Publishers Clearing House Reviews

PCH is a scam to me. I bought magazines from them for many years, and have been doing this email stuff. I have never won anything.

Publishers Clearing House has me concerned about releasing any info whatsoever, regarding myself or my family. This company has sent me multiple emails daily, billed me for items I have not received, and chronically sends me postal mail to buy junk. It's out of control. My junk email has escalated to the point that I spend 30 minutes daily, deleting or unsubscribing to it. How do you make them stop?

They tell me that I won $350,000 but in order to get it, I have to deposit $4,937 in my account. I told him I don't have an account; he told me that the only way I would get the money is if I open one up. When I talked to the lady at the bank, they told me that it was a scam. Now I have to find a way to pay for this scam because it's on my credit.

I entered in trying to win and all I've gotten is over 200 emails in my spam box every day that I didn't have before. They sell your e-mail to other companies and try to force you to buy their stuff in order to enter their drawings. Every time they say I've won, I go to confirm only to be kicked out to something they want me to buy! Publishers Clearing House is nothing but a scam!

I signed up long ago to receive daily emails to get on PCH site. I received them regularly until approximately 1 week ago. Therefore, I kept my old email from them to get on their site to play the sweepstakes and games. Today, May 23, 2009, it said I had already entered the sweepstakes which I have not! I just want PCH to start sending me my email to play everyday like they used to do.

At 12 noon on 5/23/09 a man, David **, representing Publishers Clearing House called my wife saying that she won $495K last October 2008. He asked her to claim her prize. He detailed codes; Lloyd's Bank out of San Jose, Costa Rica; FedEx instructions; his number (888-389-4435 ext **); and wanted to ask a bunch of biographical questions to claim the prize. There has been no negative impact as of yet besides the intrusion into our home. We did not give them much information, but go get them.

Publishers Clearing House sent me a check for $2,440.00 saying that I won, but they wanted me to match the amount.

I have ordered several small items from PCH, and for the most part been satisfied. This time, I ordered lavender climbing roses. The box they arrived in says the order is for lavender climbing roses; however, the product inside is Day Lilies! Don't get me wrong, Day Lilies are an okay flower - but it's not what I wanted! What to do now? How do I get what I ordered? I'm not paying for something I can't use! I guess I'll return them with a letter and see if I get my roses.

I have purchased many items with satisfaction from P.C.H. and have entered their giveaways. However, they have gotten them so difficult to go through now that (according to them) I lose my chance at the prize because I am unable to complete the necessary requirements. It will take you to a page during the process that will not let you in or through and when you try to click back, a pop-up will occur telling you that if you leave this page, you will forfeit your chance at winning. Further, I have been trying to make contact with P.C.H. to tell them of the situation, but am unable to do so since no contact information exists on any of the Web sites I have been able to look at.

I received an "important notice" in the mail from Publisher's Clearing House, which contained an Insta-Match Quick Cash Giveaway scratcher. I scratched the ticket, won $50 and submitted my claim ticket via mail on April 8th. I have not received a check for my instant winnings.

I have about 200 Holland bulbs and only 18 have grown up - only green, no flowers. I tried to call but only got voice mail. If you can give me a real phone number to talk with a person, I will appreciate it. Thanks.

I ordered 16 of the "Giant Colorful Lilies" on March 16th, got a bill and sent a check for $28.65 on April 29th. The bill said they would be shipped the last week of April. I have not received the flowers yet. It's time to get these planted. Thanks.

I've been receiving emails from PCH for quite sometime. I enter daily trying to increase my chance of winning. I was told I would receive a thousand dollars with the initial for the Tyler/Longview, TX. area. I never received the money. Then I was told that I would receive $5 thousand a week for life for the drawing on Thanksgiving Day. I stayed at home all that day because I didn't want to miss them, no show. I have played the PCH Lotto where they say I would win $250,000. All my numbers matched their number; that page would go off into another game site.

I have experienced difficulty in searching using the PCH search engine, and the warning frequently comes up that something is wrong but doesn't tell me what it is or why it is occurring. Please figure this out and let me know. Thanks.

I have ordered a number of things from Publishers Clearing House and haven't had any trouble until the last four months. I have sent back six items that I did not order, some I did not receive. I have called their 1800 number and talked to several different people on the phone about this. A young man told me to forget it and my account was not charged anyway. My question was then why did you send me a bill? Then I started receiving several items (8) that I have sent back and paid the postage to send it back but now I have two more packages that I did not order. I'm tired of this costing me to send these things back! I will not order anything else from Publishers Clearing House. Please call to tell me what to do with the two packages I have now.

I ordered the SteamBuddy through the Publisher's Clearinghouse. It does not work. It steams but the wrinkles do not come out enough. The light on the unit goes off, almost right after you plug it in. I have no address or anyway to return this item for a refund.

I got an email in early April from PCH saying the three items I ordered were on the way. I responded by telling them to cancel the order. There was no way I would order such crap: a CD, a CZ ring and some other piece of junk. I sent the same email three different times and got no response. Today, I received the box which I took back to the post office and marked refused on the box and that will be that. They will not get a dime from me. I'm sure I will hear from them now.

This morning I was playing the scratch offs for PCH. It said to scratch off and get three in a row. For the first time, I scratched off 3 cows together. It said that I was not a winner and to try again. It went in to register my name. I did win that scratch off. I have another complaint about PCH. Over the past few years, I have ordered a few things. I even sent the forms in before the deadline was due. I have never gotten any kind of winnings for that. Personally, I think that Publishers Clearing House is a scam. Something should be done about their company. I am not a bitter person or wish any harm come to them, but they need to be put out of business. May God be with you.

Publisher Clearing House keeps sending mail that I have won their big prize. In the last ten years to my knowledge have they ever paid off. In the last ten years, they said I won every time. If so, I would be trillionaire by now. I believe they scam people to sell other products for profit.

I have been ordering products through PCH. On a recent order, I noticed the package looked as if something had been ripped off. Generally, you do get invoices with the packages, but I had three packages and no invoice was on there. I then get a payment in full notice because I have not made a payment. How can you make a payment on something you don't know the total of? When I called PCH to tell them that I hadn't received a bill that I assumed it would be with my final portion of my order, I was informed that I no longer had payment options available and was treated very rudely. I find this amazing, that I am the first customer that has ever not received an invoice, that the possibility of human error is not there. My complaint is that I have always paid them, and on time. So wouldn't a company assume that it was human error in some way instead of treating a customer so shabbily?

I received an email from PCH on their instant win. I did not win, but that is not my concern. I then went to PCH home page and entered their latest contest. This time, I ordered a couple of magazines so I hit the button to process my order. It went to all of these different offers so when I turned them all down, a McDonald's add came up and said I will win a 100 gift certificate and just tell us where to send it. Then more ads. I declined until the last one. When I said no to all, it would not let me go any further. I had to choose at least one item and thus, my complaint. I had to choose one item and pay for it to win. I could not get back to finish my order with PCH, so I closed out the window. Now I am telling you about this. Maybe it is an oversight on PCH's side, but I really did not want those offers. Thank you.

I received a bill in the amount of $20.40 for a bougainvillea plant that I never ordered. My supposed ID # is ** (Order # **). This is not the first time I have had trouble with Publishers Clearing House. Last time, I ordered Rachel Ray cookbook and paid for it, and they said they never received it. I could not find my receipt, so I finally got tired of them hounding me and paid for it twice. I told them then I would never order anything else from them, and now this has happened. Why would I pay $15.96 plus $4.44 for shipping for a bougainvillea plant when I can go to Wal-Mart and buy it for half that price? What can I do about this? There is no telephone number on the bill to call them back.

Publishers Clearing House has put up for collection $39.95 for Men's Health. They claim my wife or I ordered this magazine or something from them. We did not. We called them twice about this collection (by Allied Interstate). There was no satisfaction. My chicken wife has paid this bill (alias robbery). Here is what I'm going to do. I will refuse anything sent from Publisher's Clearing House by Postal Service or email. I will tell everyone I can about your lousy service. I will never buy another magazine that associates itself with a company that I consider a thief. Enjoy the $39.95, if you can. I hope you choke on it. You and your kind are exactly what's wrong with this country right now. Government and big business has the gold so they make all the rules. But someday God who made heaven and earth will remember all unjustness and the debt will be paid. Vengeance is not mine, but His. Nevertheless, I will make every effort to ensure that I carry out exactly what I have said above.

I sent for a wallet, order number **. I received the order, but no wallet. The box was empty. The bill is $17.95 and I have zero. I have written to you before and you said you would get back to me within 48 hours. Well, that has come and gone. Please respond. Thanks.

Over a year ago, I ordered 2 cans of Bridge Mix 32 oz. and paid for them. Four months ago, I received another 2 cans of the same stuff, of which I did not order. I did not pay for them and two months later, I was turned over to a collection agency for non-payment. I finally sent them the money! Things like this can mess up credit, if you know what I mean. Anyway, just last month, I got another can of the Bridge Mix and I sent it back. Just yesterday (1 April 2009), I received another can of the same stuff. Again I did not order any more of this stuff but it keeps on coming. Do I just keep doing this forever or what?

I received a letter that said it was from Publishers Clearing House, saying I won $135,000. There was a check inside for $3,985. I called Publishers Clearing House and they said that it was not from them. There was no damage because I called Publishers Clearing House before anything.

Unfortunately it was made out to a Phyllis ** in Batavia IL. I still require a refund check from you or should I contact the BBB?

I started receiving magazines that I didn't order. I am disabled from bipolar disease. I did not order these magazines. Please stop sending these and do not send any more bills. I am giving this to the Better Business Bureau. I have a very limited budget, and I can't afford these magazines.

They sent me a letter from Publishers Clearing House and a check from L.I. Insurance Company of America for the amount of 4,965.00 and told me to deposit the check in my account and it was for the taxes to pay in Canada for my winning of 250,000.00. I took the check to the bank and ask them to investigate this and see if it was a scam and it turned out to be! It is a good thing I did not send them a check out of my account.

They sent me email confirming order. I immediately (all within a few hours) replied that I did not order anything and to cancel. They wrote back. The order was already processed and couldn't be cancelled. I intend to refuse packages when they arrive.

Claimed I won $450,000 tax free, from Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes and it would be delivered 10:30 am the next day. All I have to do is give him a credit card # or a checking acct. number to ensure delivery by courier. He claimed delivery could not made until money was received or my winnings would be sent to the next name on the list. I HAVE SINCE HAD 4 more calls.

I mailed you a check on 2-1-09 ck. # ** for the Opal necklace and earring set. The ck. was for $6.74. I sent the jewelry back, (I am a good customer) but the ch. hasn't been cashed so I can't clear my ch. book for Feb. I have ordered since and paid off the purchase. Will you please either send me the ch. or cash it, so I can't stop being aggravated about it. I have a little O.C.D. Thank you.

They keep sending my grandfather letters telling him he is one of the top members and he is going to win.... and persuade him to buy things he does not need and does not have the money for to increase his chances of winning. How do we stop this? My grandmother died about 18 months ago and he has gone through all of insurance money, buying thing he does not need, believing he is going to be the next winner... He even stays at home on days there is a giveaway because he believes he is going to win.

PCH has asserted that I still owe them money for a DVD that I ordered on 06/23/08. This DVD was part of a larger order of which some of the items were back-ordered. After I received all of the items that I ordered, I issued a check on 8/12/09 to pay for the complete order. I have a bank-originated copy of my cancelled check which was paid on 8/19/08 with the posting reference number attached. I presented my supporting documentation to PCH on 10/08/08 I received a reply from PCH on 11/07/08 indicating that my payment was applied to another order.... To date PCH has refused to present a detailed statement indicating to me HOW and WHEN my purchases/payments have been applied.

I received a letter from Publisher Clearing House with a check for $5937 stated that I win a million dollars to call before depositing the check for further information. So on Monday March 9 I call Miss ** at the number listed on the letter. She scheduled me for an appointment on Wednesday March 11 for the prize to be delivered between 12-3pm and she advised me to deposit the check and send part of it to cover for brinks security to deliver the prize. She made it very clear that I must deposit the check and send the money otherwise she can not schedule the delivery. Dumb as I was, I send the money like I have told to do so.

I have ordered purses. 1st I ordered probably lasted a week or so. So I called. Reported it straps broke, snap tore up, and lining tore in side seams. Then I called. They sent another to me. Like the first one hadn’t had it maybe a week. Friday, not even a week, I had the second purse they sent. Its back strap broke on the backside on one end where the leather was sewed, not. It’s no good - all that happen to that. Please clear my account. Must be defects in these purses so I’m not gonna get another that will do the same. Sorry for this but purses just aren’t what they are suppose to be. Please clear me off the account. I will not pay for something that tears up on me like these has.

You NEVER see them at any poor persons home. You NEVER see PCH at any shabby broken homes. You never see them with some toothless person that is obviously poor. Always - Always it's some middle class person that wins. So, I have to Ask - HOW can this be a random selection?????? HOW???? My parents entered PCH sweepstakes for over 20 years.

Has been calling my phone numbers up to 14 times this morning. 6 times on another number. This person has been -- is being -- a pest and harassing my family. We ARE on the NO CALL LIST. FIX THE PROBLEM OR I WILL HAVE THE POLICE OR AGENCY DO IT.

On February 26th I won the lotto. The second game of 4 games. I matched all 8 numbers for $250000. I called PCH and they told me that this was not their game. They gave me a number to call. I called and was told that I would hear from them within 2 weeks. I checked my numbers again on Sunday and guess what the numbers aren't winners anymore. PCH is suppose to be a up standing game, well I want everybody to know that they are a RIP OFF.

DITTO FOR ME!!!! William of Phelan CA (03/01/09). "Received Lifetime Prize Award Entry - order form for $5000.00/week lifetime prize and special award. Award to be announced February 29th on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams. Problem is that the year 2009 doesn't have a February 29th! This date is stated several times in the documentation and is totally false advertising."

On 26 Feb 2009 I entered the pchlotto.com. You have four chances to win different amounts of money. I entered all four lotto cards and the lotto card for $250,000. I selected my eight numbers. The next day I checked the numbers and all eight numbers blinked supposedly meaning I had won the $250,000. I showed the lotto card to a family member who could not believe I had all eight numbers. I wrote the numbers down and e-mail pchlotto.com and asked them since I have all eight numbers what next. The next day the numbers for lotto card two changed and I had only two numbers. I am far from stupid. I know what I saw. I would never have e-mailed them if I hadn't felt certain I had won.

PCH sent me an email that requires me to click and respond to the Super Prize Entry Pass link to be eligible for the sweepstakes. Yet the link has not worked in their past 3 emails and there is no way to contact them.

I liked playing the Quiz game. Occasionally they route you through several pages. I normally just click the "not interested" button and go on. At one point, I could not proceed unless I selected something so I picked free information, filled out the page and proceeded. This month a charge of 19.95 appeared on my telephone bill! It was for the free information that I never even received any information on. Fortunately, they had my email address completed wrong so I was able to remove the charges.

Since my wife (a senior citizen) entered the sweepstakes, she has bought junk products, magazines, etc. hoping this would increase her chances of winning. In about 6 weeks, she has received 47 letters she is almost ready to win, etc. We want off their list. Aggravation, anxiety and false expectations are products of this scam. When are they going to be stopped?

I just want to know why I am not receiving my emails online to enter as I have for a long time. I have not received any for days now. Most generally got at least one a day. Please advise. Thanks.

My husband is getting all of these sweepstakes letters, that make it sound like he is going the win the next sweepstakes prize. He has Alzheimer's Disease and I can't reason with him anymore. Yesterday he got 6 letters stating that he had not paid for all the things he has ordered, when in fact he has paid when money orders. I need to get him off of their mailings lists. When I try to explain to him that he has not already won or will not win he gets violent with me. How can I get him removed from these mailing lists.

I emailed Publishers Clearing House and asked that they remove all my email addresses from their email list. They still email me inspite of that request and this is getting old. I get at least 15 offers a day from them but even when I have entered I never win anything. Stressful to keep emailing them and they ignore my emails.

Received Lifetime Prize Award Entry - order form for $5000.00/week lifetime prize and special award. Award to be announced February 29th on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams. Problem is that the year 2009 doesn't have a February 29th! This date is stated several times in the documentation and is totally false advertising.

I have been playing the PCH Lotto for about a week now. After I choose my numbers (8 of them) the next day I get an email to check to see if I am a winner. When I do, none of my numbers are there. The same numbers appear from them. It is the same for their scratch off ticket. I have a folder with all the PCH information I have submitted. SCAM or what. I tried to email them... several times and I have gotten no response.

I was lead to believe I was going to be a winner in the 5,000 a week sweepstakes that was given out the 26th 2009. I have the paper I printed off the computer saying the initial J. ** would definitely be a winner, and a stamp on it with my initials. I also have other proof of their lies. These people need to be stopped. Please add me to your suit against them.

I have documents of Affadavit of Elibility, how winner wants to collect, documents, certificates of winner info and all kinds of other documents and releases. I was so anxious. Luckily I did Not have a heart attack. I received an a very heavy emotional breakdown, of crying because I was using the money to get an attorney to bring my baby back home that dCF aka CPS had no right to take my Only Miracle Premature baby from me and have grounds for iAC on the attorney and judge. Starting our inventions to save children and the universe & families will be able to work awesome.

I entered online for the PCH $1million prize and $5000 a week for life prize. I get about 1 or 2 emails from PCH a day about entering more contests, but nothing more than that. I got a call from a Magazine Rep claiming to have a $300 gas card for me if I just bought some magazines for $4.95 per week on my credit card. I declined and hung up. I reported the incident to PCH's 1800 number that can be found online (where they list other scams that have been reported). They were very nice, took my information, and reminded me that PCH would NEVER require money or purchases of ANY KIND to win their prizes. So, for those of you claiming to have been ripped off by PCH, it was an imposter. PCH is not involved. You need to be more careful and remember the #1 rule for any contests or job opportunities NEVER GIVE THEM MONEY. IF THEY ASK FOR MONEY, THEY ARE NOT LEGITIMATE AND ARE TRYING TO SCAM YOU!

My mother, who is in her 70's, receives several mailings from Publishers Clearing House every month. She is spending $300 to $400 a month on junk hoping to win the big prize. She is on a fixed income and cannot afford to continue doing this. I can not find a number to request them to stop mailing her. If she doesn't stop this she will not even be able to pay her house payment. Please help...

Tried several times - please help me to get the PCH mail stopped to this address. Elderly people no longer able to participate.

Ordered a CD which I never got. Was suppose to $26?? I was taught that when you don't receive some thing that you don't pay for it, but because they can play with your credit history I am now being billed $29.45. What a rip off, but more than that I hate their scam ethics. I have not seen or heard of anybody winning any thing. PCH, you are nothing but a big joke!!

I placed an order ** Money bag, and I was overcharged for the item. I paid the amount that they asked for. Then on 2/10/09, I was sent a refund check drawn on Wachovia Bank. I went to the bank and found that the refund check is no good. I am not sure what is going on with your company, but it appears that PCH is a total SCAM. I will pass this information on to everyone that I know.

The problem is detailed in the letter below that I sent to Publishers Clearing House on Jan. 23. I sent a second copy of the letter via email about three weeks ago. I have received no response, and I hate to be ignored.

I have been playing Publishers Clearing House games and responding before their deadline (for way too many days/years) for a chance to win. I have not purchased anything. NO PURCHASE TO ENTER WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR ODDS. I feel Publishers Clearing House is a scam, because no one ever wins. When was the last time any one heard or seen on TV when they go to someone's house with a check & flowers. The games are free to play - that is the only time I play any more. To get my mind off of things after a hard day at work. It's a scam for those who believe someone does win or someone who needs money. The lottery has better odds than Publishers Clearing House. Publishers Clearing House needs to quit defrauding the American people. People have enough to deal with beside dealing with scam artists.

I have tried to pay a bill for an item that came too late to give as a Christmas gift. You will not accept a Canadian credit card. I find that insulting and archaic. Please let me know that you are going to accept Canadian payments by credit card.

Did not receive heater we ordered 11 /29/08.

I received a collection letter from this agency stating that I have a delinquent status from Publisher Clearing House in the amount of $24.97! And I never placed an order from them! I am not even receiving any product from them. I called the collection agency and no one answered me but a automated answering machine.

I entered the Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes and now my phone rings off the hook with telemarketers such as (202)683-1441 at 1:28 pm on 2-13-09 and another before it on and on and learned online that Publishers Clearing House is the cause of it. I called the number above with no results. I'm not stopping there though.

I do not have a complaint about a product - it's about identity theft and registering for your sweepstakes - this has not happened to me but I am concerned that requiring a person's full birth date to register for a sweepstakes can open the door for this type of disaster. I know your site is supposed to be secure but we cannot assume in this day of technology it can't be hacked.

I was told I would get a laptop computer for ordering so many items. Well, when I was done ordering, I was cut off the laptop page, and no further word was given to me about the laptop I wanted for my granddaughter. Also, there was to be a contest giving away money that I never got to finish playing. I was tricked into buying a bunch of junk I did not need. I am out a bunch of money on my credit card, for junk. I cannot trust anyone else on the internet. I want my money back, as I did not receive what was offered to me.

I submitted my contest entry and there was a stamp enabling me to order a purse for 4 payments of $3.99. I received the purse and it was damaged and terribly moldy smelling. Since the package was opened, I could not return it REFUSED & no contact phone was given to ask for return labels (companies usually send customers for damaged items)...and would therefore have to pay postage & return receipt, etc. This would be costly and then I would have nothing. The charge for the purse also included shipping and handling. I tried emailing the company several times (they do not post any Customer Service No. on their website or on their statements) to get feedback on how to return the damaged mdse.

I entered the Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes contest every day for the last 2 maybe 3 weeks for the 1 million dollar prize and the sweepstakes for the 5 thousand dollars a week for life. I was told I did not have to order anything from them to enter. Well tonight, I got a call from the magazine rep. It was a female. I just listened to her for a few minutes trying to get me to say I would order which I did not say. I just ask her some questions. She then put some man on the phone and I told him I didn't want to order. He kept asking me why.

I have been receiving invoices for magazine subscriptions that I never ordered. My parents actually have been getting them at their house and giving them to me. I have not lived with my parents for six years. Don't you think if I had ordered them they would have my correct address to send them? They just sent one stating that there will be legal consequences and such and that it will appear on my credit report if I don't pay, but I am not paying for something that I never ordered.

I received a call on Tuesday, February 3, 2009 stating that I had won one of the Publishers Clearinghouse Sweepstakes for $2.5 million dollars. I am to send $275.00 Western Union to your office in Jamaica. I am going through with it so that I can give you more names, telephone numbers, and addresses. Then you can send out information about the scammers using your company's name.

I ordered and received an Obama coin collection. The case was damaged when it arrived. Do I return it? And what is the procedure? Your prompt reply would be appreciated.

I received a "cashier's check" in the amount of $5,935.00 on the Bank of America in Hialeah, FL with a Publisher's Clearing House certificate showing me as a second place sweepstakes winner of One Million Dollars (1st place won $7,000,000) and instructing me to call Barbara ** before depositing the certified check. I called the number given and was told Ms. ** would return my call later. Of course she did not return my call. Oddly enough, the switchboard operator answered my call by saying "Publisher's Clearing House" so for a moment I thought the thing might be legitimate!!

I also have been trying to win at PCH.com and have now come to the reality that it's just a scam.

Well, here I am on football day and no PCH or Ed McMann!! This is the 12th year in a row they got my hopes up!! Darn it!!! If it's too good to be true, it must be another game loss and I didn't get anything again this year!!!!

I returned by UPS #**, shipment ID #** two sets of Christmas lights on Nov. 21, 2008. It was received by Hills at the dock on Nov. 21, 2008. I have not received my refund. Can you help? Lost money.

Received 2nd email notifying me that I was past due in paying. It sounded familiar so I looked back in my saved emails and sure enough I had already paid them via credit card online. I seem to recall some other emails saying I ordered this or that and couldn't remember doing so but thought it was just me. Now having read the other complaints I think PCH is a big scam artist that should be investigated.

Was sent a sweepstakes offer, stating no purchase was necessary. On the right hand side of form was places (4) to put selection of magazines desired. I did not place any stickers there. Below this area was a place that stated that for future help in satisfying customers' needs, to place a sticker that might help them track the popularity of said magazine. I placed a Reader's Digest sticker there, having reread that this was just for future reference and not to be ordered. I have since received an issue of the Digest with an accompanying bill for almost $17 for a 1-yr. subscription, to be sent by 1/29. This is sheer fraud. Now I am in the process of dealing with Reader's Digest because I actually have an original subscription with them that I purchased for $15 for a 2-year plan.

with no results. PCH sent me this winning notice out of the blue signed by Maryann ** the Contest Manager. They also stopped sending me any other contest information. I have copies of the original paper-Attorney Welcome!

I 'Tried' to enter the PCH contest online, and after what seemed eternity, it dumped me. Every category, I chose not to receive info or buy anything. I wasn't even sure if the form went through. Now, I'm being bombarded with junk email and I KNOW that they sold me out. I never got junk email until I went to their website. I'm being so tortured by these emails, that I'm going to be forced to change my address and subsequently inform everyone of my personal contacts of this change. It's just a MAJOR inconvenience! PCH needs a dope slap.

Publisher's Clearing House mailed a solicitation stating that someone in Jacksonville, FL would definitely be a winner of their grand prize. Well, no one in Jacksonville has won. I purchased two products from them and paid for them both and the products were not as advertised. Furthermore, I started to receive emails to play PCH Lotto. The PCH website lists the names of winners of their free lottery game. I searched the people and their state and none of the people exist. They are claiming that these people have won when, in fact, they've not won anything. They are leading you to think you have a chance to win the PCH Lotto because those people have won when they're not even real people.

I have been a member of Publishers Clearing House since 1980. I have bought their products and entered their contests in good faith. I have also seen people get small checks from them that never even entered their contests. Every time I contact them, they keep telling me that because of odds of winning, my name has never been drawn to win a contest. Yet they have new people entering their contests that have never entered before and winning their big prizes from every contest. I cannot believe that in 29 years of entering contests that I have never been chosen to win a prize. I believe that Publishers Clearing House is discriminating against me because I live below the standards they set for their winners and because I cannot always buy their products.

I received a Pet Nail Trimmer I did not order. I am sending it back. I don't know how this happened and the device was broken (the head of the trimmer). I don't want to be billed over and over again. The item number is 5448A4, order #**. Thank you for your help.

They keep sending me stuff through the mail that I did not order. I keep sending the items back and they "STILL" keep sending more.

He called to say, "You won $2 million." He said I did not have to pay any taxes but that I had to send $450 to Rodney **, **, St. James, Jamaica, West Indies before I get the money.

Go to the PCH.com website. When you fill out the form to submit, it does not allow you to enter your date of birth and keeps preventing you from submitting. There are no boxes to enter your year yet when you try to submit, it keeps saying you must enter DOB. WHERE???

For weeks, I have been playing on the Publishers Clearinghouse Quiz 4 Cash website where you take trivia quizzes for points and after a certain amount of points are acquired, you can spin the wheel for chances at winning the jackpot. After winning the jackpot, I then put in a check request. After waiting from 11-13-08 until 12-31-08, I saw that a check had been cut under my account status. The rules state that you will receive your check within 6-8 weeks after a check request. It is now 1-13-09, and surprise, surprise, I still have not received my check.

I just want my address changed. They keep sending me all of these e-mails saying I could be the winner. I have hundreds of e-mails, letter of intents, all this stuff getting my hopes up. Will ** be the address Prize Patrol will be arriving to?? It's the 2nd year in a row they got my address wrong. They have no address to contact them or to send the correct address to. It seems like a scam or something. At least if you are going to get my hopes up, have the right address.

I ordered a CD of the bible, I really wanted it. When it arrived, I tried to play it in my CD player and all I get is an ERROR and it pops the CD back out. Now they expect me to pay for something that is defective. And there is no way to complain. I know it is only $26.95, but I am a senior on a fixed budget.

I have tried to register with PCH on several occasions, attempting to correct the spelling of my name and my address. They seem to have no customer support set in place. I would like to have the magazines they want me to buy delivered to me with my name on them properly spelled. All other attempts to contact them have failed. It would be nice to hear a human being explain this.

I sent in a form for a Digital camera to PCH, and I haven't gotten it or any kind of notification. It's been 2 months and my daughter's birthday is this month and I would like to at least have a paper sent to me telling me to pay the rest of the bill. I really want to know what's going on.

They have been sending products to our address that we have not ordered. Then they send us a bill saying we owe them for products we have not ordered. We have been sent three different products.

I have ordered magazines in the past though Publishers Clearing House. I always thought it was against the law to advertise false information. I want to know - has anyone truly won from this company? They always show actors or actresses screaming and crying fake tears... Why do the rich prey on the poor and elderly?

It's a direct mail of very official looking letter mimicking style of government document mailing. Official looking claim stub with specific number was tailored to my name and including local business names to provide credibility. These will be notified when I pick up my Super prize. This is unethical business practice. Less savvy, naive or confused young or elderly clearly have been taken in over the years by this obnoxious firm. Why are they not sued out of business? I am retaining this letter until you tell me what to do with it. Thank you!

I attempted to order money clips from PCH (Publishers Clearing House). They asked for no ship address as any reputable company does. When not asked for shipping address, I attempted to cancel. Try that at Pch.com and you get the biggest runaround ever. The only reason I tried to cancel is I travel extensively; the address they have is my home of record and it is unlikely at that time or any time in the near future that I would be there, which means I will not receive shipment and haven't yet. Yet they are trying to bill me.

No need for a lawyer to call, I just wanted to complain to someone about the new Publishers Clearing House commercial that has a woman screaming at the beginning of the commercial three times. They crank the volume up too and it wakes up my son whenever they play it. They repeat the same crap over and over. Surely there's a law about it. Thanks for listening.

I placed an order with Publishers Clearing House in July 2008 for In Style magazine, Good housekeeping and People magazine. I wrote them a check and mailed it. As of September 9, I hadn't received People or In Style so I called and spoke with Lisa who told me that I would receive in the 2nd week of October. When I hadn't received, I called on 10/22. They told me that the subscriptions had been cancelled and I would receive a check for $63.70 in 6-8 weeks. When I hadn't received the check, I called on 12/1 and spoke with Dane who told me that the check wasn't cashed and but they'd put a stop payment on it and issue me another check.

I received a delinquent notice today from PCH from a Chistopher ** stating that I owe $65.35 to PCH. It listed a melamine bowl set, Halloween floor mat and a rose bell/humming bird. I did order the Halloween mat but not the other things listed and I will not pay for those items. Should they be able to charge someone for items they did not order? This will cost me money I do not have. I have many medical problems now and I will not allow them to add to my stress level. Please close this company so that others will not be taken into this farce.

I keep receiving e-mails for their contest drawings and I read that the 10 mill was suppose to be drawn 2/28 09. Now they changed it to 2/28/12. I just want to know if these clowns are for real? If not, stop wasting everybody's time, all you are trying to do is push your products on people. If you have no intentions of awarding your contests, then disappear.

I ordered several items from them, some of which were very nice. But I have had bad luck with the plants. One time they sent me my flower bulbs in December so they froze in my mailbox. I recently had some bad luck with strawberries and lilacs - they didn't grow. I called them and they said they would credit my account and informed me of my new total, which I sent in. A couple weeks later I had a message on my answering machine to call regarding my account. I got some foreign woman who kept asking me if I had a question on my account. I told her, "no, you called me and told me to call back." I asked her if there was a problem. She told me they don't usually call and tell their customers to call back, but I said they must have because the number I called her on was on my answering machine. She looked up my account and said there was no problem. A month later I had a letter come in the mail from a collection agency saying I hadn't payed. They are definitely going to be hearing from me.

I have been playing and submitting entry forms for a long time. One day received an e-mail, also received by mail that I finished the last round and to wait to hear from them. Well I have not heard a word from them since. My family is also upset about this matter. We shall not let this go by. We will look into this matter further with our advisor.

Was called by someone claiming to be from PCH that I had won $2.5 mil but I needed to pay to have it delivered. Persons I talked to were foreigners. They had thick accents.

I got a letter, like a post note. On one side it says that I order a manicure set/nail kit!!! Well, don't want IT!! I do not want to pay for it. And plus I order a light house with a phrase on it. You have set three to me. They are always broke.....

I have received PCH mailings telling me I have won anywhere from 1 million to ten million dollars for years and never won a dime. This company is a scam, those on their commercials are actors who are paid to perform on tv to look like they won something. I have never seen where anyone in the local paper has won anything. I got several mailings that state someone in Griffin, GA with initials HG has won our big sweepstakes. I too have been conned and this company needs to be put out of business or we need to file a class action suit against them who have received this mailing. Never have I won anything so why would I pay for their merchandise when they keep scamming me to order their junk only to win nothing but the promises keep on coming and it's getting old.

You said you were sending me something that I did not order. I will not pay for it or return it until you pay the cost for shipping it first. Thank you.

I got an email from PCH saying that my order was being processed, but the thing is.... I NEVER made any orders with them! Now 10 days later, I got a package from them. I replied to that email as soon as I got the order processing email, telling that I didn't make any orders, but still the package came.

Since ordering a Canadian Gardening subscription from Publishers Clearing House, I have been inundated with Junk mail, all worded to make an unaware subscriber believe they have won something. I'm talking about at least 25 pieces of junk mail. I did receive my subscription for the magazine I ordered but had moved within a month of the first issue. I never received a bill from Canadian Gardening, so e-mailed them of my change of address for billing and subscription delivery. To my surprise, I received an overdue bill notice from PCH which I promptly paid to them (amount $11.53) in the mid part of November. Also informing them of the change of address. Today I received a very rude 2nd notice from PCH. They have no web site for customer service, or at least that they publish on any written material. I am getting fed up with their lack of communication with the businesses they they promote, and their tone is totally unprofessional.

There on Friday, December 19th, opened mailbox and there were magazines from good-housing & better homes and gardens. Saturday I received a bill from publisher clearing house stating 2nd notice for a rosebell with hummingbird. I never order anything without paying at that time. I have never ordered the above product. Looking it up on internet, it is something I would never order. I think that this goes back to they have been marking things on the internet entries that you do not even know so that they can get you to line their pockets. I refuse to pay this bill even though they treated to start legal actions. I never even received this item.

A letter was sent to me, saying I had won 2nd place in the amount of one million dollars. Enclosed was a check to cover any outstanding fees in the amount of $5,890. I was instructed to call 1-866-729-3942 Ext#** and speak to Mr. John ** & I give him an included security code. Check was on First Midwest Bank, Joliet, IL & drawn against La Danse Academie, Joliet, IL. They even included the name Mr. Henry ** an Internal Revenue agent handling my file. The letter was signed by Albert **, Chief Financial Officer.

I feel that PCH is something that is not being run out of the USA. You know those scams you get from other countries saying you won a email generated lottery or inherited money. Well, I read a lot of these problems people are having with PCH and really think how they're ripping people off. Making people pay more money than they owe if they purchase a product, which by the way it looks like Dollar Tree items and Dollar Tree's is actually better, but think about what they are doing, because I get daily scams and every day I get letters from PCH stating that a person with the initials MF which is mine says I have won. No, I didn't win anything.

Please remove me from your mailing list. I don't care to receive anything else. I have return several things now and still receive things from you.

Order No. ** - Merchandise received was of very poor quality - I was completely dissatisfied. I have tried your products once and that will be the last time. I had fully intended to return the merchandise. I even have it in an envelope ready to mail BUT I have been too busy to take time to go to the Post Office. My check has been mailed today. Goodbye Forever.

My Father is elderly and he receives anywhere from 5-10 giveaway scams daily. He like others I have read about believes he is going to win the big giveaway from PHC. There is never something for nothing in this world and it is evidenced by companies like PHC, Readers Digest etc who take advantage of people like my Father who believe there is good in everyone. They have sold his name to other scammers and send him items that he never orders.

I had been entering their $5,000 a week for Life contest due to end in Feb. 2009. Last night (12/15/2008), I received another entry letter from them announcing that because I responded in a timely fashion that I was eligible for a prize upgrade to $7,000 a week for Life. Sounded great, until I saw that they moved the expiration date to 02/2012. So this is another way this crooked company can avoid paying out on any grand prize and bilk the public. I would join a class action suit to sue and put this company out of business for their deceptive marketing practices.

I ordered a magazine subscription from you, but YOU PUT THE WRONG ADDRESS ON IT!!! Are you stupid??

They confirmed my buying scout pads. I never ordered them. I tried answering PCH Customer Service with the correct URL and kept getting Aim Profile. Was not able to connect with the Customer Service when I clicked on the reply to.

I have been answering in a timely manner all items in their $10 million giveaway. Last week I received a notice telling me to respond right away - there will be no more contact. However, there was no entry copy in my mailing. Now with only the last step, I am out of the game because they did not send me what they said was in my mailing.

I want Publishers Clearing House to stop sending information to my father that is 77 years old and promising him money. He is on a fixed income, and is spending his monthly check on items related to Publishers Clearing House. His telephone, lights and cable has been disconnected to that he thinks he is going to win millions of dollars. I want any correspondence from this company stopped immediately. Please have his name taken off the mailing list today, no further correspondence send starting today, December 1, 2008.

They keep telling me how close I am to winning the 10,000,000.00. They make it sound so convincing. Stupid of me, I keep ordering and hoping so that I can help people that needs help. My daughter has told me over and over that I am just wasting time money and postage. Well, I finally see her point.

Received email thanking me for purchase. I haven't made a purchase. Would you please cancel whatever shows as being purchased by me.

I am constantly being billed for products that I have paid for many months ago. The last letter I received from PCH listed several items that I had bought several years ago, through the current date of the letter, which was the early part of November 2008. For some time, I had several phone calls each month, regarding my bill. Each time, the caller said I owed for items that I had already paid for, but they didn't mention the items that I still owed for.

I have been receiving a bill for a Video that I purchased. I paid for this item in July of 2008. I sent them the bank statement showing them the check and that it was cashed. I called them and they told me it was for another item that I didn't receive. They keep sending me threatening letters. Once again I am sending them a copy of the bank statement with the check copied.

Years back, Publisher's Clearing House ran what I consider more of a true contest than a sweepstakes. It was called, The Presidential; top prize $100,000. The winner, from Cudahy, WI admitted to me that his entry did not conform to Rule 2 (mailing in a plain white envelope) nor that he came anywhere close to my word count. The contest consisted of a short essay on the best President, seven political questions, and the amount of words from two letters or more that could be found in the word, Presidential. According to Webster's International Dictionary, there were thousands of words, all of which took me weeks to cull. The contest winner offered half my count. The gimmick here (it appears) is that one, the winner was also a consumer of PCH goods (not worth the price) and two, the winner would be chosen by the Supervisor's Office which, I found out later was simply an executive of PCH, who cared little about the rules or efforts of contestants.

I sent in a request to take my mother's name off their list and many others over 6 months ago, but they kept sending my mom mailers. My mother is mentally ill after a 3-year battle with brain cancer. She is impulsive and hopeful. The combination is very difficult to control due to Publisher's Clearinghouse. Over the past 6 months, I would say she thinks she is going to win the sweepstakes weekly and has sent them a lot of money. I just called to make sure her name was on the list and they told me I owed 400 dollars. I told them to take her off their lists and look what happened. They are predators of old people, mentally ill people, and hopeful people. This company should have been shut down long ago.

I came home today, went to my mailbox, there was another box from PCH which contained a teeth whitening system. Little do they know I have no teeth, so why would I order this product. I'm sure that I will be receiving a bill for this product also, which I still refuse to pay, not to mention that I asked over a month ago to take me off their email list after I started to receive bills for things I did not order. Please do not get into this trap/scam!!!!!

I received a bill today which is consider a threat from PHC, stating that my payment was late therefore they were going to bill me an extra $2.50 late fee if I do not pay by 11/20/08. I went online to look up the order number but it said that it did not match any documents, I did printouts copy of both ways I tried. This is a scam, because I have been going online the last few days and have printed out the copies of the submitted forms, but I think I did not get entered because I never ordered anything, and also I would love to know how some company got my credit card number because I never use it unless in person, please help!!!!

I ordered a wooden alphabet train for our granddaughter, three years old. For $26.94 it should have been an educational toy and fun to play with. However, the letters are so badly formed it is hard even for an adult to tell what they are. The train is so light and unbalanced that its length causes it to fall over as soon as it is pulled forward. Our grandchild was very disappointed and we are equally upset and disappointed.

I received an invoice from them for items I never ordered or received. I'm concerned that I am a victim of identity theft because PCH's website has my supposed order online. I have never seen any unusual charges on my credit card statements and I would have never ordered the items they claim I ordered back in April.

My mother was being extorted by a group from Culpeper, Va for over $30,000, via a token amount of yard work and repeated in person 'collections' from strange men and women with many tattoos. When it was discovered by a neighbor, my mother said to me "Don't worry, I'm a very wealthy woman" and showed me her 'notifications' from Publishers Clearing House and others. Her plan was to just keep paying off the extortionist with her vast wealth due soon from the other low life thieves.

I received my credit card bill on Friday oct 10,2008, and found charges for items that where purchased through my entries to pch.com. I have never given my credit card number to them nor have I ordered the things that are listed. I do not know how they acquired my credit card number for I never order items over the internet for fear that hackers are out there.

I was told I could have a free trial for Ivory White I had to pay $1.00 shipping which they debited my card too. On 9-23-08 I didn't get the Ivory White and they debited my account for another 78.41. I did not authorize this and have filed a complaint with my bank.

My grandfather is being harassed. He is too old to realize the odds of winning. He is trying to buy everything from their catalogs, even things he can't use, such as children's toys. He has no kids. They continuously tell him he is about to win. I want them to stop contacting him.

I mailed a check on August 10 for payment of an order As of today (Sept 30) the check has not cleared my bank so don't send me another reminder that I have not paid the bill just round up the check that I sent then everybody will be happy thanks

I mailed a check on August 10 for payment of an order As of today (Sept 30) the check has not cleared my bank so don't send me another reminder that I have not paid the bill just round up the check that I sent then everybody will be happy

I have subscribe the magazine Island and had pay for the sam on July 28, 2008, unfortunately since then I have never got a single copy of the magazine I payed for two years.

ordered flower blubs (Multiple 0rders) with pch's guarantee to grow or money back....Didn't pay for bulbs because NONE grew and some arrived rotten with mold. Complaints never acknowlaged and I even sent follow up bills with complaints. also am billed for misc orders never delivered.

I recently entered a Publisher's Clearing House Sweepstakes online. You supposedly do not have to purchase anything, but there were a few magazines that I found interesting, so I ordered 3. Having had problems in the past with PCH, however (selling of my info, etc.), I decided to list my name as my middle name. I did this to see who PCH was selling my info to.

my friend got a call from a man representing himself a pch employee and that he had won a lot of money, he gave him a telephone to call and give a account number and when he did he was told to wait for a mr. jeff l to cal him back we took note of all the numbers and the time in which all these people call we even called the first number back to verify that it was actually pch the same man answered he also told us the money they wanted us to send was fully refundable.

I received a letter congratulating me on winning $675,000. It also contained a check for $4,317 which had a heading of The Cooper Union For the Advancement of Science and Art, 30 Cooper Square, New York, NY. I called the phone no. above and was told, in detail, as to how I needed to cash the check I received so that the IRS would be paid in advance. Then, they would be allowed to release the huge sum, which would be hand-delivered to my door. The letter also listed a IRS number to be contacted for further validation. I was given a deadline of Sept. 19th to respond. The letter was signed by a Raymond P. The envelope that contained the letter had no return address and had Canadian postage affixed. It was not sent certified or registered mail.

I got a option to be put on hold or leave a message with my phone number to talk to Charles S They also gave a number to further validate or obtain my verification code to call

Publisher's clearinghouse keeps e-mailing me to finalize my entry into the most recent contest. They say you don't have to purchase anything,but they keep giving you offers and don't give you a way out of the offers without forfeiting the processing of your entry. I've tried to at least three times to get it processed. It's impossible without purchasing something or joining something. I'm thinking of getting out of my e-mails to them. I've just about had it with them.

I made a purchase 12/17/07. By the time I recieved the bill I had a second purchase on it. I paid $41.99 in full. The next bill I recieved said I only sent $9.99. I was mad. Where did the rest of my money go. I just waited, I thought they would see their mistake and fix it. Later I purchased another item ( I didn't know it was from PCH ) it was buy 2 for $19.99 get 1 free. I of coarse got a bill for $29.45 + $16.53 (the item PCH Says I didn't pay for). This place is the biggest rip off I have ever seen.

Purchased a 'one touch' can opener from PCH. Also purchased 2 AA batteries you need to use with it. This product is also sold on 'as seen on tv.com'. No wonder!

I ordered Money Sense magazine for the price of $21.15 thru publishers clearing house. I paid for this amount along with other items I had ordered, by my personal cheque in the amount of $61.85 dated December 04/2007 mailed December 17/2007 and it was cashed December 27/2007. I now continually have a collection agency (North Shore Agency Canada) phoning me and sending me threatening letters saying that I have not paid for $21.15, that my account is delinquent.

I received a Congratulations letter that I had won a consolation prize. I received six credit vouchers for various products. Two of these products were computers. VERY outdated. One even had a floppy drive for disks. The computers were not the latest advances. All other products had no brand names. Vouchers of course didn't come close to the value of the products.

I cannot believe that I fell for it. I never once looked into it as a possible fraud. I have always heard the name PCH and thought they were legit. I have sent i dont know how many forms back to them upon receiving them. And every time they sent me another saying i was on top to win. I sent them every single one back even did the online games as they suggested. I wasted so much money on stamps and buying some of the products suggested. I know purchasing would not help me win, but i did out of good faith.

For 25 yrs.my mother entered all their contests and never won doodely! For 36 yrs. I too have entered every contest they had, I never won doodely! This is a scam, the people who really need the money!

On July 16, 2008 I placed an order in the amt. of $35.92. With that order I sent a check #131 in that amt. Now I get a bill for the same amt. and the env. says not to send anything in writing. There is no phone number listed. What can I do? This was paid.

I received a phone call from this company stating I had won a diamond watch for being a good customer. I was sick at the time and on heavy medication. Apparently what I had agreed to was a five year subscription to magazines at $75.00 per month for one year. I understood at the time it would be a one time payment of $75.00. Month later received a call from their collection department telling me I was in arrears.

Month later received a call from their collection department telling me I was in arrears. I have wrote this company and explained to them at the time I was ill and didn't quite understand. I did receive a form in the mail to sign for my diamond watch, of which I didn't read the fine print, apparently I signed this five year agreement. Publisher's Clearing House is a scam. I say, they prey on seniors and ill people.

I am so tired of this company, PCH, and their promises and to a person as myself whom is disabled, limited income, I presume it is my fault for belieiving in them to begin with. For a person, such as myself whom is totally in debt and looking at near foreclosure, AND after reading all the above, from other dissatisfied people, once again my faith is gone ... thanks alot for all the daily emails and chances to win money or prizes ... getting a persons hope up AND not to mention the online third parties we as consumers deal with.

We have ask that mail from PCH be stopped as we have tryed stop this! Thru govt line that is supose to remove name and address from roll we still get two or more items from them every day. Please try to stop this thanks.

i bought a computer for $200.00 and it was supposed to be new. it was supposed to allready have everything downloaded to it. and it was supposed to allready be registered to me.

On May 5,2008, through Moneyline Express Bill Payment I mistakenly hit the wrong button and sent a payment of $79.87 I did not owe to PCH that was intended for Qwest Phone Company. I though that PCH would see this mistake and return the money. I have wrote two times to address I found on their web site, but received no answer. Itried to repoet to the BBB but could not fine what city they are in

For every body that is looking for a way to contact or make some kind of mark against these people....you should try the Better Business Bureau. They have a page with contact numbers and addresses. search that site for www.pch.com

I received a call from the so called PCH telling me that I was the winner of $300,000, plus 3.2 million that would be sent to me via Ceritified Mail. The $300.000 would be delivered via armored truck. For all this to happen, I need to send them $525 for processing fees and other securities. Money is hard to mention, specially when scammers want to mercilessly rob you of your hard earnings. $525 is an amount of money I cannot give away or loose so easily.

I have asked Publishers CLearing House to take me off their call list serveral times. Now on a Sunday three weeks later they are still calling. I asked them again to take me off the list and then I hung up... their operator called me back to call me a #$%@. SHE CALLED ME BACK! Your kidding me!

I received a check in the mail for $5,889. dollars, it had a letter enclosed stating to call 1-888 and speak with Mr. Charles H and do not deposit the check until you have spoken with him. I did this and then I called Publishers Clearing House, they told me the check was a scam

They just started sening me E-mails telling me I may have allready won Millions of dollars in their sweepstakes. Since I started getting these e-mails I now get over 60+ advertisement e-mails a day, alot of them say they are sponsors of PCH.com I was trying to click on the links that say to remove yourself from this mailing but that just seemed to make the e-mailings come faster and more furios.

My husband deposited the check into a brand new account. My husband called back and didn't get in touch with him but left a message stating that he had deposited the check but he was not going to transfer or give any funds until the truck pulled up. The funny thing is, John R. never called back and my husband has put in several calls to him. I did some research on this and came across this site. This is a very bad scam. It messes with peoples emotions. Do not trust any letter you receive from PCH. We even contacted someone from PCH that deals with scams from the PCH Internet site. He said it seemed to be real but he couldn't say for sure. Everyone please be aware!!

Received a letter in the mail and a check. The check was for $5889.00, the letter stated I had won $1,000,000 from Publishers Clearing House in a contest sponsored by Martha Stewart Living. If I had not done my research or been aware of scams I could have deposited this and been out almost $6,000.00. This needs to be investigated so someone does not fall for this SCAM.

I ordered Outdoor Life and received football magazine instead

international emails. Your email address emerged alongside 4 others as a category 2 winner in this year's Monthly Publishers Clearing House.

Recieved sweepstakes letter stating I was a third place winner $1,00000.00 and a check for $5779.00. called number and talked to a Mrs Kathrine Hill, she stated she was from publishers clearinghouse and that I should cash the check and send a money gram $4,000.00 to a Mrs Joyce Wedlow in Alberta Canada and then call her back.

Pch is asking for birth date and mothers madien name. Looks like phishing to me.

Ordered binoculars. Were shipped defective .. each lense was out of focus at different magnifications. Returned by mail. They now continue to bill me, and threaten that my credit will be damaged if I don't pay the bill in full (plus a late fee!) immediately.

First we were sent an e-mail saying we owed for a subscription to popular mechanics magazine, which we never ordered. We e-mailed back to them to cancel the order since we didn't order it. Then we received a bill in the mail saying we must pay or be sent to collections. We mailed the card back with 'cancel' all over it and that we did not order this. Then we just received two copies of popular mechanics magazine, and of course now we're expecting the next threatening bill to follow. Is there anything we can do now to stop this, since they don't take no for an answer in e-mail form or in writing by mail. With times the way they are right now, I surely cannot afford extras I didn't order in the first place. Can anyone help with this.

From February 2008 until Present Time, PCH have tried to double bill this consumer. I have sent all requested double billing back to PCH with the 2 money orders, copies from the month prior and the present month. PCH tried to be very sneaky, and bill me for a true example, the first time for $21.82 and would bill me the following month for $24.32 - $2.50 = $21.82 all this time, their advertised motto is,that you are allowed to pay the amount of sale back in 4 increments. Which is a bogus move and false advertising of Payback in 4 Increments.

I ordered a magazine in Jan. 2008 and paid the $9.95 on 2/29/08 with Bank of America check number 3999 and it cleared the bank meaning it was cashed by Publisher's Clearing House. I have since received a monthly statement from PCH which I have ignored because I had already paid the bill.

i ordered a buxston handbag from your permotional seen on tv the bag is comming apart i need to know how to send it back to you and get another one to see if it comes apart or if it is just the matereal of this one i haven,t payed for it yet and i won't ifni can not getn it replaced ive only had the bag a week

Last year she spent $25 on a cake because "they" assured her they were coming to her house on August 18 to deliver her prize money. What may be fun for some is unnecessary emotional exertion for the unfortunate. Taking advantage of the latter is a moral tragedy that the recipient and family must manage. My mother-in-law stresses daily over the piles she makes of each multi-faceted mailing she receives and is confused about the wording. She goes from emotional high to emotional low each day when we have to tell her that it is trickery and deception for those who can not understand.

i ordered a subscription to tv guide magazine and cancelled it two weeks later because i found it to be much cheaper elsewhere. i am still recieving a bill for it. i think companies like this should be outlawed for scamming people into believing they could win money. when all they are doing is trying to get people to order their products. and they are allowed to advertise this scam on national television? this is ridiculous! what has this country come to? allowing me to believe that i could win lot of money and get out of debt.

I would like to return a product that i purchased. it is a battery powerd tooth brush. it is very cheap product and the end that holds the batterys falls off and well not stay in place so it will not work !

we were sent a ck for $5889.00 & a letter from pch. we called the bank in taft texas, it as a legitmate account on a small business in spring texas there wa a # for a representative also for the irs. my husband talked to a lady she told him he had better have $5000.00 in our bank because she could call the irs & ck. whe he asked if she was sending us money why did we need to send her money. she hung up on him we stil have ck & letter. we have received these cks before but believed they were scams so we shredded the letters & cks thank you

We are receiving letters from Publishers Clearing House that are scams. We called & checked on them.

I love magazines and have been ordering them from PCH for the past 15 years because they are cheaper from them. I have recieved every magazine that I have ever ordered, I also pay as soon as I get the invoice. I have never recieved anything that I did not order. I do not order other things because the postage is sometimes as much as the item ordered. When I do have to call them for some reason, I have been treated with much courtesy and respect.

Over the last several months I have ordered MANY (over 100) bulbs and plants from yur sweepstakes entry packages. They are unique and beautiful. Out of all the sky bllue lilly's I ordered, I didn't get ONE that actually grew. The pink lily of the valley arrived totally smashed to the point that there was nothing recognizable in the bag.

I paid for an item ordered from PCH ON TIME on June 22, 2008 for the sum $26.95 This was for the purchase of Mighty Putty TM I have just received a Delinquency Notice for the same item and an additional charge for Late Fee making the total I should pay AGAIN as $29.45 I will NOT pay this sum again and wish to protest this notice with a certain amount of anger in my words. I will NEVER deal with this organization again!!! All further mail that is sent to me by Publishers Clearing House will be immediately thrown away!

Paid for through PCH, but have never received a single issue. Paid on line.

I have entered the PCH contest regularly for the past 10 years. I have complied with all their rules, and never have I won anything. I do this just to poove this is a scam. In 57 years, I've never met anyone who actually won anything from PCH.

My 87 year old Mother entered their sweepstakes and then received two plastic model cars in the mail along with a bill for them. She has been receiving account over bills as they said she would have to pay the postage to return them....at least the post office is making money off their scam. I have called them and asked them to remove her from their mailing list.

By signing up with PCH I became innundated with spam emails that never end. Is there anything I can do abuout it?

i think between january and febuary i ordered some bulbs that are supose to daisey i soked them for 24 hours and then planted them and they haven't bloomed to this day i'm very dissapointed with my purchase, and i was to recive 200 bulbs but only got 100 hundred i'm very disapointed would like my money back or send me more of the same product thank you tammy

I'm glad i read the complaints, because I was about to start ordering Items hoping to win money, but it looks like there winning the money by people buying items, they wont get my money so they can keep showing those fake commercials and I'll watch them while watching a good movie or the news (smile).

This company (publishers clearing house) is so full of crap. you go online to enter contest and it does not reconize legitimate information but I'll bet I am inandated with junk emails I indicated I did not want

I am trying to cancel a subscription to a magazine I ordered from Publishers House but can't find the web site to do this?

Several months ago, while entering one of your contests, I ordered a high reach cleaning kit (made in China). I had not used it until today and I find it completely unsatisfactory. I might add that in all of my years of ordering items and entering your contests, dating back to the 1970s, I have never had an item that required a complain.

In the past year I have ordered some items from this merchant. When I receive the order/invoice I have paid the amount in full using my Wachovia banking. They received the payments and compiled the orders and managed to get the amounts all mixed up and don't have a clue what I've paid for and are sending me consolidated bills for items that are paid in full. I have called them and sent them copies of my payments but they are harrassing me. I have paid for everything in full but they do nothing when I send them copies of my bank statements proving that I have paid them. They are driving me crazy. They need to be stopped.

I ordered two pocket books from PCH and to date have not received them. I searched for days trying to find an email address for PCH and finally found one buried on one of the hundreds of pages I had to go through. It asked for an order number. They never send me one. They sent me an email saying what I ordered and next to ORDER:...there was nothing. PCH is a rip off....they prey on people, take their money, and give nothing in return.

Their cruel and offensive ad asking one to shoot the duck to receive a prize. i wasn't even on their web site and there they are appealing to our lower selves.

My mother, 77 year old elerly Missouri senior citizen, received a possible scam letter telling her she won, $500.000 USD. Check enclosed for $4713.00, from the LandStar Title Company, Ofallon, Ill. Person to contact in letter was a Mr. Thomas G. Letter asked that she contact to confirm her claim number. Envlope did not have a return address, stamp was posted from Canada. Letter and check can be forwared upon your request. No contact was made to these people. She had been scammed by someone in Canada before, and I would like to pass this info along to keep it from happening to someone's elderly parents.

When I sent in a prize entry form, I did NOT order anything but, I was asked to place a stamp on an item that I would order IF I was ordering. I did and I received it in the mail as if I had actually ordered it. I am going to return it: Item # 5424E6 light bulbs.

i bought some coin's and other stuff and they charged me mad money. i don't think the stuff is worth what they charged me. plus they build up your hope's in making you think that if you buy from that that you might have a chance to win $ 10,000,000,00 dollar's or whatever they offer. i have the item's and i want to sue them for fraud. can i do that. thank you. they sold me worthless stuff

I was sent a small bag, which I received a bill for $19.95 when I simply returned the form to enter to win your monthly money give away. I want to know the address to return it to and the charge removed.

They call asking for my mother-in-law claiming they are from PCH and it is very important that she return their call. They need to discuss her winnings.

I was sent a bill for a magazine that i did not order when i called the lady assures me that it was taken care of any future bills to ignore now after all this time i get a letter from Penn Credit Corporation stating that i owe PCH $13.95 the lady completely ignores me while i am trying to dispute this with her so i asked for a number for PCH and she said i would have to call information!

Recieved an email that I had won a prize in the PCH International Giveaway London, sponsered by Publishers Clearing House International Promotions. Also made reference to a Mr. Harry Johnson who is affiliated with the Allied Bank PLC of London and Allied Financial. They are now requesting that I establish an account at their bank in order to transfer funds. But in order to open this account I have an option of 3 different costs to choose from.

I received a letter, and the envelope did not have a return address. The letter claims I am the second place winner of the 10 Million Dollars grand prize draw, sponsored by Oprah Winfrey O Magazine. Enclosed was a certified check to cover outstanding fees. The amount of the check was $5,895.00. When I called he said to deposit it in my account.

I do not know how to get ahold of anyone to complain. I ordered a yellow rose bush from them and planted it and it is now blooming and its red. I would just like to know how to contact them.

Three magazines subscriptions were ordered in October of 2007. The issues that were sent were outdated, already circulated issues. When I contacted PCH via email, they apologized and said they would add on issues to the end of my subscription. Subsequently, I stopped receiving issues of all three magazines that I ordered. When asked about this, PCH apologized and at this point I cancelled the subscription. I was told the refund credit could not be issued back to my credit card (originally paid for) and that the refund was "in the mail".

My mother recently broke her hip and I was preparing the house for her arrival, I stumbled on many boxes of merchandise - some opened - some not... of PCH merchandise and collectibles. My parents are in their 80's, are hard of hearing, and are kind hearted. They have been the victim of this company selling them stuff they do not want or need. Unfortunately, my mother has paid for most of it.

I ordered some straw berry plants from them on the order thing on-line and all of the strawberry plants died on me all I did was plant them and they all are dead what do you plan to do about it. Thanks and hope you can help me.