The client had received a phone call indicating that Publishers Clearing House selected him as a backup winner when the first winner did not satisfy everything.

Publishers Clearing House awards its major sweepstakes prizes in person, unannounced. It does not notify big winners by email, so watch for scams.

An old Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes phone scam usually asks for taxes and various fees to be paid up front in order to claim a supposed prize.

This scam most often targets victims over the phone, telling them they have won the Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes. But to claim their prize, they have to pay taxes and fees upfront.

Some scams just keep happening all the time, and the scam that uses the Publishers Clearing House name is one of them.

Rodriguez has been buying merchandise and subscriptions through Publishers Clearing House since 2016. So when she got the scam call, she thought it was legitimate. "He knew my address," she said.

Stoogenke asked Publishers Clearing House why it seems Channel 9 is hearing from more people reporting this scam now, but he didn’t hear back in time for this report.

A sweepstakes company spoke to FOX5 Las Vegas after a valley veteran lost $180K to a scam posing as them.

Scammers are pretending to Publishers Clearing House and ask you to send big dollars first before you get prize.

The New Year brings a new Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes. As the prize patrol gears up for another year of big prizes.

Most of us have heard of the Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes and their famous Prize Patrol. Unfortunately con artists know about it too. Scammers are pretending to be PCH officials and ...

In September, police departments in various communities from Indiana to Florida reported some type of sweepstakes scam related to the fraudulent use of the Publishers Clearing House name.