Victim Location 96797
Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes
Received phone call from Nr. 876-534-8002, from Tony Anderson representing Publishers Clearing House, prize patrol, as a winner of $150,000, the patrol was in a nearby community and would be at my house shortly to publicly present a prize check, or I could have private presentation. I selected Private. To validate a private presentation I needed to take $850 to a Western Union office and receive a receipt as if I was sending the money to Wanda Schlenker, Glendale, AZ. The prize patrol would then meet me and go with me to a bank, receive my $850 back and deposit the $150.000. All this time he was on the phone with detail instructions. I could not understand why to sent money first?? The Western Union clerk said no, You do not have to sent money to win, it must be a scam. The man on the phone began verifying if I was following instructions. I handed the phone to the clerk.
(This is Officer Nick, your Name? ) call ended. I ignored repeated calls. Then received a voice mail message. Because of poor phone connections, he was sending the prize patrol to my home to complete the presentation. Have ignored all calls from the number.
No one has yet to call at the house.