PCH:
It is a scam:
http://info.pch.com/consumer-information/fraud-protection
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Its ILLEGAL to ask for money to receive it:
Prize Offers: You Don’t Have to Pay to Play!
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/telemarketing/tel17.shtm
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/scam-alerts
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0076-telemarketing-scams
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Received a letter naming a claim agent
That I should call concerning an amount of money that I supposedly won from Publishers Clearing House f o r directions of processing a cheque I received which is as portion of the prize money. The above phone number is what they gave me.
• There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.
• If it sounds (or looks) 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, 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 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 "green dot", MoneyGram or Western Union money to a scammer, the money is gone.
• You should beware of Greeks bearing gifts, specially if the gift is a wooden horse with termites.
• 876 is NOT your lucky number, and it will cost you money to call that area code!
More information on those scams (and others) may be found at
http://phonehelp.2truth.com/facts_rev.html
Remember to return here, to 800notes.com, after you look at any of the information at that site, either to post more information, or to let us know you avoided the scam.
Didn't get a call, but Mom got a letter. All day long she was anxious to tell me about her letter tonight. I can see she's exited. It's from Publishers Clearing House! She's a 2nd prize winner in the Second category of the USA Mega (Publishers Clearing House) draw... I look up at Mom. It breaks my heart to tell her, "I think this is a scam." Sure the check looks legit, but the envelope and letter, not so much. I found info on this site researching Emmanuel Chung "claim agent" goes back years ago. The Canadian phone numbers keep changing, but the game is still the same. The prize is now $3,500,000. Thank goodness all of you folks report these scams. Mom is 70 years old. All her life she's protected everyone. Thank you all for protecting her now!
PCH:
It is a scam:
http://info.pch.com/consumer-information/fraud-protection
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Its ILLEGAL to ask for money to receive it:
Prize Offers: You Don’t Have to Pay to Play!
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/telemarketing/tel17.shtm
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/scam-alerts
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0076-telemarketing-scams
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http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0119-jam ... ng-us-consumers