The "Publishers Clearing House PCH-IAGR Giveaway" Lottery Scam

The Publishers Clearing House PCH-IAGR Giveaway Lottery Scam

The "Publishers Clearing House PCH-IAGR Giveaway" email below is a fake and scam. 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 "PCH-IAGR Giveaway" Lottery Scam

From: PCH LOTTERY ONLINE infodept@phclotto.online

Sent: Tue, Jan 22, 2019 12:32 pm

Subject: PCH-IAGR $850,000.00 USD Giveaway Verification

PCH / IAGR VERIFICATION DEPARTMENT

Ref: PCH-087- 0426-2019

Attn: Esteemed Beneficiary

PCH-IAGR $850,000.00 USD Giveaway Verification

Your email was received and I welcome you to the Publishers Clearing House (PCH). Our success is built on PCH's unique, free-to-play, chance-to-win value proposition, individually personalized offers based on the trusted first party relationship we maintain with millions of consumers. We are sorry for the announcer reaching you through email medium, as that was the fastest way to get this across directly to all beneficiaries.

It is my pleasure to inform you that the email you received earlier from the Announcer of the Publishers Clearing House is neither a spam nor Scam notification, but a legitimate giveaway organized by the PCH in conjunction with IAGR (The International Association of Gaming Regulators). Therefore read and follow the instructions carefully for better insight and verification process of your mid-year giveaway funds.

The PCH in alliance with The International Association of Gaming Regulators through a random online ballot with the aid of our search engine, picked your email as one of the lucky beneficiaries for the mid-year giveaway which was put together as a means of fostering cooperation between gaming regulators thus enhancing PCH increase in subscription sales.

The mission of this year’s giveaway is to advance the effectiveness and efficiency of magazine subscriptions with sweepstakes, PCH Search and Win, PCH Lotto, PCH Games, PCH Save and Win

Therefore, you are required to reconfirm the complete information below (1-6) to confirm you as the legal recipient of this PCH giveaway lotto: Be rest assured your information provided are safe in accordance with the PCH-IAGR policy and will never be released to a 3rd Party. The required information requested is listed below.

CONFIRMATION / VERIFICATION DETAILS

(1) Full Names as seen on your ID or D/L:

(2) Mobile Phone Number:

(3) Residential Address:

(4) Nationality:

(5) Occupation:

(6) Marital Status:

As soon as this above information is received and confirmed by the IAGR clearance department, your US$850,000.00 payment delivery process will commence to the provided residential address by the PCH Prize Patrol Team.

NOTE: Due to recent diversion of winnings by corrupt PCH officials, I am the assigned clearance officer in charge of the 2019 giveaway which keeps me busy due to multiple beneficiaries. Therefore I might not be able to take all calls, so I’ll advise you send an email or a short text message to my phone when you can’t reach me, and I’ll reply ASAP

Will be waiting to hear from you regarding the completed verification details above, so we can conclude the verification process and release of your US$850,000.00 without delay.

As a result of the on-going drive of the PCH and IAGR to update its DATA and clear overdue payments to all rightful beneficiaries, we strongly recommend you swiftly respond to this verification letter.

Once again, congratulations!!

Warm Regards,

James Ramsey

PCH Senior Verification / Clearance Officer

Tel: +1 (701) 599-4020

Copyright © 2019 PCH-IAGR

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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  • January 23, 2019 at 6:46 PM by info

    Here is another scam:

    - Forwarded message -

    From: Agent Erik Marcus <publishersupsmegabonus@gmail.com>

    Date: Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 3:44 PM

    Subject: MEGA BONUS PLC

    THIS IS FREE MONEY THAT YOU'RE ENTITLED FOR TO HELP YOURSELF MAKE IT THROUGH TOUGH ECONOMIC CONDITIONS. YOU CAN USE THE UPS MEGA FUNDS TO PAY YOUR BILLS,COLLEGE, SCHOOL, MEDICAL EXPENSES, BUSINESS COSTS,OR EVEN PERSONAL USE. YOUR WINNINGS IS SAFE AND READY FOR DELIVERY.

    KINDLY WRITE OUT THE FOLLOWING INFORMATIONS NOW TO LOCATE DESTINATION FOR DELIVERY, SUCH AS

    FULL HOME ADDRESS :

    GENDER :

    MARITAL STATUS :

    MONTHLY INCOME

    DATE OF RETIREMENT :

    KINDLY FILL IT OUT AND GET BACK TO US ASAP! ALL INFORMATION IS SAFE AND SECURE ON OUR DATABASE. THIS IS TO CONFIRM THAT WE'RE MAKING THE RIGHT DELIVERY. THANK YOU

    FROM UPSMEGABONUS PLC

    On Wed, Jan 23, 2019, 9:38 PM Agent Erik Marcus <publishersupsmegabonus@gmail.com> wrote:

    THIS IS FREE MONEY THAT YOU'RE ENTITLED FOR TO HELP YOURSELF MAKE IT THROUGH TOUGH ECONOMIC CONDITIONS. YOU CAN USE THE UPS MEGA FUNDS TO PAY YOUR BILLS,COLLEGE, SCHOOL, MEDICAL EXPENSES, BUSINESS COSTS,OR EVEN PERSONAL USE. YOUR WINNINGS IS SAFE AND READY FOR DELIVERY.

    KINDLY WRITE OUT THE FOLLOWING INFORMATIONS NOW TO LOCATE DESTINATION FOR DELIVERY, SUCH AS

    FULL HOME ADDRESS :

    GENDER :

    MARITAL STATUS :

    MONTHLY INCOME

    DATE OF RETIREMENT :

    KINDLY FILL IT OUT AND GET BACK TO US ASAP! ALL INFORMATION IS SAFE AND SECURE ON OUR DATABASE. THIS IS TO CONFIRM THAT WE'RE MAKING THE RIGHT DELIVERY. THANK YOU

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The "Publishers Clearing House PCH-IAGR Giveaway" Lottery Scam