516-366-4381

The message left by a gentleman named Terry Lee Dawson ph# 754-702-8192 was "Congratulations, this is an announcement from the Publishers Clearing House where we make dreams come true, we are pleased to inform that you are a second place winner here in our yearly promotional raffle. You have successfully secured a for yourself a whopping $7.5 million dollars cashiers check. Welcome to the winner's circle and we hope this comes to you in a time of need. Your claim# is ******. Please contact the claims department at (516) 366-4381 to claim your prize and for further instructions. Thanks for participating and once again Congratulations." I spoke to a few other people that day because, when I confronted them with questions about the whole thing being a scam and what do I have to pay..... the first person I spoke to said "nothing" & hung up on me. So I called back and the next person said I will tell you the protocol, you must pay a 1% processing fee of $18,000 and then when we receive that money, someone will show up at my door with a $7.5 million dollar cashiers check, give me a presentation, and then follow me to my bank to make sure the certified check is deposited into my account. At this point in the conversation I said "I will have to speak to my husband when he gets home" and the PCH person said "well if you are that skeptical I'm sure your husband will also be skeptical so this might not be the right thing for you." I then asked him, "what do you do with the money when it's turned down?" He said, "it would be donated to a charity of my choice." I again told him I would have to talk to my husband and the person asked me if I was Christian and I told him that was none of his business and hung up. The other people's names I spoke to were Charles Gate, Jonathan Franklins, and Peter Swiftly (who [BBB Scam Type: Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes] [Business: Unknown] [Location: MT, USA- 59714]