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Called to say I'd won. Wanted $300 to cover insurance. Completely bogus, of course. The fact that I was a low-income disabled senior, didn't bother them one bit.

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I was told I won a $500 gift card for Target; all I had to do was just pay $6.95 for shipping, So, I did that and now I checked my bank statement & they took another $64.95 out. I have not received anything from them and I can't get in touch with them in anyway. So far, I am out $72.

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I was contacted on1-27-2023 by phone informing me that I was a winner of the US MEGA MILLIONS Publisher Clearing House drawing of 3.5 million dollars and that I had relieves a notice from mega millions through email of my winnings, also from the BBB, congratulating me of my prize and the conditions that needed to be met in order to receive my wings. It looked absolutely legit so I conti used the process withe Rep. Named Mark who instructed me to purchase Money Pack gift cards in order to proceed with the transfer of funds once the taxes and fees were paid. The total at first was $500 for the taxes. After I made the purchases of gift cards a total of 3 cards. I gave them the numbers from the cards and was the transferred to the Manager named Mr. Andrew Goldberg this contact with Mr. Goldberg was am all day event, this call was from Florida (1-718-713-2910he explained the next steps that needed to be taken which was my information which installed my personal information Social security number, banking information so that they could complete the transfer from the initial bank Bank of America who had the checks on hold until conformation was established. I was then instructed to call Bank of America with a account number 7860642 and a pin number 7267 that was active the account, once completed I was put on hold for an extended period of time. When he reconnect with me I was instructed to call with a new account number 4970001465 and a routing number 271070924 this was to make the money transfer from Bank of America to my Account to Flagstar Bank possible. I complied and was then instructed to use this primary account to pay the balance on my Flagstar credit card of 909.97. The process was done and I was inform everything was all set, but I was going to have to wait for the grace period before the transfer could be done. I would be contacted today 1-28-23 to complete the process. Of course no call came and not only did I not receive a call but my phone was locked so that I could not call out to my bank or credit card company to inform them of situation so I could take immediate action to stop them.

I feel so foolish for falling for this, I'm taking steps to correct this situation but it's going to take time. Thank you for allowing me to report this and hopefully get so resolution. Sincerely Ms.***** *****

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If I deposit $25 they will give me $75 from my winnings. They said 3-10 biz days and then said in bitcoin they will send and never did a month later still nothing. They asked for my license photo my cure address proof and my bank card photo by email which I sent. Then they asked for bitcoin address I sent also. Bad reviews for not paying customers online. Casino gambling online

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Entered a contest. The site told me if I spent that much money I would win a contest and receive cash. Multiple people paid in. After winning the contest, I was only given votes to enter a whole new contest and no cash as promised. I fought it on my card but the company fought to keep the money. I wrote the company to settle the issue first, assuming the incident was a mistake. This insisted they were fair and that was the rules. But the site stated in bold red letters at the end of contest that’s what I was winning. Then it changed 5 minutes later. The site prompts people to buy votes then doesn’t pay what should be won.

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David Sawyers who identified himself from Publisher's Clearing House (PCH) contacted me on my cell phone from 585-326-5706 indicating that I had won their contest. Advised that i would receive $2.5 million in the form of a cashier's check from Bank of America and then $5000.00 each week forward and a 2022 Matte Black Chevy Tahoe. Everything would be delivered via UPS by Bob White and Todd Sloan and Betty White is the Bank of America representative. He provided me with an address of the company and a prize code. He then advised that I could accept the prize privately or publicaly. However I would be responsible for 499.99 to insure the prize. When I began to sound skeptical while looking up what I could about the address and number the call was disconnected. They tried to call ball, but I did not answer. Instead I began filling this out. I paid nothing, but I wanted to register this.

They also only identified my location as Michigan though asked me if I received any letters and did not refer to me by name.

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- Memphis, TN, USA
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Called saying I had won the lottery and to receive my winnings I would have to give him my bank account info to deposit the money. He even told me I could open a new account and just put $25 in it so he can deposit my winnings. I knew it was a scam. 

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- Memphis, TN, USA
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called and told me I won 2.5 million dollars and a car. Asked was I be home on a Monday. at first it didnt hit me it was a scam until now. They said fedex would deliver it this morning at 10am. He confirmed if I would be home and I told him yes. I thought it would be weird fedex would deliver it. I let him talk and he asked if I could pay 8K to get my winnings and I told him no. He asked for my bank account number and I told him no. He asked if I could send him 4K and I told him I have no money and I keep no money my son and daughter does everything for me. He kept talking and decided I wasnt following for it and he hung up. 

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- Salyersville, KY, USA
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Chance to win a product at a discount price. Pay for shipping 2$. They charged 5.74$ to only be entered into a sweepstakes. Asked for address phone number and email address

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- Memphis, TN, USA
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John Washington called me from Publishing Clearing House. Claim I won 7K a week for life, a certified check for 2.5 and new Mercedes. But claim I needed a Vanilla Credit Card for $100 and gave me a pin number. Once I figured out it was scam I called my bank to dispute it. I found out he already charged it to an Amazon order and I had to call them to cancel it. He kept calling me everyday to send him more money. He wanted my cards number then I started getting calls from out of the country. 

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I received a suspicious text message claiming that I was randomly chosen to receive money

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- Bedford, IA, USA
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Won survey for milwaukee tools. Pay for shipping. 4 fraudulent debits were taken

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The name was Dave and they used the banking picture now when I went back to the conversation the deleted the account on ig but it still has the whole entire conversation

 

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This is the text I received:

I'm Mr. Manuel Franco, the Powerball winner of 768 Million in Powerball Millions Jackpot, Click here to see my winning interview https://www.youtube.com/watc*************** *** donating to 200 random individuals.

if you get this message then your ## was selected after a spin ball draw..

Congratulations..

For you to claim this donation from me all you have to do is to reply back to the agent in charge with your,

FULL NAME:

ADDRESS:

D.O.B:

OCCUPATION:

Here is the number of the agent (8*****9075).. Please text only . Just text him for confirmation & delivery of your winning.

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Man by the name of Todd salone,said he was with the publishers clearing house. He was trying to reach me,too tell me I was selected as their grand prize winner of Twelve and a half million dollars. Then asked me for my address,if I owned my home. Asked me what my income was,then asked me if I had a bank account. So he could send me a disclaimer application, In order to be able to complete the process of depositing my Twelve and a half million dollars into my account. Once he had all my bank information, then somebody from publishers clearing house would meet me at my bank to deposit my funds. He called me on 11/22/22 left a message which I do still have,so if you need to listen to it.

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A gentleman calling himself James Carson from the Better Business Bureau called 2 nights ago and told me I had won 17million dollars, a brand new Mercedes and 7500 dollars a week for life. I get scammers calling me all the time and they usually give themselves away quickly by asking for gift cards or money for some sort of fee. I mentioned I had no knowledge of winning anything and that with a prize that big they show up! He quickly made up a story that they have been trying to find me for some time and pch had sent a verification card and all I need to do is find that and they will delivery prize...of course I can't find it because there is no such thing. He handed me to a financial guy that told me all the same stuff but he started pumping me for financial information...he said pch covered taxes and fee BUT I had to pay a small fee 2% ! I said NO THIS IS A SCAM. I hung up on him and the other guy called me back and wanted to know what happened. I told him I thought it was a scam...they were playing good cop bad cop with me...I said if you ask me for anything again I hang up. He didn't, he said he would call me the next day and give me instructions on how to proceed. I ignored my phone the whole day and in the evening I finally got him to text me what they wanted. He said I needed that verification card and I asked where would I get that...the moment he said Walmart, meijer etc i said scam!! He spent the next 6 hours texting me trying to convince me it wasn't a scam. And he called this morning Thanksgiving again. I told him to leave me alone he wasn't going to get me to give him money...to be continued

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Text message want me to respond to a certain number to claim $100,000.00 from Mr Franco who is a PowerBall winner.

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Guy tried to scam me this morning, from PCH. Randomly called me and we talked for awhile. Claiming I won 1.8 million and Mercedes. Told me I needed to give him a $500 AE gift cards. He wanted a picture ID of myself and my wife. That didnt sound right and I hung up. 

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" My name is Juan Hernandez, I won another $10 million from the Deluxe scratch-off game in February 2022, Sometimes in 2019 I won $10m also. I am committed in helping selected individuals with $100,000 each. If you are getting this message, I say Congratulations to you, I hope the money goes a long way in helping out your family or financial needs. Text my agent CHARLIE LYNN (256)-874-9323 For further information on how to receive your money, God bless America. "

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I got a phone call (message left on answering machine) stating I won 4.5 million dollars/5,000 a week for life. They left a phone number to call: 626-522-7253 but I have not called it. I decided to check your website for similar activity and found some so I will not be calling the number. I have not entered their sweepstakes in years.

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