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Called 7:30 AM to my elderly mother-in-law claiming her husband had won the publishing clearing house sweepstakes and wanted to know if they wanted keep it quiet or allow them to go public. He asked if they had a checking account and if they were retired. She gave no bank info but did provide him their names. He left a phone number as my father in law was asleep and she was instructed to ask him about going public or not. She then called me and I did a reverse look up on the number and found it has happened to others also early in the morning. The number he left to get back in touch was 747-200-4370

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A guy claiming to be Mr. Dan Sherman from Publisher Clearing House stating I have won $2.5 and a brand new BMW. Tried to get me to western union $700 to someone named Stephanie Spence in Jamcica, WI. As per the IRS requirements to receive the prizes.

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I was contacted by a man calling from a phone # 1 (876) 296-1648 - JAMAICA # -  claiming to be "Johnny Green" a publishers clearing house representative saying I had won $2.5 million dollars and a bonus prize of $2,000 a week for life. He asked that I give $485 for a legalization fee that would be reimbursed to me, he said he would need that in order to approve and send the prize patrol to my residence. I informed him not I or anyone would be giving him any money without some form of documentation first. he continued to attempt to have me send money via western union regarding a legal fee needed by the state of Wisconsin to legalize the money I would have won. I told him absolutely not at which time he hung up on me. I called him back and it went to a voicemail that only said what number I was calling and not a business or anything identifying the owner of that number, I called back again and he answered this time identifying himself as PCH representative Mr. Green. I told him I was going to report him and asked for his supervisor or some kind of PCH number to call to confirm who he was. He told me at that time he had to go to the bathroom, I said then transfer me to another representative or I would call the authorities, he then began to insult me and became agitated and swearing and insulting me before hanging up.

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I was called from a unknown phone # 1-876-459-4049 and was told that I was a winner from publisher clearing house. and that the call was being monitored by the federal gov. when i stated my concern about a scam or fraud the caller said that i did not want my money and hung up on me.

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- Gordon, GA, USA
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Claim to be PCH. Said I won 800,00.00 and they said how do you feel about that, when I said if it doesn't cost me anything I like it, they hung up.

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Won 8.5 million in the Publisher's Clearing house. They called and wanted all by banking information including routing numbers. When I would ask their name, I was told I would get something in the mail with the information. They called 5-6 times and I would not give them any of my information.

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- Wichita Falls, TX, USA
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caller said that PCH is going to deliver $850,000 certified cashiers check today and a mercedes but they cannot deliver until they get $750.99 wired to them to pay the taxes on the prizes 

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I sent 400.00 to these people pretending to be Publishers Clearing House. I needed to send them money in order to collect my prize of over million dollars.

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- Ruston, LA, USA
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Phone call from Jamaica -identified origin phone number 876-801-5870, pretending to be a representative of Publisher's Clearinghouse. First call they used a caller ID block, but then called back and forgot to block their country of origin.

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- Hartford, WI, USA
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I rec'd a call from David Washington, 876-884-9354 about winning from Publishers Clearing House. He wanted me to send $350 to Michael Christman 40 East 300 St, Orangeville, UT. I know Publishers Clearing House does not operate this way so wanted to pass along the information I rec'd. I will not be sending money but you may want to check our the address or phone number.

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my mother in Wisconsin received a call today-Saturday 3/12/16. She was told she had won $5 million, first a ups truck was going to deliver a large check for $5000 today with a representative to take her to the bank to deposit the 2nd check. She told them the bank was closed today, they said no problem just call 717 447-8664 in Harrisburg, Pa. Then they gave her a claim #RJ7_____. She was told they would then be able to wire the check to her bank. I tracked the phone # 717447-8664 to an address on chestnut st in Lewisburg Pa. 17044. the google satellite shows a delapidated store front next to a VFW POST #7011. So then I called the number that she was told to call, a man with a foreign accent answered. I asked where and how to send money to get my big check, He said western union- then paused and hung up. Thank you for giving us this site to report this.

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- Stoughton, WI, USA
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Got a call from publishers clearing house. The call was from a 876 area code. Said I won a prize and wanted to bring it to my house. They had my address and all I needed was an ID card.

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referred to publishersclearing house-said they were from fraud protection dept...name-abigail banks ..for me to rec 1.5 million dollars, asked verification for bank, then said frederal reserve will call to confirm. i asked questions, said this was guaranteed and was stupid to give them my drivers lic, last 4 numbers of my soc. sec., husband was listening and said okay...stupid i know. im mediatedly call bank, chase - jp morgen, gave her phone number...took her 12min...but said number was in -valid as fraud protection- they put a stop on my savings and i am going in to get a new account. mean while they called 3 times-number is 917-268-5545.

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- Toppenish, WA, USA
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Said the consumer won. $489.000

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Bill Morgan, publishers clearing house, phone #876-853-5729, wants money from moneygram @ Walmart to claim $ 955,000.

Call in morning of, Feburary 5th 2016

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- Jupiter, FL, USA
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Call by Tony Anderson ? 1 876 894 0847 publishers clearing house

He said I won 2.1 million and 2016 Mercedea confirm # 011442578 code license plate # 2507GB

He said i had to send check for $496 to get above he also said it's not a scam

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My 85 year old mother received a phone call saying that she won the Publishers Clearing House for $1,500,000. Then she was asked if she received the letter. She hadn't gone down to get her mail for a few days, so she didn't see it. She believed it was a scam, so she said give the money to charity.

However, when she got the mail, she found a letter with her name and address (see attached) That's when she believed it was real.

She called the person back and was told the check might have been destroyed, but he would do what he could do to help her. Also, she should not show the letter to anyone. She was told that she needed a tax person before claiming the money. He could arrange a tax person and she would retain more of the money, than if she got her own tax person. He also wanted to know how much money she had. She said just enough for her rent and funeral.

I went to her house, looked at the letter and knew immediately that it was a scam. Envelope had no return address, stamp came from Canada. No Publishers Clearing House logo. When I called the number, there was an answering machine. I hung up and contacted Publishers Clearing House and they confirmed the scam.

I called the number back and said do not call (used my mother's name) back because it was a fraud and it was being investigated. The person still called my mother. She told "Chris" that she knew it was a scam and hung up.

If I hadn't intervened, my mother was going to move forward with this scam.

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- Park City, MT, USA
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Phone call from Jamaica saying I won the publishers clearing house sweepstakes. 1 million dollars, $5,000 a month for the rest of your life. Also included was a brand new truck. Insurance fully paid for 1 year. They had me right down a bunch of confirmation codes, saying that they would stay on line till I had the money in my hand. They then had me drive to a walmart or wal greens once there, they wanted me to go in and get a form to wire them money so they could verify for tax purposes. At that point I called the ScamPulse.com. They informed me it was a scam. When I got back on the line with the guy, he had hung up. They insisted while they were on the phone, that the ScamPulse.com was on the phone with them. When I asked to speak to them, they pretended to transfer me. The guy that picked up sounded like the same guy I had just spoken to. After I questioned the legitimacy of it, he told me to go to a K-mart and buy a G.P.S., not really sure why.

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Publishers Clearing House convince my elderly father that he was in the top 50 numbers who could possibly win a million dollars. They were able to convince him to allow them to pull automatic payments from his checking account. Overall in 2015, he paid them over $1000.

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- Fallston, MD, USA
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I have been contacted by an individual named John Miller claiming to be the CEO of Publisher's Clearing House. I have been entering into the sweepstakes weekly and John stated that I won the 550,000 prize and the Truck. I was asked to provide a $369.95 cashier's check made payable to Vera Middleton and sent to 597 Marion Church Road, Salters, SC 29590. I was told a cop and two other individuals would be present to deliver the truck and the prize money. I told them I would give them the money in person when both prizes were awarded. They said that was not satisfactory and I immediately hung up the phone.

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