My mother received call from 516-830-3932 from "Marcus Real" with exact same message and amount on Oct. 29, 2010. Thank goodness she was alert enough to think it might be a scam. So if you find a place to report, they are still at it.
Can someone please help me trace where this calling is contacting me from? My 81 year old father who lives in AR has been receiving calls from telemarketers this week professing to be affilitated with the U.S. Customs/Border Protection Department in Miami, FL. They claim that my father won a Thanksgiving sweepstakes last year from the Publishers Clearing House and they have been trying to deliver the award to him for quite a while.
Just today I got a call from the same #, the Lady claimed to be from customs for the same reason.... I had won a $495,000.00 from publishers clearing house, and that they were holding it up from original delivery date of 10/05/10.... the call was from Fla. but I checked customs on the web, and the ph. # was no where to be found.... it is however from NW 15th street in Miami, but not customs. Now I am trying to figure out how to report this issue. and possibly get everyone involved !!
I had first received a call on 10-04-10 from a Steve Morgan from 516 - 830 - 3932 (new york call), claiming to be from publishers clearing house, stating that I had won 2nd place $495,000.00 in Nov. 2009 and they had been trying to get a hold of me, that it would be mailed to me on 10-05-10.... never got it. Then today 10-12-10 at12:32 pm. I got a call from 305-728-4727 (Miami Fla.) a lady saying that she was from customs, and they were holding the mail from this so called publishers clearing house winnings. I explained to her the research that I did...and she said she was going to call p.c.h to find out what was going on.... little does she know... I am doing everything I can to bust everyone involved!
I got a call on Thursday 10/21 on my cell phone from a Steve Morgan tel # 516-833-3593 also claiming to be from Publisher's Clearing House and stating I had won 2nd place $495,000 in their recent sweepstakes and they have sent two letters already about it, didn't I get them? I said no I did not. He verified my address and then informed me that they would be sending me a package on 10/22 between 1 and 3 pm by a private courier and that I would need to provide ID verifying my identity. Also asked if I had a bank account, credit card, etc I said yes, but I told him I was not planning to give him any personal info because I was sure this was a scam. He kept telling me he was just trying to do his "job" getting this check to me. He offered me the option of donating the money back to the American Negro College Fund who sponsored this particular sweepstakes. I said while they are a worthwhile concern, it does not happen to be one of my personal charities. He then gave me the claim # and ck serial # and also reminded me I would need to pay IRS their share of my winnings and the paperwork would be included in the package with the check. He gave me 2 phone #'s one of which he answered with his name when I called back on a non-traceable phone #. The 2nd # rang several times and eventually started to go to voice mail. I hung up on both calls without saying anything. I was just checking to see how far they were going with this scam. I wrote all the info down figuring I would report it if more came out of it. Well, surprise, surprise no package arrived on Friday, 10/22. By chance I happened to be home during the appointed time to no avail. I was a little rude to Mr. Morgan so I figured that was the end of it. However, I got another call yesterday from a Michael Brown at Reader's Digest asking me if I'd spoken with one of their reps last week. I said no I talked with someone from Publisher's Clearing House. He said we're the same company. He asked what the rep told me and then asked if I got the check/package and if I'd "taken care" of IRS. I said no to the check/package and no to contacting IRS. He was kind of ticked that I didn't have the package and had not paid IRS either. I listened for a minute or two and then informed him that he was not only wasting my cell phone minutes but also my lunch break on a phone call that was clearly a scam. I told him not to call me back and hung up. Both calls came in at 12:40 PM. Today I got another call about 1:20 PM from tel # 305/728-4727 from a "Michelle Becks" telling me that she was from the US customs department at the Miami Airport. She said they had a package with a return address from the Publisher's Clearing house that was delivered there for me on 10/22. She said she'd left 2 messages for me already...which she did not as there is no record of any calls from that # or area code on my cell phone. She told me my full address which was supposedly on the package and asked me what I wanted her to do with the package. I told her that as far as I was concerned it was a scam and it is starting to creep me out. She asked if I wanted her to return the package to sender. I told her to do that and ended the call. I have no idea whether I'll hear anything else from these clowns, but I know beyond any doubt it is a scam. I just cannot figure out how they got my cell phone #. Very few people have it. I use it mostly for emergencies. I'm really uncomfortable about all of this.
My mother received call from 516-830-3932 from "Marcus Real" with exact same message and amount on Oct. 29, 2010. Thank goodness she was alert enough to think it might be a scam. So if you find a place to report, they are still at it.