lot of money for repairs its only about 22 of us. None are rich. The letter came from publishers clearing house, so I thought . I have entered so many contests from them (PCH). I sure hope you will be able to find a way to warn seniors and other citizens so they won't get caught up in this scam.It was not until I had given out some important information that it sank into my head that I was being scammed.

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Jimmy Johnson from Publishers Clearinghouse (not) advised me of an $850k prize. I was to first mail $3,500 to Merchandise Bank attn: Raymond Frank. I refused. Then I was to wire the funds to him through Walmart. He called 6 times trying to get us to mail the money!!

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- Gaffney, SC, USA
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“Carter Benjamin”called claiming to be from the confirmation office of the Publishers clearing house saying I won $2.8 million and a new Mercedes Benze. he said all I needed to pay was taxes. I needed to go to Walmart or a bank or something and get a gift card for $348 dollars and give him the number.

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On August 2, 2019 I was contacted by a man who claims to be a PCH rep. He said his name is George Gibson. He went on to ask if I had entered a PCH sweepstakes several months previous. And I had so I kept talking to him. He told me I had won the sweepstake months before but they had not been able to contact me and I should have gotten my winnings back at that time. He went on to say I had won 3 million, 5,0000 a month for life and a Mercedes Benz as well. I have all this on a text from him. He kept in contact on a daily basis except Sunday's. I have the numerous number of calls he made to me. He gave me a #, that was to Bank of America and an account # so that I could hear of all the large amounts of payments going out. So a few days after that he wants me to send his "accountant" my bank info which was to be a blank check and he wanted me to write a letter asking them not to cash my check saying it was only for bank purposes. I told him I did not use checks but I did get him a statement signed by the bank manager with my info on it and he asked me to send it overnight ($25), to send a letter. So days go on and he calls to tell me they were going shopping for the car I was going to get.I said I wanted an SUV, so he sent me many pics of Mercedes-Benz dealerships, also many pics of different SUVs and told me to pick one so I did. A few days later he calls with a date that the Prize Patrol would be coming to my town to do a taped presentation that would be aired. It was set for Sept 13, a few days later I received a personal check addressed to me but with another name. He said the accountant had made a mistake so he said to send the check back but he texted me a different address to send it back to, 21-AWest Broad Street, Burlington, NJ, 08016. So a few days later he sends me another personal check for 6,000 claiming it was for the IRS taxes. Also he changed the presentation date to the 18th of Sept. due to the check mix-up. When I got the check he said to deposit it to my account. My bank put a 7day hold on it. After the second da= he said to ask them if I could get out 2,000 they said no so he asked if I could borrow it from someone and when the check clearedI could pay it back and I told him no. I told him that I would get the cashed turned into a cashiers check when it cleared made out to the IRS. That's what the check had been sent for me to do. He wanted me to get the cash out and he would send me a text where to send it to. The checked bounced after the third day. Which was the 13th of Sept, that was the last I heard from him. He put a block on both of the phone numbers that he had given me to contact him. And when I called the Bank of America #, it was disconnected. I had my daughter call his numbers and her call went thru but all we got was a voice mail saying "This is George Gibson from PCH, please leave a message ". So I know he's moved on to trick the next person. I have pictures lots of them, texts , pics of the checks and the addressed envelopes , pics of the certificates with my name on them saying what I won, pics of the different SUVs he was sending for me too choose the one I wanted. I am cry devastated and distraught, hurt me to the core of my soul over this. Being tricked lol this especially when one needs money hurts. I will be willing to show all the information I have to the news if it helps to catch this guy.

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- Archer City, TX, USA
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caller said that he was with publishers clearing house and I am not sure if you remember signing up or not but you have won $35,000 dollars and they were on the way to my house about 35 minutes away and he told me to call that number-i didn't call it-then the phone rang again and he asked why i have not called the manager yet and he said I better hurry because we are on our way we hung up and he called back again he said are you gonna call and I said I had the sheriff on the other line and he hung up

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- Orlando, FL, USA
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The gentleman called me at 9:00 pm at night on 09-06-19 and advised that he was with Publisher Clearing House and that I had won 7.5 million dollars and a 2019 Ford Explorer. He stated that I would need to go to the bank and get $2,500.00 first thing Saturday morning on 09-07-19 and get the money in the form of a cashiers check. That I would need to mail it to him send to the following address: Shanice Davis 306 Meadows Court Apt 136 D Daytona Beach, Florida 32114. I asked why I would need to send it to this address if he was with Publisher Clearing House. He advised that no one would mess with the money that I would be sending him to the Florida address but him. He then put me on hold and I heard a lot of people in the background speaking in another language. When I asked him why they were speaking in another language he advised that they were having a meeting. I told him that I knew it was a scam and I would be reporting him to the BBB and also the local authorities.

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Was called and told that I have won 2.5 million , 50,000 dollars and a new Mercedes.

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- Olympia, WA, USA
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I received a letter stating that I had won 600,000.00. It said that I had 5 business days to contact their branch office immediately at (1-917-775-8062) and speak with my claim agent(Danny Clark) I received a check in the amount of 8,697.50 to assist with out of pocket expenses. which include customs taxes and processing fees. It was signed by Deborah Holland

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I am the Sheriff of Dodge County Wisconsin. I received a report of an individual who was trying to scam an elderly woman with the publisher's clearing house scam saying she needed to pay taxes before she could get her reward. I called the number and spoke to the scammer "John Carpenter" for about 10 minutes. During that time he admitted that he takes from the rich and gives to the poor. He has since called my office phone number back twice. The phone number is still active which is surprising as after my phone call the number was turned off briefly. I do not have the resources to investigate this scam further, but am hopeful that you may be able to take action.

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- Barberton, OH, USA
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Received a phone call that said we were winners of a Senior Citizens sweepstakes drawing. We returned the call and were asked some general questions - marital status, retired, etc. They asked us our e-mail address which we considered non harmful and then they sent us an affidavit to complete asking if we were USA citizens , over the age of 65, marital status, ever been arrested, filed for bankruptcy and if we wanted the money presented and published or kept private. THAT IS WHEN WE CALLED THE ScamPulse.com AND OUR SCAM SENSE WAS VALIDATED BY THE BBB.

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- Henrietta, TX, USA
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I got a call from someone and they asked if I heard of publishers clearing house and they were in town ready to deliver the prize and all had to do was go to the post office and get a money order for $874.21 to cover the income tax for this year. You were to come back home if i can figure out if I can get the money and they will meet me from the house and you had won $7000 per week for life and million and my bonus prize was a Mercedes.

They were coming in a black limo and the tow truck would bring the car along with a UPS.

I told them I would check to see if I could get the money and he said if I could get $274 then one of their sponsors is a finance company and I could pay out the remaining amount with no interest.

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July 15,2019 my husband received a text message from David binks, implying from Publishers Clearing House and that he had won $250,000; and needed to transfer immediately $3500.00 to cover taxes and processing. He did not give an address where to send the money at that time, said he would tell when the money was ready to send.

He continued texting back several times daily, asking if the money was ready to send.

On July 18th; he texted again with the instructions; send cash or cashiers check to Thomas Maurice Edah; 10111 Bissonnet Street; Apt 268; Houston, TX 77036. Said to be sure to take a picture of the cash, or the cashier check receipt & text to him before mailing. He stated that it was urgent that the money was sent that day as "The Security Patrol" was ready to deliver his winnings. I phoned Publishers Clearing House to talk to them about it, and they said they never asked for money upfront, I did fill out a scam report on the form they emailed to us. We never sent him any money. However, I think we have finally gotten rid of him; but wanted you to know about this.

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Received an envelope, with no return address, stating that I supposedly have won 450 thousand dollars, and must call before I deposit the $7,600.00 check enclosed, which is intended to cover legal and administrative fees and taxes. What a deal!

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Received a scam call from Public Clearing House on both my office phone number and home phone. They claimed that I won a $10,000,000 prize and to cover the taxes and processing I would need to wire $499.00 to a person named John. I immediately called BBB to report the caller.

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- Muncie, IN, USA
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Someone called me about 2 1/2 months ago saying I had won 2.5 million dollars and a new Mercedes. They said I had to pay a $640 delivery fee. I wasn't too sure about it so I let it go. They called back this week to say they had held me winnings for me to give me time to come up with the money, but that it had gone up to $2,400 because now they had to insure the winnings. I did some research online and saw how if you are asked to pay anything in order to get something you have won, it's a scam. I then called BBB who confirmed that.

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