I had the exact same scenario this morning. First a call from PCH. The caller identified himself as "Dave" and had a British accent. It wasnʻt a good connection and I couldnʻt understand him so I asked him to call again. Then 5 minutes later "Harold Waters" from the Consumer Protection Agency called. He said the first caller was a scammer from Jamaica. Then he told me the entire story that you have repeated here.
I called PCH. This is a scam. Beware. It was very convincing and I am a sceptic soul. But even I was fooled.
some guy called me claiming he was with Publishers clearing House. he was very very convincing, he said that i had won $450,000.00 and if i wanted to get my money i had to "insure" it with a 1% deposit. of ONLY $4,500.00... when i told him i couldn't he lost all interest in "helping" me get my money back. BE AWARE THESE GUYS ARE VERY GOOD ACTORS, HE GAVE ME HIS"BADGE" NUMBER and had a friend at the ready as his superior officer that i could talk to to verify his story.
I had the exact same scenario this morning. First a call from PCH. The caller identified himself as "Dave" and had a British accent. It wasnʻt a good connection and I couldnʻt understand him so I asked him to call again. Then 5 minutes later "Harold Waters" from the Consumer Protection Agency called. He said the first caller was a scammer from Jamaica. Then he told me the entire story that you have repeated here.
I called PCH. This is a scam. Beware. It was very convincing and I am a sceptic soul. But even I was fooled.
I received this same phone call on 3/24/11. The caller identified himself as Harold Walters with a badge number of 866 saying he worked for Consumer Protection Agency in Washington, DC. He was calling to inform me I won the second prize in the Publisher's Clearing House sweepstakes of $450,000. In order to receive the money, I had to call Bank of America at 1-800-571-8263 in New York City and give them a government security code ( which he provided ). I would have to pay a 1% fee of $4500 to Lloyd's of London to insure and bond the transaction. He also gave me a phone number of 202-391-0970 to contact him with other questions.
I spoke with Publisher's Clearing House and this is definitely a scam and fraud situation. Please be aware !
The exact same thing happened to me this morning. Same guy & phone numbers. I told him I didn't believe him and that this was a scam. Voila! I was correct however, It would have been nice if it was true.
I received the same phone call on 3/25/11. It was all very convincing. He gave the same phone numbers as in the other messages. Instead of calling them, my husband went online and found the other messages. That ended it.