Glad you were not scammed!
Too many people fall for that scam, because they are unaware of one or more of the following
Things to believe:

* There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.
* If it looks too good to be true, it probably is.
* You have not won big bucks from a benign benefactor or a grant from a gracious government
* The tooth fairy really does not exist
* Everything you read on the internet is not necessarily true.
* It is illegal to pay money for a loan, BEFORE getting the loan!
* "Free Trips" are loaded with mandatory & costly extras, and you usually must give them your card number after listening to a loooong spiel at a hotel.
* Microsoft did NOT call you to fix your computer.
* The moon is not made of green cheese.
* The IRS will snailmail you, rather than phone you, if there is a problem.
* Jackalope milk is not an aphrodisiac.
* If you "green dot" or Western Union money to a scammer, the money is gone.

I got a call from this number about 45 mins ago and he said his name was James Cooper and that I had won 250,000.00 dollars and he was with Publishers Clearing House and he went on to ask me a bunch of questions he didn't get far . Then he wanted to know how far the store was from me and that I needed to go get a ( green dot money card ) as for a IRS tax I'd number . Well to me that's a scam .  It would be nice to really have won . But I'm not paying them money . If I'm really a winner . I'm sure once you really win then you do pay taxes out of it .