My mother received a phone call today from 404-330-0248 stating they were calling from Publishers Clearing House and that she had just won $500,000.00. My mother did order from PCH so she thought it might be legit. I asked for the number and found this forum. Thank goodness. They asked if she was married, divorced, widowed; asked if she had a valid drivers license, and if her son lived in the house. When all questions were answered they said they were now going to transfer the call to their attorneys and then the call was disconnected. She has tried calling back and received nothing but a busy signal. THIS IS A TOTAL SCAM...
I received the same call saying that I had won the second place prize of $500,000 from Publishers Clearing House. The check was supposedly scheduled for delivery on Thursday between 9 - 11 am. They asked a few questions about my marital status, age, whether I was retired, and whether I had a Texas drivers license, then transferred me to an "attorney". He wanted to know when I had entered the PCH drawing and I hold him it must have been at least 15 years ago. He then hung up and that was the end of the conversation. Has to be a scam, but I'm not sure what.
Received a call from a Mr. Calvin Rhodes stated that I had won 2nd prize in Publishers Clearing house and that they would be out with the check on Thursday between 9 & 11am. He indicated they had mailed something to my address, but it was an old address they had on file. I did not realize I should not have corrected my address until I found this post after the call was completed. He asked when my husband would be home and he said he would have a Senior attorney call me back about that time to make arrangements for getting us the check.
• There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.
• If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.
• You have not won big bucks from a benign benefactor, a pot of pesos from PCH, dinero from a doctor, a car from a caller, or a grant from a gracious government ◄- ◄- ◄- ◄- ◄-
• The tooth fairy really does not exist
• Everything you read on the internet is not necessarily true.
• It is illegal to ask for money for a loan or prize, before awarding the loan or prize! ◄- ◄- ◄- ◄- ◄-
• "Free Trips" are loaded with mandatory & costly extras, and you usually must give them your card number after listening to a loooong spiel at a hotel.
• Microsoft or a different famous software company, or one of their agents did NOT cold call you to fix your computer.
• The moon is not made of green cheese.
• The IRS will snailmail you, rather than phone you, if there is a problem.
• Jackalope milk is not an aphrodisiac.
• If you Vanilla Card, MoneyGram or Western Union money to a scammer, the money is gone.
• You should beware of Geeks bearing gifts, specially if the gift is a wooden horse with termites, or a statement that your computer is infected.
• 876 is NOT your lucky number, and it will cost you money to call that area code!
• The number you see on your Caller ID may not be the number of the person who called you!
• The Do Not Call List works as intended. It is NOT a call blocker!
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This number is also associated with 4043300248 they said I won 500,000.00 that would be delivered 8/26.he supposedly was lawyer he had me to confirm my winnings with the us lottery and game commission in Washington DC.they confirmed the winnings with a claim # and had all my info.then they wanted me to pay the taxes for the winnings.