I was contacted by a letter in the mail with a check for the amount of $9850.50. It looks very legitimate. The letter informed me of winning 2nd place in PUBLISHERS CLEARING HOUSE 100 million dollar sweepstakes. The amout of the supposed win is $2,500,000,00. The check mentioned above was apparently to cover insurance and attorney fees. It says to contact claim manager with SECURITY CODE PCH-55h66gC @ 1-289-308-6590 before depositing ir cashing the $9,850.50 check. It also has congratulations from MEGA MILLIONS-Walmart-JCPenney-Reader's Digest- and AG INSURANCE. Printed on the letter.

I was called about winning the publishers Clearing house sweepstakes for Readers Digest. I was asked to go to Walgreens or several other stores to complete the registration, however none of them were available near our area in rural Wyoming. Furthermore I have no transportation since the trucks were being used to haul cattle today. They then wanted me to make out a check to “Merchant Banker Acquitta Shelby for 485.00. Then take a picture of it and send it to them and then mail it to **** ********* *** ****** ** *****. I told them I could not got to the post office as I don’t have any transportation. I did send photo of check but did not sign it. Since it is Saturday my bank is closed but I will call Monday morning to put a stop on the check number. They were very aggressive and ultimately due to the fact I couldn’t complete the registration today that they would have to wait until that is completed to deliver the sweepstake prize. They called from ###-###-#### the individual said he was James Bishop and his so called boss was Mr Nelson. I hope this helps find the scammers!

Sales pitch on Facebook claims the Magvision glasses adjust to whatever the wearers eyes need. The 2 pair of glasses I received DO NOT do that. They are blurry at a distance just like any other readers I have. I will attempt to get a refund of my $69.99.

We received a letter in the mail from Reader's Digest with Canadian Postage saying that my mother was one of 3 people that won a portion of $7.2 million. It says we have to call our claim agent with in 72 hours to set up payment and keep this confidential or be disqualified. It says our agent is Mrs. Bonnie Kintzer (Chief Executive Officer) and has her photo.

I got a phone call from JAA in reference to documents they sent about a complaint. When I call give them reference number 967069 . When I called a women try tell me that I took out a payday loan in 2012 Ian’s I made payments but stopped and that I owe 1090.00 . I told her I had no idea what she was talking about but she still insisted I owed them . Then she told me if I don’t settled it I will be sued and a civil judgment against me. Still told her I didn’t know anything about it . The scary part is she had my id# my last for digest of my ss# miner. Just wanted to make you aware of this.

Business called and left a message congratulating me and to call them back. Business used Google answering service

A man going by the name of "Steve Bailey" called my work and said that My manager (whose name he knew) had called and put in a work order for our card readers malfunctioning. (This is something that was currently happening as I had spoken to corporate earlier in the day and they had reportedly had a "Nationwide Network outage" which they were working to resolve as soon as possible) He said they were almost done resolving the issue and that he needed me to do a few more things, One of them being restarting my register, which I did and then he asked me to scan a 30-digit barcode and this is where I found it suspicious so after he sent it to me via text message six times and I told him I wasn't receiving it he became upset and hung up. This was the barcode 830324005566058120030519301901

On May 12, 2025, I received a phone call from James Wynter, who stated that he was calling on behalf of Reader's Digest and Publisher's Clearing House. He stated that I had been chosen as the winner of their sweepstakes. He told me that I had won 8.5 million dollars, a 2026 Mercedes-Benz, and a $500,000.00 life insurance policy. Mr. Wynter said that I did not have to pay anything to get my prize. Later that day, he called back and said that I needed to purchase a $150.00 Green Dot card to verify my prize. He stated that the prizes would be delivered the next morning. I purchased the $150.00 Green Dot card and gave him the information. The next day, he did not show up, but he kept calling me and saying that they are getting the paperwork done before the prizes could be delivered. On May 14, 2025, Mr. Wynter called and wanted me to pay $100.00 for an IRS stamp. He called me later that same day and told me that I would not have to pay the $100.00 because that has been taken care of. On May 16, 2025, Mr. Wynter called and wanted me to pay $1800.00 for storage of the Mercedes-Benz. I told him that I did not have $1800.00. He called me later the same day and said that he got a sponsor to help with some of the cost, but I would have to pay $150.00. I told him that I did not have the $150.00 either. On May 18, Mr. Wynter called me and wanted me to buy $50.00 worth of Bitcoin through my Cash App account and send it to him. He said that this would be the last thing that I would have to do. I purchased $50.00 worth of Bitcoin through my Cash App account and sent it to him. He said that he would be delivering the prizes on May 19, 2025, between 12 pm and 2 pm. Mr. Wynter called me on May 19, 2025 about 1:30 pm. He stated that he was waiting for the rest of the paperwork to be printed up, but the systems were down, and had been down for a couple of hours. He said that he would keep me posted. I have not heard from him since.

Try to convince me that I want a huge amount of money in reader's digest sweepstakes a truck and a watch

Received call from 505-556-6187 that said I won the Readers Digest Sweepstakes in the amount of 588,000.00. They said they did not need any person information from me. The did ask me for my postal address and it was provided to them. Then they asked me if I owned my home or rented. I informed them that was none of their business and is personal. Then he said he could not send me the prize because they did not have the correct postal address. I was asked to call 516-224-0920. I know that Readers Digest has my correct postal address. I did not provide them any additional information and ended the call.