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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. I received a message saying I won $200,000.And to contact Mr. Howie Guja at $$$ $$$-$$$$. They didn’t want any kind of payment or anything. Just for me to contact them.

    1. Hi Patricia, that’s definitely a scammer. The real PCH doesn’t notify our major prize winners via phone, standard mail, email, or social media, and we never ask for money to claim a prize. Please report any details you have about that scam contact to us at this link: http://bit.ly/Report-Scam-To-PCH. I also encourage you to check out these Safety Tips for some great info on what to watch for: https://bit.ly/FraudProtection2. Stay safe everyone!!

    1. Hi Jan! Thank you for contacting PCH. In order for us to assist you with this 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 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.

  2. I have someone saying I won a car, $7,000 a year, and 3.5 million dollars. He wants me to buy $750 worth of gift cards, write a check, or buy a money order and send it by overnight mail. Are you doing this? His name he gave me is James W$$$$$$$$$$.

    1. Hi Gloria, that is definitely a scammer who contacted you! The real PCH doesn’t notify our major prize winners via phone, standard mail, email, or social media, and we never ask for money to claim a prize. Please report any details you have about that scam contact to us at this link: http://bit.ly/Report-Scam-To-PCH. I also encourage you to check out these Safety Tips for some great info on what to watch for: https://bit.ly/FraudProtection2. Stay safe everyone!!

  3. You have my old phone number which we reserve for fax. I received a call saying I had unclaimed prize, claim number $$$$$$$. A PCH PHONE NUMBER WAS GIVEN, BUT I DID NOT CATCH THE LAST 2 digits. It was $$$ $$$-$$–. How do I CLAIM MY “prize?”

    1. Hello Bob! 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. I’ve got a text saying Congratulations In Advance, if you got this message, I am Todd Sloane from the Publishers Clearing House office, (PCH) lottery of the year 2022. Well we are here to inform you that you just won the sum of $200,000 USD. Kindly text Howie Guja at ($$$) $$$-$$$$ to get your winnings.
    How can I confirm if this is true or a scam?

    1. Hi Bailey! I’m sorry to say that’s a scammer that’s contacted you, NOT the real PCH. The real PCH doesn’t notify our major prize winners via text, phone, standard mail, email, or social media, and we never ask for money to claim a prize. Please report any details you have about that scam contact to us at this link: http://bit.ly/Report-Scam-To-PCH. I also encourage you to check out these Safety Tips for some great info on what to watch for: https://bit.ly/FraudProtection2. Stay safe everyone!!

    1. Hi Geri, that’s a good question! Believe it or not, this does happen occasionally. Howie recently sat down with Danielle and Todd to discuss what the Prize Patrol does when the winner is not home. Watch this video and find out: https://bit.ly/3x49b6P. Be sure to keep on entering for your chance at becoming our next winner! Check out our FAQ for all the great ways you can enter daily: https://bit.ly/Enter-A-PCH-Sweeps. Best of luck to you and all our fans!

  5. Help:
    I’ve received several emails from Sweepstakes, each different. I only have been opening your emails, so can you please let me know if they are scammers or hackers?

  6. My daughter received a phone call from a woman who said she was Debra H$$$$$$, Executive VP of Publishers Clearing House, and that she has won $10 Million dollars and a new car! Of course, my daughter called me right away to ask what she should do. The scammer wanted my daughter to purchase a vanilla gift card at a local gas station and some guy would meet her there and pick up the $495 dollar gift card from her. Of course, she said it was for tax purposes and to verify a bank account…

    In case the real PCH VP, Debra H$$$$$$, would like to investigate this as a fraud impersonation, I am including the scammer’s phone number, $$$ $$$-$$$$. We would be happy to work with the local police on your behalf.

    Kindest Regards,
    Keeping My $495 dollars.

  7. Wow! I only wish it could be me getting lucky. I’m waiting, hoping, and wishing that it could be me.
    Y’all stay safe out too. I’m not giving up this, I would love my dream to come true.
    Trying my best to win!