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HOW TO DETECT SCAMMERS IMPERSONATING PUBLISHERS CLEARING HOUSE
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Dec 31, 2024
In these difficult economic times, PCH impersonators are on rise using a variety of ways to trick you into thinking you've won a big bucks payoff from Publishers Clearing House. I take a deep dive into one scam to show you how to detect the fraud and how to protect yourself from those using the PCH name illegally to steal your money and personal information.
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Francis you won
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$5 million from bch
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H5 million dollar from Publishers
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Clearing out you've seen the videos on
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TV and online happy people winning
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thousands of dollars from Publishers
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Clearing House and then suddenly there
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it is inside of your mailbox a letter
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which claims to be from Publishers
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Clearing House and when you look inside
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the letter it says you've won thousands
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but
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it's a secret so don't tell anybody a
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Florida woman got this letter which was
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intercepted by her daughter-in-law she
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say it to me and said please investigate
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yes this is a scam one of several
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variations which fraudulently use the
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Publishers Clearing House name sometimes
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imitators try to scam our fans on social
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media but don't be fooled by the
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Impostors it's easy to figure out a
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letter like this is a fake if you do a
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little detective work let us start with
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the origination it says it came from New
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York City but it was postmarked in San
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Diego California now ask yourself would
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the Postal Service send a letter 3,000 M
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away for processing what they don't have
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post offices in New York City and then
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let's take a look at that return address
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this says it's from
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25915 Hillside Avenue New York well a
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search of that address brings up this
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location it's a far cry from the real
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Publishers Clearing House headquarters
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located at 300 Jericho Quadrangle in New
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York the scam letter says the victim won
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$75,000 the letter also comes with a
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$9,600 check supposedly to help you
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defay processing fees the letter asked
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the victim to check in with a Mr Glenn
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Smith so I did what we want you to do
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today this is check that came with 11
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yes
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9,675 he from one of our sponsors really
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let's take a close look at that check
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it's from a company called Nixon realy
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misspelled as reality first an internet
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check shows there is no such company in
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Englewood New Jersey and if you look up
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the address there is no 500 South Dean
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ocean in Englewood New Jersey so what's
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the check for only one thing to get
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access to your bank account deposited in
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the bank back
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home okay and then what happens after
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that we take the processing we complete
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the processing for okay are you going to
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deduct the $99,000 from the $75,000
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winnings we're not deducting anything
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go once the scammer accesses your bank
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account he's got your personal
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information he may even ask you to send
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him money for processing after you've
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deposited the check claiming that the
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check will cover it that's not how the
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real PCH works it's always free to enter
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you never pay to receive a PCH prize if
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You' want a real Publishers Clearing
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House sweep steak the only way you'll
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find out is in
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person hello hey how are you should have
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called we don't call this is make come
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on out here so if you get a letter or
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social media contact from somebody
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claiming to be Publishers Clearing House
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ignore it PCH will never send you a
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private message text or a friend request
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on Facebook the company is even
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established a fraud protection page to
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keep folks from being victimized now you
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might think nobody's going to fall for a
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fake Publishers Clearing House scam in
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this day and age but in these tough
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Economic Times those who track these
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things say PCH scams have risen
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240% in the last year and that is a lot
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of victims working for you I'm the
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consumer guy Steve sprier
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