PCH Sweepstakes Scams - How to Spot Them

I received a call claiming I was a winner of PCH sweepstakes. Their names are Kenneth West (his number was restricted). He told me to call a lawyer named Mary Smith at 1-876-416-5409. He said I need to pay a few of $3905. When I said I couldn't do it he came back with $500. Wanted the money out on One Vanilla gift card. I believe this to be a big scam.

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I got a call from 5164005404 stating that I had won 2 place in the PCH Sweet Stakes - Reporting for I do believe it is a scram. They call themselves John Davis and Kenneth Washington.

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"I received a phone call from 702-747-7057, a robocall telling me I had won 2nd place in the PCH sweepstakes.

I was directed to call 916-905-7532 op 2 to claim my prize.

Online both numbers are listed as phishing or scamming tools.

I did not call either number. I found this email address on your website to report possible scams."

Received via email.

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I was called this evening by a Mr. Andrew Goldberg who informed me that I had been picked just one hour ago that I was the winner of the $5.5 million dollar prize. He told me all I had to do was send $720 to a Mr. Robert Shoup in Shoshone, Idaho, which is the IRS Finance department. I looked it up and it is a private home! I also looked up the cell phone number who called, and, it is from Digicel, Jamaica. As a matter of fact, he said that he was going to go to go to Ocho Rios, Jamaica in 2 weeks!

My Husband and I believe it is a scam, and no, we are not rushing to the post office and sending Mr. Shoup our hard earned $720 overnight delivery! Yes, would I like to win, oh golly yes, but, I find it hard to trust people anymore. By the way, while on the phone with Goldberg, he transferred my phone call over to the IRS agent, Sharon Burke. I asked for her identification number, which she told me. After about 4-5 minutes, I asked her for her number again, and she gave me a different number. She said that she was an agent for 15 years, and, well, I just figured that she would have remembered her number! SCAM ALERT!

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I have been contacted via messenger from a Sandra David asking to contact an agent with a link sent as follows:

hxxps://m.me/AgentTara.lyndey.790

Is this another scam?

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I tried to enter, but, can not get pass the pages of offers, seems to be no way to enter without buying something!

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I just got one 10-19-2019 from pch@acraccademia.it. I just checked it out on this website and it has ALL the above criteria of Cristina Papadopol, but the name used was LorI Sayer. WATCH OUT. To all the people who play at PCH GOOD LUCK!

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Here is another scam:

"From: Papadopol, Cristina [mailto:CPapadopol@StamfordCT.gov]

Sent: 15 October 2019 01:10

Subject: Award Notification

Congratulation on winning US$850,000.00 USD in our 2019 PCH.

Kindly send your contacts to pch@acraccademia.it

*Given Names:

*Mailing Address:

*Telephone:

*Gender:

*Age:

Cristina Papadopol

Official Notification

© Copyright 2019 Publishers Clearing House. All Rights Reserved"

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