Beware of Publishers Clearing House Scam!

Beware of Publishers Clearing House Scam! 

Beware if you receive a telephone call telling you that you have won The Publishers Clearing House (aka PCH) sweepstakes. They may tell you an amount and ask if you want to receive it monthly or all at once. Then they will ask you to pay a “registration fee.” They may tell you that they have sent you a letter in the mail.

You will be aware that you did not receive a letter in the mail, nor did you ever enter the PCH sweepstakes. They will not consent to re-send the letter they supposedly sent you. If you tell them you did not enter the PCH sweepstakes, they may tell you that your telephone number was selected at random to win an enormous sum of “tax-free’ money.

Oddly, they may ask you to write down your own name and address on a piece of paper. They will give you a name that is supposedly theirs.

They may give you a series of numbers that is supposedly the “packers code” and a series of numbers that is supposedly the “confirmation number.” They may even give you a check number, even though you did not tell them whether you wanted to receive the money monthly or in a lump sum.

They may point out that they had not asked you for your name; they would already know your name because they supposedly sent you a letter in the mail. They may ask you for your email address so they can send you some “paperwork.”

They may tell you they “are not here to pull your leg.”

If you ask the person to have his or her supervisor call you, they will say they will have their supervisor call you, but nobody will call you back.

Don’t give them any information over the phone.

Here are two numbers PCH scammers have used recently, and they said they were calling from Manhattan, Kansas:

876-801-5870
917-521-6952

From various Internet sources, you may rest assured that:
1. You need to enter in order to win the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes.
2. PCH will not notify you by phone but in person.
3. PCH will not ask you for any money.

Beware. Just beware.