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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. Paula, 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!

  1. My mother received a phone call from Debra H$$$$$$, stating she was a winner, and was left a phone number to respond to, ($$$) $$$-$$$$, with a confirmation number of 4711. She called the number and left her name, phone number and “confirmation” number. She then received a call from Frank M$$$ (VP). Frank M$$$ stated the call was being recorded for the Better Business Bureau. Frank M$$$ said she had won $7,000.00 per week for life, and 18.5 million dollars. He asked her a series of questions like if she wanted to receive the prize money privately or publicly (with TV cameras), her email address and banking institution to have the money deposited into (but not the account number or routing numbers). Frank M$$$ said she would receive an email with claimant information to complete and the Prize Patrol would visit her the next day. Frank M$$$ also gave her some “Winning Numbers” to write down …$$$$$$$$ with “BOA” after them.
    After reading the same scenario below, I am scrambling to protect my mother’s personal information.

    1. Hello K, that is not the real PCH; 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 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!

  2. I received a phone call that I was number one as a winner from Debra H$$$$$$, and was left a phone call to respond as soon as possible. I did so on a number of occasions and have heard nothing. The phone number hangs up on me. The phone number was $$$-$$$-$$$$, with another number of $$$$ also included.

    1. Hello Maxwell, 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!

    1. Hi Jonathan, ​​​we’d be happy to assist you with this matter, but we’re going to need a bit more information. Please reach out to our Customer Service team at 1-800-459-4724. Our representatives are available to assist you Monday through Friday, 8:30 AM to 11 PM & Saturday 8:30 AM to 5 PM Eastern Time. We look forward to hearing from you!

  3. Well they claimed I had to pay money, because I won the million dollar sweepstakes, 3 vehicles, a game console and an extra 10K per week. They are still asking me to pay more.

  4. I’ve been playing PCH for over 40 years. I have entered multiple entries and even purchased merchandise with the hope of increasing my chances of winning. I have updated my information through PCH just to make sure I can continue to participate and enter to win. I have never received a visit from the PCH Prize Patrol. What do I need to do to win. Please… come visit my home and put a smile on my face too. Thanks.

    1. Hello Brian, 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 by phone at your convenience. Our customer service representatives may be reached at http://bit.ly/ContactPCH between 8:30 am to 11:00 pm EST, Monday through Friday and 8:30 am to 5 pm EST Saturdays. We look forward to hearing from you.