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Caller with accent going by the name of Spencer, claims that you have won a 2017 Mercedes and $4.55 million from a coupon you filled out with Publisher's Clearing House. Wants you to go to the nearest Western Union and send $300 to cover taxes. He will call incessantly over and over and even get very nasty using the "F" word on the phone when you doubt him. He will continue calling until you block him if possible.

I received a phone call from a person named David War who said I had won PCH and needed to be at home in one hour to receive my award but first I must go to Western Union and send $400 to Sylvester Bass in Bunnlezel, North Carolina. He said my claim number was DL3845710US. I told him I would use my card to send the money and he said, no it must be cash. I told him I would just pay them when they deliver but he said he had to have a receipt that I had paid before they could deliver. I told him I thought this was a scam and I was calling the ScamPulse.com and he hung up.

John Greene, ID Badge #7202192, called. Said I won 1.6 million dollars. Had to pay $500.00 government registration. He wanted me to stay on the phone the whole time & UPS would deliver my check, #0488257185093, on Wells Fargo Bank. Bob Lee - Company Attorney.

- Bossier City, LA, USA

1st call at 3:16 PM on 11/11/16. He said he was with Publisher's Clearing House and I won 1.5 million dollars. The caller number was from Kingston, Jamaica. He said I would need to send a "processing fee." I told him Publisher's Clearing House would not be contacting anyone by phone and told him this call was not legitimate and this was a fraud call. i told him I was going to hang up. He said I won 2.5 million dollars. I told him not to call back. I hung up. He called again at 3:22 PM. I answered the call. He persisted on the fact this call was from Publisher's Clearing House. I told him this was a scam and not to call back. He said he was coming to my house and asked if I would be home tomorrow evening, 11/23/16. I told him I would not be at home. I told him I was going to hang up and don't call back. The call was made again at 3:23, 3:24, 3:25, 3:31. I did not answer.

I received a call the afternoon of December 12, 2016 from a man who announced that I was a Publishers Clearing House winner of $550,000 plus a luxury car (Mercedes Benz, I think). He was not well spoken and was slightly difficult to understand. I could occasionally hear what sounded like a female voice in the background, perhaps like in a call center. However, it sounded more like irregular conversation in a home than the rhythmic voices in a call center. He identified himself as John Tavares with badge number 0774581. I listened to him to see if I could figure out what scam he might be trying to work on me.

He gave me some numbers to write down. They were PCH0093541 plus US2823004. He asked me if I had a driver's license. He said this was being sponsored by GEICO who would provide 24 months of insurance for free. He asked me for a time to call me tomorrow for delivery. Those were the only two questions he asked.

To see what would happen, I requested a telephone number where I could call him. He gave me 1-876-4823-3176. That number matched what was displayed on my caller ID, but the name on the caller ID was Kingston, JM.

Is this an attempted scam I should report to legal authorities?

Christine *** called said I won 200,000 dollars in a leather silver case and also a 2016 Mercedes. They told me that they would arrive at my home @ 11am. Then she tells me she will be driving a yellow humve and the car would be on a big truck with security guards and police. She wanted me to go to Walmart and draw out 400.00 for the credit card machine. She also ask me what I would be wearing and told me what she would be wearing and I have forgotten. Also I needed my drivers license. She also said it was package number EK01003399.

Caller claimed to be from PCH stating I won $3.5 million. I was instructed to send them $325 for S&H charges via Moneygram from my Walmart in Plover, WI, to Walmart in San Antonio, TX, for a Beatrice Martinez. They called again today stating they need an add'l. $900 via Moneygram for "accountant fees". I refused to do so and contacted the ScamPulse.com and my local Sheriff's Dept.

Received call from John Henderson, Publisher Clearing House, 1-876-358-5946, located in Kingston, Jamaica per my cell phone, said I won $950,000, gave me all kinds of info, told me to go to Walmart and send moneygram for $199 to pay for IRS taxes on this money, send to Beatta Kostur, Portland Oregon, then get receipt and give to him for money to be delivered to me, was on phone with him 45 minutes until I reached a Walmart, I went in to customer service but decided it was a scam, hung up on him, he called back several times, then I called him and advised was turning in as a scam, he used nasty language, his [censored] needs to be in jail. Took up my whole morning while driving to work. He said it was a December special drawing. I knew better but he was very convincing, did not send any money thank God.

They called me and said i just won a 2.5 million dollars and a car; james anderson from pch; have i gotten a mail from them; i question him about the contest and got defensive. he asked me to send $499 to them by western union. then went on about prize details. Says the call was being recorded.

Man called my cell phone saying he was John Richmend from Publishers Clearing House saying I won 2nd place prize. He then proceeded to tell me that i had to pay tax 850$ tax first via Wal-Mart. I report this because i feel that every little bit of information can help bring these scam artist to justice

Someone claiming to be David Sayer called my mother's cell phone and told her that she had received a surprise package from Publisher's Clearing House of $3.8 million, a choice of 4 cars, plus $10,000 per week for 64 years. He gave her a reference number, a lucky ticket number, a badge number, and a check number. He told her that she needed to go to the Western Union at Winn Dixie to claim her first $10,000 prize and that the Prize Patrol would be at her house at 3:00 p.m. Someone by the name of Michael Rosenburg got on the phone to verify everything that David Sayer had described. They told her to go to the Winn Dixie but to keep them on the line while she went there. She called me from her land line and told me what was going on. I had her to have Rosenburg to call me to explain why, if they were indeed Publisher's Clearing House, why does she need to go to Western Union to pick up her first installment. He got very agitated as I asked him questions such as why was he calling from a Jamaican number, and if it would be okay if she had a police escort to the Western Union, and if it was okay to verify his number with the BBB? He angrily said that he was going to cancel her prize and that I was a d*** ***, then he hung up.

- Decatur, AL, USA

person called saying that I had won $500,000 from publishers clearing house. They wanted me to go to Walmart and send #113.69 to their office in Birmingham to cover government registration fees before the price check could be delivered to me. I checkd 411 to look up the 2 phone numbers, and these weren't good. I googled pch scams on web and saw that this method has been used in the past in other states. Please see if the address given in Birmingham, or the names Bill Thompson or Joshua Handley are even real.

Male voice called stated he was with publishers clearinghouse and wanted me to pay shipping and handling for 80,000 and a Mercedes. He asked if I could pay this at the local Walmart.

Individual called and said i won 3.5 million dollars and that I won a Denali Truck. They said that they are sending the sheriff along with the state troopers to deliver my winnings. Oddly enough they did not ask for any personal info. They gave me a list of names of people who would be showing up to give me my winnings and their jobs. The telephone number that they called from came from Jamaica. The man also said that I should give some of the money to the church and that I should spend it wisely.

Claimed to be Publishers Clearing House Named Barry Allen Badge# BA1056. Said i was a $1.5m winner but i needed to pay $87.00 by way of wire transfer for processing to Akeem Francis but i wired $50. He stayed on the phone for 2 hours acting like he needed more time for processing then said since it was such large amount of money it had to have two stamps 1 being a golden eagle stamp that i had to pay $387.00 to the government for. I told him several times it was a bunch of bull and i wasnt paying anything else for anything. They started calling me after i was checking out "Gemini2" a binary Options trading program that turned out to be a scam. But i had to submit my phone number and email before i could try the software but i used a fake name and had just created a new email just for that site so i would know how to trace them

Received call November 21 from person named Canya Stevens on behalf of publisher clearing house telling me I won 500,000. She requested personal info like age, banking, credit, living arrangements, work history and next of kin. Took my son's name work and his age. Was told a courier wold bring money Nov 23 between 9 and 11 am. Called number and it was disconnected.

Person called and said that I had won a million dollars and they were going to deliver it to my post office and escort me to the bank. Told me that I needed to call them back on a different number to verify.

Initial call to my mother's home gave us an ID # and phone number to call to claim prize. ID #EI38818JA Phone #760-316-3706. We called and the person confirmed we have won and someone would be showing up to the house the same day with a cashiers check and we would be escorted to the bank to cash it. The time came and passed and the guy called back and asked why I didn't call him when they didn't show up and insinuated it was my fault they weren't there. He still wanted to say we were receiving a visit and said he would call me back. I was trying to let it play out to report the results but they have not showed up....

This guy called my mother, said he was David Clark and she had just won $450,000.00. All she had to do was overnight express a check for $300.00 to them. Check made out to Marah Smith. She needed to mail that asap because they were 45 minutes away with her check.

Caller, Mr Walker, said I won prize from Publishers Clearing House. I did not answer, but a voicemail was left to call the number. I did not. Check web to be sure it was a scam and it is.

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