"Publishers Clearing House(PCH) Grant Donation" Scam

If a person asked for the ID of somebody claiming to work from publishers clearing house are they obligated to send us their ID picture

Do you have a Josh Williams working for you he’s the one that contacted me first and said my email was randomly selected to receive $70,000 then off Justin Edwards contacted me and told me that they were legit part of publishers clearing house and was sponsored by the US government I know these are scams but you know your wish are true I wish I could send the emails that I got from him to you

I was contacted by a Justin Edwards says he works for publishers clearing house and that I won $70,000 and I am to pay him $200 for him to put the $70,000 on my cash app card he says he lives in California and I know this is a scam

Someone saw my name as a winner and contacted me to see if I'd heard from PCH Grant. She received substantial amount. She asked me to contact agent Eric Smith at 12603698515 . Anyone one heard of this?

Someone just emailed me the samething on Facebook. They said they saw my name on the list

Yes that happened to me!

It is a scam. The PCH do not operate that way.

Has anyone dealt with an agent named Robert kyle before?

From Mama Bear

A FB friend claimed saw my name on a list. I was asked to complete a delivery form with my name, address,cell# by Agent Alex Scott. I was given a Ref#FB/575061725 w/Winning #FB/USA/2022.
Info was confidential.

It is a scam. That is how the scammers trick their potential victims into disclosing their personal information.

I had got asked by a lady by the name of Merry Wendy to get a Nike gift card and send her 250.00 dollars and then another 500.00 dollars for a postage stamp just to send my money, and publishers clearing house have never heard of her. She said that she was a government employee and I don't think that she is. There is also a person claiming to be a friend of mine who got money from her as well and I don't think that he is I think that is a scam as well. I had sent her 250.00 dollars and I'm not giving them another dime I just will be out 250.00 dollars lesson learned.

The Facebook portion of this scam is alive and well. A good friend sent me a message saying I should apply for this money from PCH, later identified as Publishers Clearing House. The Instant Messenger post used my friend's picture and claimed to be him. After a bit of correspondence I became suspicious and contacted my friend by email. He confirmed he was not corresponding by Facebook messenger. He is now dealing with a hacked account.

I was contacted on messenger by one of my new Facebook friends that I don't know and have never spoken to before. In our first conversation they asked if I've ever heard of PCH GRANTS? I said no please fill me in. She gave me a link to click on so that an agent could help me. They asked for my full name address and telephone number. And they are franticly try to reach me now. Saying they will show up at my door step in five hours. To escort me to the bank with the check of 180,000.

got a message from wcab and pch saying my name on list to receive grant money. but I have to pay by cashier check but have to pay delivery fee $2500 is this a scam

I just got a similar message on FB messenger from a friend who's rarely on it. A few days earlier I got a request from "him" to re-friend him as he accidentally unfriended me.

I didn't see him going for the "free stuff" concept, supposedly between PCH and the Health Department (?). So I declined.

I'm gonna check to see if I have two friends now with the same name and photo. If so, I'll report the newer one.

I write this to let you know that as of today May 18th 2020 I have spent considerable time to change my Face Book security because of a similar scam. But wait this is the tricky part. I was alerted on messenger by my good friend ----- with her FB picture on her messaging. " Had I heard of this Grant from PCHouse " cause she had already received her $150,000.00 dollars and was sure she saw me on the list of winners.
On and On it went because I was told to friend this woman Justin Knott and then we could message details of this wonderful win. just a small glitch though, would I E transfer $600.00 for expenses to deliver these funds to my door in the evening. Of course I messaged my friend only to be reassured this woman was trust worthy and yes she had Etrans. The required $600.00 and yup 3 hours later folks at the door presented her with $150,000.00 CASH. Back and forth we went. lucky for me my bank online froze this E trans. until they open tomorrow.
Justin Knott suggested I go to the drugstore and buy Google cards in the amount of $500.
100.00 scratch it and message a picture of the bar code. I want to make this perfectly clear right now that were it not for a good friend that is sincere and upstanding telling me this was all ok I would never have gone as far as I did before I figured this all out. Luckily there was just a breach in my FaceBook password which has been rectified. Up till now I have not been scammed quite like this before. Be aware of what is real...... You don`t have to pay for money you won or were granted EVER

I just received a call from Simon with PCH saying that I won $ 4,500,000 A new 2020 Chevy Truck, $ 5,000 for life. After he explained he had a $4.5 million cashier check for me the new pickup. Then he sent me a letter with PCH stationary with no address on the letter.
The letter gave me a name of Peter Green claims manager Ph. 919-266-2999. Claim # 82966C
After all this, he asked me to go to the post office and get an envelope than he asked me to put a $500.00 cashier check and drop it in the mail and send it to Naomi Bechtold at
2109 A Old Philadelphia Pike Lancaster, Pa. 17602. I sent him a text telling him that he was the scum of the earth.

So tired of scam ph.calls claiming he is Dave Sawyer from PCH saying I won 1.5 million but have to wire50K to him first, Ive asked to be taken off calling list, I have caller block& reported to Scam ph.calls gov.org, I know real PCH never calls, his ID always says JM cellphone & area code starts with 876 which is Jamaica, his numbers are 876-586-7553, 876-446-7495, 876-305-9846, 876-495-, thanks for listening, VickI Allen (803-302-0217).

"From: Marco Mazzanti
Date: November 15, 2019 at 11:30:21 AM CST
To: "recipient-pchgrant.com"
Subject: Re: Your email reference number: 393399445.
Reply-To: Marco Mazzanti , "inquiry.dept-mediacombb.net"

For the attention of the email owner,

We are pleased to inform you that you have won a prize of one million dollars from the Publishers Clearing House (PCH) Grant Donation Promotion dated 14th of November, 2019. We collect all email addresses of people who are active online, among millions that subscribed to several users of the Microsoft window. We congratulate you for being one of the selected people.

Your email reference number: 393399445.

Grant number: 98291394.

For more details to redeem your prize, you must send your full name and address to our agent at this email address; inquiry.dept-mediacombb.net

Note: You must only contact our agent at this specified email address (inquiry.dept-mediacombb.net) to claim your prize.

Sign,

PCH"

Here is another scam.

WARNING WARNING WARNING!
I am writing this warning to all those who are PCH Member's. I received a email on the 22nd of October from PCH, When I open the email it said act now to enter for your chance to win $2.500 a week for life. It was a survey that came up. I took the survey answering many of the question's skipping over others when the survey was over I was offered a $1000 Walmart gift Card the condition was I must choose from a list of items offered I chose rakuten, I never got any confirmation that my Card was going to be sent.

I of course called PCH customer service and was informed PCH dose not do Survey's. I told there rep I have been scammed by PCH. in the fine print below the submit button it says You agree to Third parties contacting you. After I had taken the survey about 10 seconds later I received a Call From a woman that sounded like she was from India telling me my Diabetic supply's was ready for shipping. I said I do not have an order and she hangs up. The only way The Third Party affiliates could have obtained my Phone number was because PCH gave it to them.

After I called PCH to complain Minute's later the web page was shut down. I captured the Image and I have other's. They changed the content it now reads when completing the survey it now says "YOU ARE QUALIFIED". I ask if you are a member of PCH and you revive a email from them with a survey. Take it answer all the questions then click submit and see how long it takes you to get a call from someone. Then ask them how they got you're Number I bet they hang up. I do not open emails when I do not know who is sending it. These snakes are hiding under PCH Name and PCH Knows what they are doing!

I plan on filing complaint with the FBI FTC and BBB. I do not know if it is a violation of the HIPPA ACT But I am betting many of you have not agreed to give you're personal contact information to Third Parties who are contacting you under the umbrella of PCH. Chris from PCH who is a executive with PCH has asked for time to investigate But given PCH shut the page down and changed the content I find it hard to believe that they have my best interest at heart.. My intent is to flood the internet every web site I can research and post on. I ask you to copy and paste and share with everyone you know.

If you have the same Problem and you get telemarketers and a bunch of spam mail please forward it to PCH and Chris, CIRVING-pch.com,

I have been contacted by Williams Benson (supposed branch manager PCH Houston). Is he a real employee of PCH? I have also been contacted by Philip Martin (alleged PCH employee). Is he a real PCH employee)

PCH does not contact their winners like than. It is a scam.

I received notification from 702-546-9907 about a grant of 30,000 for giving $500. Is this legit?

No, it is a scam.

That’s the wrong phone, it’s 772-249-3027

I just got scammed out of $900, they used Cindy Webb’s Facebook picture, here is the phone number 762-249-3027

Some clown name apex et from Brooklyn, NYC on facebook tried to scam me with this exact same pch scam what branch of authorities can i notify?

Publisherclearinghouse-zoho.com, send an email to confirm your winnings through the publisher clearing house

I just got this.

I was called on my cellphone, first I received a text message that I was able to receive my Grant Money. I couldn't understand the person that was calling me, so I asked them to have someone that speaks English Language to call me. Haven't Heard from Them Since!?

I recieved a message from a person I know on messanger, telling me about this $50,000.00 they recieved from PCH program, to contact this other guy who is supposed to be a Federal Delivery Agent about this program, long story short they take your info and then want you to send cash to this address in PA by 1 day delivery an send the tracking # to him and their Fedex men will deliver your big amount of money to your door directly.

What a scam! This fake federal guy sent all kinds of stuff trying to convince you.

I received a message from someone I know saying she applied for a grant from PCH and gave me this number to text them: 303-992-9406. Since I know this person I texted to see if I would qualify for a grant from PCH. They took all my personal information and then asked
me to send them $7,ooo dollars. This made me think it wasn't true. So I texted them again and told them they were a scam because you don't pay money to get money.

Also they said to keep quiet about getting the grant. They said just give us your bank account information and we will deposit the check and said nothing about paying the $7,000. I did not give them my account information. I only hope they cannot do anything with my personal information.

Received this email today...is this a new format for another scam?
Thanks Tom


"Publishers Clearing House
Dec 8 at 4:29 PM

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PCH.com - Publishers Clearing House

Congratulations,

We are pleased to inform you that you are one of the lucky winners of $850,000.00 in the recently conducted Publishers Clearing House Global Sweepstakes Email Lottery.

Kindly reply with the following details to begin your prize claims process

*Full Names:
*Mailing Address:
*Telephone Number:
*Gender:
*Age:

Kristin Cooke
Prize Notification

WE CARE ABOUT YOUR PRIVACY!
You've received this transactional email to notify you of your win.

TRUSTe Certified Privacy Return Path Certified Sender Seal"

Yes, it is a scam. Once these scammers asked you to respond with personal information, it is a scam.

Someone called me and he said I won in publisher clearing house and he asked me to deposit $260 and I can get the money worth of $ 250,000.

When I ask him that if I really won and why should I give $250 to him, he just to claim I have won the money. His name is John Wilson.

I think I been scammed by someone using the name of Luis. Don't friend him.

I was told to text a number and I got a lady who says she's my agent and all I do is complete the information and claim my grant.

I will send money for the fees and men will come to deliver my cash. THis sounds phishy. what are your thougths?

It is a scam.

Two scammer are Ms Carter Phillip$$ and William Clynden

I was approached by an old friend that moved to Florida. The minute she told me I would have to pay$ to get the grant I figured it was a scam. That’s when I checked on line, beware they use your friends,

I was contacted on messenger from a friend talking about a grant from PCH with a link to an “agent” s Facebook page saying it was the application form. I don't know what to do about it.

Just ignore the message. Your friend's account may have been compromised and is being used by cybercriminals to send you the messages. So, call your friend on the telephone to verify.

I was contacted last night on messenger by a person claiming to be Howie G.

I have started getting scams through FaceBook Messenger. It starts out as a friendly message from someone I know and then the next message is asking if I have heard about the PCH grants and I realize it wasn't from my friend at all so I just delete it.

I got a message from PCH saying I won $850.000 dollars to send my given name adress Phone # and gender.

They are using this email address: claimsdeskonlinepch-usa.com

"Congratulation on winning 850,000.00 USD in our 2018 Pch Lotto.
Kindly send your contacts to
claimsdeskonlinepch-usa.com
*Given Names:
*Address:
*Telephone:
*Gender:
*Age:
Publishers Clearing House

© Copyright 2018 Publishers Clearing House. All Rights Reserved

Only thing is that PCHLOTO is in lower case letters."

Assume since PCH themselves say that they never contact winners through email or calls, that this is a scam.

It is a scam.

Received this scam:

"The Publishers Clearing House money Grant Program it's a special program to assisting the old, retired, workers, non-worker, youth, business enterprises and disable with cash, Are you aware?

No didn’t know they had that type of program. How do I find out more about it??

I got $30,000 delivered to me at my doorstep within 24hrs when i
applied for it, and you don't have to pay it back!

You can apply and got it too?

How do I apply?"

My cousin has just been hacked on facebook regarding this PCH scam. All of my cousin's contacts knew something was not right.

I just received a message to send all my info and claim number to claimsdeskonlinepch.com