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- Fort Worth, TX, USA

Scammer said I won 1.5 million dollars and a Mercedes Benz. I.had to pay the government $300 before I can get my prize. I told him I did not have $300. He said if I did not believe him, he would the Sheriff to call me. His name was David Dawyer out of Las Vegas.

said my mom had won publisher clearing house and would be here tomorrow to give to her

- Abilene, TX, USA

Received fake communication from PCH & IRS stating won prize and owe taxes.

- Winston Salem, NC, USA

PCH mailed a notification of second place winning of $450,000 and enclosed a check for $7,850. They asked to be called for instructions on claiming the prize. I called and was told to deposit the check and then call back. I deposited the check but it bounced. At this point my suspicions were confirmed that this was a hoax. I called back to see what further instructions they would give. I informed them the check had bounced and the representative seemed to not know what a bounced check was. After saying the check was not honored by their bank the rep hung up and did not answer any further calls.

My father-in-law got a call from Publishers Clearing House saying he'd won 2.8 million. He told my dad to go to Walmart or Post Office and buy a $350 Global Express Visa card. He said he would call back to get the numbers. He said they would send an escort to the house to take him to the bank with the check. He told him to keep it quiet because if people find out he has that kind of money they will rob him. They also gave him a tracking number. They told him he would get $10,000 a month. I called 701-343-1465 several times, and he answered. I asked if he was Dave Sawyer, he said yes, why are you calling, and I said because you called my father in law and said he won Publisher's Clearing House and I had questions. I also told him I was going to report him. He hung up. He didn't have any accent, he sounded like a middle age white guy. I work at Rite Aid and we have training to spot this kind fo scam.

Receiving Phone calls from two phones constantly that a claims attorney for PCH. are looking for me they give you claims number that they say is worth $4.6 million. Sounds Fishy to me... David Moore at # 1-518-267-7038 from Hudson NY, also A Paul Anderson #1-631-210-7877, They asked Name, address, phone, bank name, they wanted to go further I said no. Please e-mail me documents with PHC logos and signatures after investigating would return, Said they sent to my e-mail address, still never received, They have left many messages on my personal answering service, they are sure determined... Please advise asap. Leonard F Toepper

Publishers Clearing House, telephone number was blocked. Wanted a check for 5,000.00 to be picked up at my residence by Publishers Clearing House.

Received call that I won publishers clearing house and gave me a number to call. I called it and was directed to desk of mr Dan chopper. That said I won $20,500,000 ANd a new Mercedes and texted a photo of the car and a briefcase of money. They wanted me to go to a dollar store and pay an irs few of $200.32. I would need the receipt to give to the driver when he came with my car and money. Later he referred to the winning as $3,000,000. He asked for my address and also for my middle name which is a family name and not spelled like it sounds. He did not ask me for the spelling. He hung up after I said I was checking with the better business bureau.

- Newark, OH, USA

I got a call from Publisher's Clearing House. He said his name was James Lewis, there is distortion in his voice. He said I won $3.5 million and a 2020 GMC black pick up, and $5000 weekly for life. He gave me a badge number 0032ja, reference number 957608779 and ID number 7654397505. He asked if I wanted to keep it private or have it publicized. He told me I needed to pay $500 for an FDIC registration fee. He told me to go to the Post Office and mail a check. I told him I couldn't. He said I only have an hour to get the money.

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A foreign gentleman called stating that he was from Publisher's Clearing House stating that my Grandmother had won $5 million dollars. They asked her for all her personal information including name, address, social security number, and account numbers. He instructed her to go to her local dollar general and buy a Visa Vanilla card for $400 to receive her winnings. She gave them her prepaid debit card number and they used $400 off her card to pay for items online at Nordstroms.

- Tucson, AZ, USA

A person called claiming to be from Publishers Clearing House names Johnathan Harris and then transferred me to his supervisor David Wilber. They claim I won 800,000, 2019 Mercedes Benz, a year of free car insurance from Geico, and 8 months of gas. They asked me to pay a tax fee of $899 through paypal or a credit card.

Message said: they where with the Publishers Clearing House claims team and that's how they have your name and phone number.(No name was used) Said that: you have won $900,000.00 dollars along with other prizes. Your conformation number is 9475US and to call 1-800-475-5213. We did not call them, just wanted to report it to someone and found this ScamPulse.com info on the web. Hope they get caught, they where trying to scam my elderly & recently deceased mother.

- Midlothian, TX, USA

It was a private message from a friend to sign up for a free grant. I messaged her back and she responded with a link to contract Heather Bowles. I acted immediately as my friend was saying that time and money were limited an I needed to get in touch with Heather ASAP. This was last night. Heather was trying to call me last night and I was unable to take the call. Conversation picked up this morning. I did apply for the grant. They responded in a short time that I had been awarded a $200,000 grant. It would be delivered by fedex with in 7 hours yet today. They sent verification info to show to fedex driver. Less than an hour later, they said I needed to purchase 3 cards, $500 each to go on, blah,blah, blah. I knew for sure I had been had. I finally reached my friend and she has no knowledge of the giveaway. She is new to FB and messaging. I then deleted information, but the bogus friend is still making inquiries of me.

Paul Williams called evening of 5/18/2020. Said I had won 1.2 million dollars in the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes. I needed to call back at 10:30 a.m. the morning of the 19th. When I did so, Mr Williams insisted I had misunderstood him the previous evening. I had actually won 7.5 million dollars, $350,000 in cash and a New 2020 Mercedes Benz. However, because the total was more than 1 million dollars I needed to purchase a Stamp for the government. This would be $750 and I needed to go to Walmart or CVS to purchase two gift cards, $500 and $250, and call him when I had them. The Publishers Clearing House VAN would come to my house with the winnings and take the gift cards from me. This is the general conversation. I was able to get some of his conversation recorded on my iphone.

They called me the number that I filed in this report. Then they gave me the same number to call after I hung up from the first call. It was a Jamaican guy that told me his name was Tony Washington. Watch out for this guy.

- Tyler, TX, USA

James Cooper called from Jamaica said she "qualified & won $1.2MM" but no car. A CEO grabbed the call when she asked him "who is telling you what to say". When she called back she told him she was a part of the FBI and was recording this call and he hung up. He offered an ID badge #.

- Circleville, OH, USA

I've been getting calls from Publisher's Clearing House. They don't speak very good English. They are supposed to come today. They need $900 up front for state taxes. They want a money order sent to Donald P****, *** ***** **** *** **** ********* IN 47906. They say I've won $2.5 million, $5000 a week for life. I'm supposed to call Dave Sayers.

told me i won 5.5 million dollars, $550,000,5,000 a week for life, and a 2020 mercedes

- Tyler, TX, USA

David Parker called and told her she had won $5.5MM and 2020 Mercedes Benz and $5000/wk Tthe more she asked the madder he became. The original call came in as "unknown". The 516# was given to them to talk to the manager because she told him she wanted an attorney to look over the paperwork. He was giving her lots of information but didn't get to the money part so she hung up on him twice. After the first time he asked "What's the problem?"

- Louisville, KY, USA

Robot call gave me another number to call with a claim number to collect 6 million dollar prize. Obviously, I did not call the number and get scammed the toll cost.

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