Victim Location 45402
Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes
Received a phone call from Publisher’s Clearing house (well someone posing as them) and my name was drawn to win $5 Million dollars. In a order to win I had to call 860-484-7518 and give them the claims number of 259000X. They wanted him to send a him check in the amount for 2500 to claim my prize. I spoke with a William Kennedy the claims representative.
Victim Location 89706
Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes
He called and said I had won 2nd prize, 35 cashiers check 955K plus delivering I the next two hours a 2015 Mercedes and what color would I like. Delivery would be by Bob James. Nancy Parker and Robert Burger and would assist him. Mary from Allstate would hand me the keys I would just need three things. My drivers license
, ignition number 903660-JR and receipt for a money order for $495.00, told him I did not have that much money, He said okay how much can you pay, I offered $100.00 Went to Walmart to get the $100 that he said was okay. I was to send the money to Darius Brown. The cashier at Walmart spoke to the Darius to see who he was, and he told her I was his grandmother. I did not send the money. Darius called me again and when I asked why he said he was my grandson he said it was to keep everything private. I told him this was scam and hung up.
Victim Location 33756
Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes
I received a call saying that I had won the Publisher Clearing House Sweepstakes Second Prize of $750,000.00 and they mentioned 2 other names. 1 – lived in Russellville, AR and the other little Rock. He gave me his name, a package number and a verification number and I was to call 866-996-5997. This number would be automated and I needed to put in the 6 digit reserve code to reserve my prize and release the information for the briefcase to be delivered. Once you receive confirmation that the briefcase would be delivered I had to call back to the original number to get futher information at 876-841-8832.