Go to the website and print this out for her. Also have a officer explain it to her.. Print this page also and have her read it! Get a call blocker for her also.
PCH:
It is a scam:
http://info.pch.com/consumer-information/fraud-protection
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
http://www.usa.gov/
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http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0119-jam ... ng-us-consumers
Does anyone know if this is a legitimate # for Publishers Clearing House? They say you won and need your ss#, bank account and routing #s so they can wire transfer the money.
• 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!
More information on those scams (and others) may be found at
http://phonehelp.2truth.com/facts.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.
This person has called ~10 times today. Supposedly it is Robert Nelson that works for Publishers Clearing House. He argued with my mother saying her bank account # is wrong, etc.
Then you must do an intervention. Get a lawyer, get the police to come and talk to here, do something. Get assistance somewhere. This has happened to many people before, and they will suck every last penny out of her. Take her checkbook, take her credit cards, get your name added to her bank account, whatever you need to do. Simply talking to her will not work. You need to take action now or else your mother will die penniless.