Greetings, fans and friends!
Today is Saturday, which means it’s time for the weekly “Danielle’s Desk” video on PCH’s Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and Twitter pages – where Danielle of the PCH Prize Patrol answers questions from our fans.
Today’s question on Danielle’s Desk is: I Was Asked to Pay a Fee to Claim My Prize. Was This PCH? Here’s Danielle with the answer:
That’s a really good question … and just to make sure all of our fans and friends know the answer, here are some of the key points that Danielle emphasizes in this video:
• The answer to the question I Was Asked to Pay a Fee to Claim My Prize. Was This PCH? Is NO.
• If you are contacted by someone claiming to be from Publishers Clearing House or claiming to be a PCH Employee who says that you won a prize but in order to claim it, you must …
• buy a gift card or a money order
• pay a shipping, handling or delivery fee
• prepay taxes
• pay a deposit
• give a credit card number, bank information or your personal information
• call a toll-free number
… that person is NOT affiliated with the real Publishers Clearing House.
At PCH, you will NEVER be asked to pay a fee to claim your prize! The winning is always 100% FREE and 100% FUN!
Now that you know that you will never be asked to pay a fee to claim a Publishers Clearing House prize, I hope you’ll steer clear of imposters pretending to be from PCH. In fact, the smart thing to do is report it to us right away by completing our online PCH Scam Incident Report. It’s fast and easy, and not only will it help us, it will help other fans and friends who might be contacted by imposters claiming to be from PCH.
If you’ve been contacted by someone asking you to pay a fee to claim a PCH prize, let us know in the comments below.
Stay safe, fans and friends, and stay in it to win it!
Debbie K.
PCH Creative
I was asked to go the store of the $500 ( STEAM CARD) ? Is This Real Or a Scam? It showed a picture of you and Howie.
Hello Stan, That is a scammer posing as Dave! The real Dave doesn’t privately contact winners via Facebook and you never need to pay to claim a PCH prize. Do not give the scammer ANY of your personal information. Please report this scam to us by completing a scam incident report. Click this link to find out how: https://bit.ly/Report-Scam-To-PCH. Check out our Fraud Protection site to see how to stay safe: https://bit.ly/PCHFraudPrevention.
Hi, it’s norr$$$$$$$$@gmail.com so tell me how do I win PCH sweepstakes, if I called PCH and they say I have not won yet but, I have earned 3 billion dollars in tokens dollars and apps say money saved in PCH bank my question is how come I can’t get my winnings from PCH without sending online Danielle Lam’s money.
I’m being told by FBI agent Christopher ware that I have to buy a gold card to claim my winnings from PCH Sweepstakes but when I call PCH customer service number, it says I have not won yet so how did I win PCH sweepstakes.
DAVE TOLD ME I HAD TOO GET APPLE ITUNE ACTIVATED TOO CLAIM MY PRIZE.
Hello Joecal, Thank you very much for reporting the scammers that have contacted you. Stopping them is a team effort and we are happy that you are doing your part. You can report scammers to PCH at this link: http://bit.ly/Report-Scam-To-PCH. Be careful and stay safe everyone!!
Yes you do. a Danielle Lam from PCH told me I had to pay $550 for delivery charges of my winnings and they would come out the following day.
Hello Joanna, We never notify major winners over the phone or through standard mail, email or Facebook. We would really appreciate it if you would send us the details of this scam call you received. PCH does not send private Facebook messages to our fans so please complete a Scam Incident Report. Here’s how: http://bit.ly/Report-Scam-To-PCH. There are a lot of scammers out there who use the good name and reputation of PCH, as well as the names of those of us on the Prize Patrol. Please be careful everyone!!
There’s a contest question on Danielle Lam and I answered all of it, and she told me congratulations. Is she really her or an Impostor? She’s asking me to pay the shipping fee and the custom fee. I’m scared this is not true? That I won a $10k and a truck, just curious if this is true or not ? I appreciate it if you could reply to me, thanks.
Hi Juliana! Please be careful, that’s a scammer. Just so you know, you never have to pay a fee to claim a prize you may have won from PCH, for any reason. It’s important to know also that PCH does not contact winners of a major prize privately via phone, text, email, mail, or on Social Media. If anyone asks you for money for any reason to claim a prize, you can be sure they’re a scammer. Please don’t give them any money, or any personal information! You can read more about these kinds of scams here: https://info.pch.com/fraud-protection. Please report them to us at this link: https://bit.ly/Report-Scam-To-PCH. Have a great day, and stay safe!
So there is a person posting as Danielle on Facebook claiming that you need to pay for winnings.
Hi I was friended on Facebook messenger and asked to pay a activation fee from a Danielle Lam.
Hi Scott! That is definitely a scammer who contacted you. PCH will never send friend requests, private messages, or winner notifications via social media including Facebook, and we also never ask for money to claim a prize. Do not give this person any personal information and certainly do not send them any money!! Instead, report them to PCH by completing a Scam Incident Report. Here’s how: http://bit.ly/Report-Scam-To-PCH. Check out this FAQ for info on how to stop scammers from contacting you on Facebook: http://bit.ly/StopFBScammers. Stay safe!
Hi, received a pre-recorded message from someone saying that he was the VP of PCH named Richard P$$$$$$$ concerning an entry I’d entered. He left a call back ph# 1-$$$-$$$-$$$$, along with my tic.#. Is this an legit call? Please respond asap.
Hi Annette! That’s not the real PCH calling you; it’s a scammer that’s only pretending to be from PCH. Please do not call that number, do not give the scammer any personal info including bank account information, and definitely do not send them any money if they ask. Make sure to report that scam contact to us via the following link: http://bit.ly/Report-Scam-To-PCH. I encourage you to read these Safety Tips too: https://info.pch.com/fraud-protection. Stay safe!
How are persons notified of winning any PCH prize if they are not home?
Hi it’s $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$@gmail.com.
FB. Danielle Lam 12 of them are on messenger saying I have to pay for my winnings. PCH this is wrong and a scam, if I had money do you honestly think I would play day n night to win? No I would not. Please get my PCH check to me I’m disabled and broke.
Hello Norris, That is a scammer posing as Danielle! The real Danielle doesn’t privately contact winners via Facebook and you never need to pay to claim a PCH prize. PCH will never send friend requests, private messages, or winner notifications via Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc; we also never ask for money to claim a prize. Do not give this person any personal information and certainly do not send them any money!! Instead, report them to PCH by completing a Scam Incident Report. Here’s how: http://bit.ly/Report-Scam-To-PCH. Check out this FAQ for info on how to stop scammers from contacting you on Facebook: http://bit.ly/StopFBScammers. Please be careful everyone; don’t become a scammer’s victim!