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Bob Ponzi called from 888-866-0034. Told me his manager's number was 888-935-5470 x101. Halfway through the call he had me call his number back to make sure I had the right number. Told me I won 5.9 million dollars and a bonus consolation prize of a 2023 dodge pickup truck. Asked me if I had received any mail about this and I said no. Asked how I would be receiving this and initially told me UPS. That I would need package code number 5558000US. Asked if I was home and properly dressed to receive it (creepy) to receive the prize. Told me that someone would be coming today with a cashier's check and the truck with 2 state Marshals to deliver it by the end of the day. When I asked him how I won this, he said by making over a $10 purchase at either a Dollar Store, Walgreens, or Walmart and I got the 2nd place prize. He also asked if I had seen the Feds for Life commercials on tv and said I would get $5,000 weekly for the rest of my life. Then, told me when they came to give me the cashier's check that I would need two forms of identification and a claimers receipt from the post office. When I asked how I get the claimers receipt he told me it would be in the form of a postal money order for $399 for HR Block and they would make sure everything was filed properly, so the government would not touch any of the prize money. Tried to get me to drive to the post office immediately, even asking how close the nearest one was. When I told him I was not willing to do that and that is not how lottery or sweepstake prizes work, he told me I didn't have to do anything I didn't want to and that I wasn't paying them directly, and then asked me what charity I wanted to donate it to. I told him I would look into it and get back with him and hung up. After googling the name it is indeed a scam: https://dayton247now.com/news/local/caller-says-youve-won-5-million-police-say-its-a-scam