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- Columbus, OH, USA
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I got a call from Michael Freeman. He said he worked for UPS. He said I had won the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes. He said I won $1.8 million and a new Mercedes Benz. He said he'd been trying to deliver it to me but hasn't been able to. He said he would deliver the money to me in a couple of hours. I asked where he was, and he answered California. He gave me a claim number, package number and badge number. He asked if I was married. He asked whether I wanted it to be public or confidential. He asked for my mom's and dad's names, which I gave him. I told him where I banked, then he said he needed my bank account and routing numbers, which I didn't give him. He had an accent.

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- Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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A James Collins called me saying he was with the Publisher's Clearing House and that I had won 18.5 million dollars. He was trying to get me to buy prepaid Visa gift cards and give them the number in order to receive my reward. That's when I knew it was a scam.

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They said that he won money but they wanted him to get a visa card for taxes

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- Wichita, KS, USA
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said publishers clearinghouse sent me notification in the mail and i didnt respond to it and wanted to know why i didnt respond. Told them i didnt know there was anything like that from them. David Wade is the mans name and claims he works for Consumer Protection Agency in New York, NY. Also gave me a claim number. I had to call a different number to find out what i needed to do which i called and it was Publishers Clearinghouse but then they told me that my $1.5 million check was sent to Brinks Security in New York because i didnt send the notification form back. In the meantime Brinks Security (supposedly) called me and said i had to pay $998 which is refundable so they could get the check to my state. All federal and state taxes were paid out of the 1.5 mil check. They said when they delivered the check to my house i would receive 2 checks. 1 for $1.5 million and 1 for $998.

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Very elaborate presentation and very believable Said I had won a prize and then went through a presentation about getting verified and the final thing to get my winning confirmation numbers I needed to go to Walmart and buy a onevanilla gift card for two hundred dollars to get my numbers and validation from the IRS.

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- Mc Gregor, TX, USA
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Today I received a call from a man claiming to be from Publishers Clearing House. Hi phone number was 855-202-2461. He indicated I had won $2.5 million dollars and wanted to know my bank account number so they could wire the money. I said "that doesn't sound legitimate" and he hung up. Obviously a scam.

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I received a call from a man with a heavy accent claiming to be from Publishers Clearing House, stating I had won 2.5 million dollars, a brand new 2020 Mercedes, and $1000 a week for life. He then asked me how I felt to have won, to which I questioned the validity of the call. He asked me to grab a pen and paper to write down his "badge number" and my "confirmation number". He then reiterated all of the winnings, gave me his name, Mr. Jim White, his badge number 1130USA, and a confirmation number. At this point I had looked up the area code of the call and found it was from Jamaica. When I asked him why his area code was from Jamaica, and what website could I visit to verify his ID. He hung up. I called back, and asked how to verify his info, he ask me to go to a CVS and make purchases to verify our prizes, at which point we called him out as a scammer, he told us F you, and hung up again.

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I received a call from an Albert Johnson claimed that I won a life time prize including a Mercedes Benz and he would come to my residence with his driver. They would escort me to the bank and give me the check and I would give the driver $497 as his reward. I played along for a while sayin g that I had to wait for my bodyguard to come before I meet with him. I I finally told him that his time as a scammer is coming to an end because he has people looking for him who will do unprintable things to him and his family. Turning the tables on him unnerves him.
I write and lecture on scams.

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Scammer called and claimed I won $3.5 million, $7000/week for life, and a new car. He knew my name and address. He wanted me to stay on the line as he gave instructions to go to a Dollar General and complete a $500 registration. He claimed I would then be able to pick up $7000 at the bank in Walmart. I hung up.

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- Chico, CA, USA
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Was called by someone claiming to be David White(Indian Accent) from Publishers Clearing House saying I won 2.5 million dollars. Wanting me to go to walgreens or CVS Pharmacy and buy $300 gift certificate and send them card# and pin. Call was from phone #(530) 429-9750

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- Chewelah, WA, USA
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He called and said he was from publisher's clearing house. He then asked if I had ever entered that sweepstakes. I said yes and he asked me the name that I used to sign up. At first I gave him the name of my dead grandfather. He said that he was calling to let me know I had won a large sum of money. He then started asking questions like how do deal about becoming a winner of the sweepstakes? Good I told him. After a couple more like that he asked for the pronunciation of my name. So this time I made up a completely different fake name. He put me on hold, then he came back and said he had an important fax come in he had to deal with and instead of keeping me on hold for a long time he would hang up and call me back. When he called me back he said that it was 5.9 million dollars that I had won. He then started up with the fake interview questions again " what are you planning to do with the money?" "This is enough money you will never have to work again!" He then asked me who I banked with. I told him the bank name and he must have figured a little about where I am from the area code and he started naming some of the branches open in the town I was in. Then he asked me if I had ever used a gift card before. I said yeah, Amazon. "For how much?" $5. He then switched back to my bank account. "How much money is available in your count today?" I say - not very much, tomorrow is pay day for me and I am pretty broke right now. He then asked my job. I told him I was on disability. He then says "You know that after winning this money you will not be eligible to collect social security anymore. (Which I believe is true because that is a need based program, if I actually had 5.9 million dollars I would have no need for the help anymore. So now he asks me if I had anyone in my life that would loan me $1,000 if I needed it, my parents maybe. I told him yeah, my parents would loan me that much if I needed it. He says we'll you will be able to pay them back twice that after the money is available for you to withdraw. He then asked me how long it would take to get that. I was in my car and had told him that already so I told him it would take me an hour to get back home and get that. He then said something really strange. He asked if I could lie to my parents about what I needed the money for, saying that my business is my business and that theirs is theirs. Then saying "and I want it to be a surprise when you have twice their money back and you can tell them you won 5.9 million. Then fake questions again "how will your parents feel knowing their son is a millionaire? So he tells me he will call back in an hour after I get that money. While waiting I pick my wife up from work and tell her the whole scheme and what he has been saying to me. She immediately points out it's a scam and I agree with her. I tell her he's calling back soon and we come up with this. When he calls back and asks if I have the money yet I told him I didn't have to borrow it from my parents because my wife had just cashed her check and she gave me the money. She wants to talk to you really quick though and I hand her the phone. He gets on with her and says "how does it feel to know that he just won 5.9 million dollars? You can both retire now! So my wife says " look we are not stupid we know this is a scam, next you'll be asking for his bank information and account number so you can steal it. He says " no we are not a scam, I am not asking for any personal information from him. So see, he is protected this is all good. Ok, so how do we get the 5.9 mill then. "Have you ever used gift cards?" He asks, " He needs to take the $1,000 you gave him and buy a gift card. We will use this gift card to prove that he has the capability to withdraw a large amount of money. We want to be sure that he can take the funds out of the bank as soon as it is available today....... "Ok, well we're not doing that so goodbye." Then hung up on him. One of the things that helped us spot it was no good was how he didn't want me to tell my parents the truth about why I needed the money, wanting it to be a surprise for them to find out I was rich!!

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The caller stated thst he was from The Publishers Clearing House and you are the winner of $ 2.5 million plus a 2021 Mecedes Benz automobile. The catch is they ask your age (are you older than 65 years old), then you get the verbage about paying taxes on the winnings ($2500) and they also wanted to know when you where in the car to go and get the money. All of this happened to an elderly lady in her twilight years of her life.

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- San Diego, CA, USA
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Caller stated I won 3 million dollars and a Mercedes Benz. Wanted to schedule a delivery of prizes and was adamant this was not a scam.

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- Lumberton, NC, USA
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Phone rang and I answered caller ID said Jamaica, this man said hello and said his name was John(can't remember his last name). Then he said he was calling from Publishing Clearinghouse, spoke for a minute and then he asked if I had ever got a call from PCH, I said yes and it was a scam, he got angry when I said that you shouldn't have to pay for something that PCH has said that you won, like the lottery you pay the taxes after you win and they take it out of the check. Then John got really angry and started using very ugly CURSE WORDS and they were some of the worse CURSE WORDS I have ever heard. I want to know why someone can't stop these people from harassing good citizens, I don't have a phone just so some bad people can call my phone and talk like that to me.

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- Grove City, OH, USA
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I'm 89 years old. I never answer the phone, I just listen to voice mails. Today, I got a message from a foreign man who I can't understand, but he said something about Publisher's Clearing House and $5 million. He said to call him back at 518-497-5366.

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- Oak Ridge, TN, USA
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Phone call with a ID from jamaica called and clamed to be in jericho NY, and with publishers clearing how, they told me i won and gave me a fake claim number and told me to call a number that didnt match the website, after calling them out on it they just hung up and blocked my number as i couldnt call them back for more info on them. the number they gave me is just an extension from this number split by a business setup, it goes to the same building, they ask fow a down payment for delivery of the "check" i couldnt help but laugh.

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- Canyon, TX, USA
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I received a call from Andrew Anderson badge number 422 with an Indian accent called and said I won $2.7 million with the Publishers Clearing House and I should have gotten a golden ticket in the mail.; and I needed to go to the post office and get a money order for $500 and send it to Kathy Carpenter in trackable mail to 550 Huion Rd New Topal 36352 and put reference number 9090244449. He said he was going to call me back so I could give him the tracking number. When he told me to send him money I knew it was a scam. When he called me back I told him I couldn't find the tracking number it must have flew out the window. He called me back a couple more times and was angry with me because I didn't have the tracking number. I haven't played Publishers Clearing House in years.

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An Iranian sounding man claiming to be with Publishers Clearing house contacted my 72 year old Mother saying she won a car and needed to send him money via prepaid money cards and kept calling making sure she was alone in a room by herself when he would talk to her and convinced her to send him $360 via the cards before my brother found out and unplugged the land line.

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- Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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A man named Goldberg keeps calling me saying I won a sweepstakes, but that I need to buy an Amazon gift card for them first to redeem my prize.

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Called saying won publishers clearing house to purchase 2

visa gift cards 1 for $199.00 2 for $100.00 and said to pay 1% of taxes. The total was $1450.00 we were to direct deposit into bank of America. After talking to bank and police we figured out it was a scam. They started spending the money on visas but we quickly recovered them.

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