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"The Publishers Clearing House Online Promotion Lottery Search Online" Scam

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There is no "The Publishers Clearing House Online Promotion Lottery Search Online." Therefore, recipients of emails like the one below, which claim they are winners in such a lottery are asked to delete them because they are being sent by lottery scammers. The aim of the scammers is to deceive their potential victims into thinking they are the real Publishers Clearing House, but they are NOT! The real Publishers Clearing House would NEVER ask their winners for money or personal information for any reason to claim sweepstakes prize awards.

The "The Publishers Clearing House Online Promotion Lottery Search Online" Scam

From: Claude Guerrier - cguerrier@PSAV.COM
To: info - info@cv.com
Sent: Fri, Jan 12, 2018 11:53 am
ATTN: Email User,
Your Email ID Was Selected As Winner Of ($1,000.000.00 USD) On The Publishers Clearing House Online Promotion Lottery Search Online. For Details on How to Redeem Your Prize, Kindly Contact MR. KEN MOORE, with the below Email: webhouse234@gmail.com For Processing of Your Winning.
REQUIRED DOCUMENTS BY THE PAYMENT DEPARTMENT
1. Name:
2. Sex:
3. State:
4. Country:
5. Address:
6. Mobile Number:
7. Winning E-mail:
Winning Numbers: 0-1-9-8-0-1 Ticket Number: FDCODE 001/23/01 NOTE:-All emails should be forwarded to: webhouse234@gmail.com
Yours Sincerely, P.C.H Prize Patrol Sector

Publishers Clearing House (PCH) is a direct marketing company that markets merchandise and magazine subscriptions with sweepstakes, prize-based game, search, and lottery websites.

Publishers Clearing House (PCH) does not ask for bank account or other financial information. There is no processing fee, tax or special handling charge required to win. The Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes prizes are delivered free of charge to the winners.

How to Determine if you are being Scammed

If you are contacted by someone claiming to represent Publishers Clearing House, or claiming to be a PCH employee and asked to send or wire money, send a pre-paid gift card or a Green Dot MoneyPak card, or cash a check and send a portion back to him/her as payment for any reason to claim a Sweepstakes prize, it is a scam.

The scammers’ preferred method of sending money is through Western Union, MoneyGram, Green Dot MoneyPak card. This is because those methods of sending money make it virtually impossible for the victims to get back their money.

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Dec 21, 2018 at 3:07 PM by an anonymous user from: Hamilton, Hamilton city, Bermuda

Is this a scam?

"! EMAIL USER,
Your Email ID Was Selected As Winner Of ($1,000.000.00 USD) On
The Publishers Clearing House Online Promotion Lottery Search
Online. For Details on How to Redeem Your Prize, Kindly Provide
the required details, For Processing of Your Winning. REQUIRED
DOCUMENTS BY THE PAYMENT DEPARTMENT
1. Name:
2. S*x:
3. State:
4. Country:
5. Address:
6. Mobile Number:
7.Date Of Birth:
8. Winning E-mail:
Winning Numbers: 0-1-9-8-0-1 Ticket Number: FDCODE 001/23/01
Yours Sincerely, P.C.H Prize Patrol Sector
Mr. Andrew Goldberg(C.E.O)
© 2018 Publishers Clearing House"

Dec 21, 2018 at 4:35 PM by info

Yes, it is a scam.

Nov 29, 2018 at 9:32 AM by info

Here is scam email: pchlotto-emailasso.net

Sep 2, 2018 at 9:52 AM by an anonymous user from: Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Received this:

"Congrats!!!

Your email was drawn a winner of (USD $850,000.00) in the recent Publishers Clearing House global sweepstakes email lottery. To file for claim you are hereby required to fill in your details below and send it to the contest department: winnotice-usa.com

*Given Names:
*Mailing Address:
*Telephone:
*Gender:
*Age:

Yours Sincerely
Deborah Holland
Official Winners Selection Notice

© Copyright 2018 Publishers Clearing House. All Rights Reserved."

Sep 1, 2018 at 6:13 PM by info

Receieved via email:

"THE FIRST NOTICE I RECEIVED WAS FROM winnotice-usa.com. THE ONE RECEIVED TODAY THAT LOOKED PRETTY GENUINE IS WHAT DIRECTED ME TO THE CITYSPRINTLOGISTICS.again, I hope this helps."

Sep 1, 2018 at 6:12 PM by info

Received via email:

"Citysprintlogistics-yahoo.com and citysprintlogistics-fastservice.Com.

I received an email that actually looked genuine from publishers clearing house that wasn’t. Said I had won pchlotto 4016329 for $850,000.00.It had Deborah Holland name on the bottom but no signature. At bottom of the page was copyright publishers clearing house 2018.

Said the courier listed above had my package and to email them at above emails. I did and got back reply from them that said it would cost me $400.00 to receive in 7 days. Contact name was Martin Jones. Phone #762-221-0415.They also listed higher prices for faster delivery. Hope this helps. There should be a law about this c**p."