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Publishers clearing house
A friend off mine just got a call the other day saying that he won $450,000 from publishers clearing house. The catch is he has to send $650.00 to this party an then he recieves his money through the mail. I told him this is a scam an dont send any money to anybody. Need your guys opinion on this. The guy was supposedly from Las Vegas. Ideas guys
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Scam with a cap S. PCH does not require you to put any money up front. One should never send money to anyone without verifying it.
Tell your friend that they can call PCH and verify but they will find out it is false.
Tell your friend that they can call PCH and verify but they will find out it is false.
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^^^Ditto that. This is an age old scam. Most of the time it's run by an offshore shell company. They give you an address to send the money to and you never hear from them again. You call the number they give only to get the recording saying it's not a valid number or is no longer in service.
They tend to prey on the elderly more than others simply because they tend to be a lot more trusting of others. I can't tell you how many times this happens. It's also a nightmare to try to track these toads down and if it originates from overseas, well that's a whole other story.
Best advice is what has been said above. Tell them not to send any money. Or better yet, tell your friend to tell this idiot that's calling them to just take the $650 out of the $450,000 and send them the balance. They likely won't ever hear from them again. Above all else, SEND NO MONEY! PCH doesn't operate that way and I can tell you that from having investigated some of these very things myself.
They tend to prey on the elderly more than others simply because they tend to be a lot more trusting of others. I can't tell you how many times this happens. It's also a nightmare to try to track these toads down and if it originates from overseas, well that's a whole other story.
Best advice is what has been said above. Tell them not to send any money. Or better yet, tell your friend to tell this idiot that's calling them to just take the $650 out of the $450,000 and send them the balance. They likely won't ever hear from them again. Above all else, SEND NO MONEY! PCH doesn't operate that way and I can tell you that from having investigated some of these very things myself.
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It's a scam. But so is PCH. They are just distressingly good at keeping within the law and parting elderly people from their money.
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Never give any information or send any money! PCH awarded a friend of mine several thousand dollars in their contest a few years ago. He was notified by certified mail. Had to fill out a form, have it notarized, and mail it back to them. Check came by certified mail a week later.
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