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8.2 Phone call to spouse stating his name had come up from past winning list of potential winners for Publisher Clearing House. Michael Anderson (516-535-0321 as +000000000Scam on phone) stated that he had won 3.4 million dollars. He stated that my spouse had to get 4 Gift Cards for $500 each to be given to the people who were delivering vehicles to our address. He wanted an additional 4 gifts for $500 each but my spouse refused. While I was calling him about the card transactions there was no answer. My spouse was told not to tell me what he was doing as it was a surprise for my birthday. My spouse did not pick up the call as Michael kept talking and telling him that it was a surprise for me. Every time my spouse hung up, Michael would call back and state that he could miss out if he didn't keep talking to him and getting the gift cards. During this 5 hours of conversation discussions of where we banked, my birth date, my spouse birth date, what I did for a living, email address, what my spouse did for a living, what our address was, etc. My spouse got the cards and was requested to give him the Card Numbers and the Codes on the back. He then stated that he needed $9500 more. This was for fees (or taxes) to get the $3.4 million. My spouse hung up and called me. I then checked out some things and we decided this was a scam. We did not give him any further money. Later many phone calls and messages were sent to my spouse cell phone. These were on 8.2, 8.3, and 8.4. Messages stating that this was not a scam and that he wanted to know how to return the funds. 8.4 I spoke with Michael Anderson at 9.22 AM. He stated that he wanted to return the funds at the Logan St bank in Denver. He gave a routing number of 553 6478 0522 and said that my spouse could go to the Logan St bank and get the funds refunded to him. He stated this was a Promotion not a Lottery when I told him that taxes were not due on prizes before they were awarded. He stated that this was a pre-requisite to getting the $3.4 million. He attempted to get me to give my name. He called me Susan. My name is not Susan. He said I was not my spouse's wife if my name wasn't Susan. I told him that I was married to my spouse and that my name was not Susan and he could call me Mrs Spouse. He stated that the $3.4 million check was actually in my name (Susan). He said he needed to speak to his supervisor to get authorization to get the funds refunded. I did ask him to put the money back on the Gift Cards. He said he couldn't do that. I advised him that we had already spoken with the Card company and they said he could. He had no reply. I explained that he could send me documents in the mail to verify that we had won this money. He said he had my spouse email and he could send it electronically. I asked to have it sent via mail. He kept insisting that my spouse go to Denver to the bank on Logan St (I did get him to verify it was the Credit Union on Logan St) to get the money. I told him that my spouse was not in Denver and that it could not be done. We do not bank at that bank.