Winners International Sweepstakes

On 4-7-22 at 7 pm a man called me and told me I was a second place winner in the Winner's International Sweepstakes sponsored by Publisher's Clearing House. His name was Mike **. His phone number call came from Jamaica, which is an island in the Caribbean. It is also the name of a city in Queens on Long Island, NY. He said he was calling me from Washington DC. He said I won 2.5 million dollars and a brand new Mercedes Benz. He asked me a lot of personal questions about my finances and my debts. After much back and forth talk until 9 pm I told him I had to go to bed. He said he would call me back in the morning.

I started out with my uncle died. Leave $400 in my name. And I invested it and trust the process. I urge you guys to take the risk, that's the only way you will be wealthy. I won $70,000 within 4 days period and, I assure you it's risky but it's worth it all.

Too good to be true. Received the call, gave me a claim number. Gentleman name was Andy **. Said to mail a money order made out to Mary ** for $750.00 to cover insurance and customs. The address to be placed on the money order is 3789 Centerville Hwy. Snellville, Ga. 30039. Mail overnight. Mentioned my name came from either shopping at Walmart, Kroger, etc. My home number was used to contact me. I do not use home number for people to contact me because I might miss an important item. Always use cell number. Sounds too good to be true so did not bother. Will check on Google Earth for the location of this address.

These people have called my mother (92, dementia) at least 8 times today, also many other calls from them. She "won" a new car, 64" tv, and 2.5 million. They go on and on, and ask her to go get a gift card for $2,500. I have told them NO many times. I even told him I would call the police, if he called again, well, he did, and I am contacting them in the morning. They call anytime, tonight it was 8:30pm and mom was in bed. PLEASE LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THIS COMPANY.

I received a call today that said I was a second place prize winner from Kansas and won $2.5 million dollars and a 2019 Chevy Malibu (that was black). Having been scammed before, I was very leary. This was DEFINITELY NOT Publisher's Clearing House! After taking down a bunch of numbers, etc., "All you have to do is pay 1% of the amount." Just go to WalMart and receive a specific document, etc. I asked why I had to pay this. $485. If I were truly winning something I wouldn't have to pay. He said I wouldn't ever have to pay taxes on my winning! He said it would all be refunded in the check I would be getting. Why would I have to pay and turn around for a refund. I asked many questions. I asked for a phone number -- the number I received was a local number.

I was called by some guy and I pretended to be a machine. He told me I won 2.3 mil. cash check and 5,500 weekly plus a Mercedes Benz 2019 cinnamon blue. I kept playing along. He then gave me a package code and winning check number. He didn't know my address or anything but said within 1 hr I would be receiving my money with a news reporter who would be putting me on T.V. and local newspapers. Even asked me for a secondary beneficiary and to get all dressed up in my best clothes. So I gave him my address and then asked him to repeat it back to me and he hung up.

A man with an Indian accent named Don ** from a number in Plandome, NY called to say I won 1.5 million and a 2020 Mercedes Benz from a sweepstakes I was entered in by Bank of America for paying my bills on time. I needed to verify my winnings by sending 499.00 to Karen ** thru Walmart to Walmart transfer. I said I didn’t have that much money and he dropped the amount to 199.95. Just to see, my husband went to the Money Center in Walmart and tried to send the money but of course it wouldn’t go through because it was deemed a scam.

I received a call saying I was a winner of Two Million Five Hundred Dollars. The man calling said his name was Michael **. He had a foreign accent. Wanted to know how many bills I had. Wanted me to pay them off before I could receive any money. He told me I would receive the balance after Federal and State taxes were paid. I told him that if I had won some money it should not make a difference if I owed any money to anyone. Wanted me to give him information on my bank account. He called me several times on August 09, 2019 trying to get information from me. Said I was to win on August 13, 2019 and to call him at a certain time on that morning. I was also supposed to win a 2019 Mercedes Benz CLA 250-Class AMG Series. He was supposed to arrive at my home at 1:00 pm. I never heard from him again.

They call. Said I won a million dollars and merchandise. I told him I was already rich so he could take it and stick it up his **. He has not call back any more. I get letters and emails all the time. I know better!

They are very persistent scammers. My "rep" a Chinese man probably early 40's calling himself Mr Benjamin **?? Told me I had won a second prize of $1.4m plus $1k per month for 52 months. Also went on to how I was entered in the Sweepstake! (They appeared to have learned this was a weak spot in their spiel.) Some claptrap about being a customer of Walmart. He already had my address and email - When he got around to asking what bank I used, he had previously mentioned that the check would be certified by Bank of America and also by Wells Fargo?? I explained that those questions would have to wait until I did my due diligence and authenticated his company, as he had stressed the importance of security! Plus I assured him this was just routine. I also told him my executor would probably also contact him as a matter of routine! He assured me he would ring me back. I have the feeling that he will not. July 18th at 1215.