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What If I’m Not Home When the PCH Prize Patrol Shows Up?

Imagine this: after years of entering Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes, you’re finally a WINNER. So the Prize Patrol Team gets some flowers and balloons together and loads up in a van to come find you and deliver your Big Check at your front door. They knock… and there’s no answer, because you’re not home. What’s next? Does the Prize Patrol Team turn around and go home and choose another winner?

THE ANSWER? NO WAY! YOU’RE STILL THE WINNER!

The Prize Patrol will find you, one way or another! They will track you down at work, at church, at your friend’s house, or even on vacation. They’ll even ask your neighbors where you are. OR, they’ll wait for you to come home. And we’re not just saying that — the PCH Prize Patrol has never failed to find the winner of its SuperPrize awards before.

Check out our compilation video of winners we had to track down because they weren’t at home!

So whether you’re home or not, if you’re our next WINNER, you’ll know it! And you’ll definitely get your prize. We won’t give it to anyone else!

Looking for more fun ways to collect tokens and enter PCH sweepstakes? If you take any of our 20-question quizzes at PCHquizzes, you’ll score 200 tokens for each correct answer — that’s a whopping 4,000 tokens per quiz for answering 100% correctly! You can also peruse a short, entertaining slideshow at PCHfrontpage and, if you click through to another slideshow, you’ll bank 1,000 tokens. Pretty easy, right? You’re welcome! 

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    1. Hi Tameka! PCH and the Prize Patrol do not take awarding winners lightly; it’s very important to all of us that a winner is found and awarded their prize. The Prize Patrol will do whatever it takes to locate them. Rest assured, if you are our lucky winner, you will receive your award. The Prize Patrol has surprised winners at their place of employment. They’ve also found winners in hospitals, at church, even on vacation! Best of luck!

      1. Constantly being told I’m a winner by over a hundred profiles. Seen a few hints leading to that possibly being true. Will someone contact me plZ.

  1. SOMEONE FROM PCH CALLED ME AND LEFT A VOICE MAIL ON MY ANSWERING SERVICE FROM THE REAL PUBLISHERS CLEARING HOUSE SAYING DAVE SAYER WAS ASSIGNED TO ME. IT WAS THE REAL PCH COMPANY AND ALL.

    1. Hi Joe! That is 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!

  2. I got a call from a woman claiming to be from PCH. She said I was a winner of a lot of money and a car. I am to call the claims dept at $$$-$$$-$$$$ and use the code $$$$ to claim my winnings. This sounds just like a scam to me. Please verify!

    1. Hello Cherral, Thank you for contacting PCH. In order for us to assist you with your question we will need a bit more information. We kindly ask that you contact us at your convenience. Our customer service representatives may be reached at http://bit.ly/ContactPCH. We look forward to hearing from you.

  3. I was just contacted on phone. By a John Baker who says they went to my old address and was told I don’t live there so hence the call. Is this legit??? He even emailed me some documents with a Wells Fargo acct # on it.

    1. Hello Susan, That is 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. If you haven’t already done so, please 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://bit.ly/FraudProtection2. Please be careful everyone; don’t become a scammer’s victim!

  4. A female just left a message on my phone. You are a winner is a Publishers Clearinghouse sweepstakes. You have won 12 mil + a Mercedes in the color of your choice. I was given a claim# (783155) She repeated it twice. I was to call 1-888-285-$$$$ (Repeated 2X) between
    8AM – 5PM Monday thru Friday and she also gave me hours for Saturday.
    This phone call came from 484-481-$$$$.

    1. Hello Kerstin, We certainly take the issue of scams and the illegal use of our name by scammers very seriously; that’s why we regularly educate our fans on what they can do to protect themselves. Unfortunately, scammers aren’t always easy to locate since many of them operate out of country. You can do your part to help us by reporting all scam contacts that you receive. Here’s how to report scammers on Facebook: http://bit.ly/ReportPCHScamFB and all other scam contacts can be reported to PCH via this link: http://bit.ly/Report-Scam-To-PCH. It’s important to remember that the real PCH will never send you a private message or friend request, and we’ll never ask for money to claim a prize. I encourage you to take a look at this blog article for some great tips on how you can stop scammers from contacting you on Facebook: http://bit.ly/StopFBScammers.

  5. How soon can a person try new things? I’m bit of a hermit, can’t afford a car so yeah, I’m either home, at the Dr., or if you’re lucky, ya just might catch me at the store or my best friend Myra’s apartment at $$$ M$$$$$ Dr. my daughter Jennifer is in $$$ right above Luke and Myra’s… I would like to know what it’s like to go on a field trip if not a vacation for sure. I pray to God each night, he tells me not to give up good things come to those whom wait… maybe some day…

  6. Please oh please, if I’m the winner of $7000.00 per week for life, I beg that you don’t rush off bc my gate is locked or my dogs are barking at you. I’m most likely home, just isolating myself away from the world. Please don’t give up on getting to the front door.

  7. I received a call from a man claiming to be Todd Salone from PCH on Thursday, May 18, 2023. The number he called from was 1-$$$-$$$-$$$$. He claimed I had won a Consolation prize of 2.5 million dollars and a Lincoln MKZ 2023 worth $62,000.00. After giving me a claim check number and a package number, he wanted me to be prepared to give $375.16 for insurance owed to the FDIC to receive my prize money. Three choices of how to receive my prize were: my residence, my bank or come to PCH office. oh yeah, this was a monthly senior citizen promotion. I gave him none of my information and sent no money anywhere. he has been calling me twice a day to talk to me. I remembered that you guys could always take whatever payments or taxes out of any funds before you delivered a prize. just wanted you to know of the changes in the intensity of the scams. I live in Shreveport, Louisiana. I have no intention of accommodating this person and he might get an earful if he continues to irritate me. Thank you for listening.

    1. Hi Jacqueline, we’re sorry to hear the scammers have been bothering you. Please report them to PCH via this link: http://bit.ly/Report-Scam-To-PCH. PCH does partner with the Federal Trade Commission and we send all scam reports to them so please make sure you let us know anytime a scammer contacts you. Remember, the real PCH never notifies major prize winners via phone, standard mail, email, or social media, and we never ask winners to pay to claim their prize. You can see more Safety Tips here: https://info.pch.com/fraud-protection. Stay safe!