It is a scam:
http://info.pch.com/consumer-information/fraud-protection

They never require any money, purchases, taxes, fees, or deposits of any kind to get your prize.

Publishers Clearing House DOES NOT call, email, FAX, mail, any advanced notice that you have won.

"If you are ever contacted by someone claiming to represent PCH, or claiming to be one of our employees,  and asked to send or wire money (for any reason whatsoever, including taxes); or send a pre-paid gift card or Green Dot Moneypak card in order to claim a sweepstakes prize ? DON?T!  It?s a SCAM. If you are sent a check, told it?s a partial prize award, and asked to cash it and send a portion back to claim the full prize award, DON?T.  The check is fake, but the SCAM is real!

Publishers Clearing House does not operate this way and would NEVER ask for money to claim a prize award.  PCH employees would never contact you personally or in advance to notify you of a prize award.  Our prize awards are presented just the way you see in our popular TV commercials, ?live and in person? by our Prize Patrol, with balloons, champagne and check in hand - - and with no advance notification!"


http://www.dhs.gov/news/2013/03/13/written-te ... 2%80%9C876-scam

Someone left me a voice mail saying that I had won a prize in some kind of contest from Publishers Clearing House in conjunction with Reader's Digest and that I should call this exact phone number (1-876-355-7024).  He said his name was Andrew Golberg and that there is prize money available. He even ended the message with Congratulations. I was suspicious because I never enter any contest from PCH in assoction with Publisher Clearing House. I decided to Google this number and found it was a scam. I belive this is circulating around Canada now.

Got a call from this number today. I man was talking very slow saying I had ordered books from Publishers clearing house many years ago and my name came up as a million dollar winner. I ( knowing full well it was a scam) ask him if Ed  McMahon was coming to my door ! ( My he rest in peace ! )  Yes Yes he says how do you feel about winning a million dollars ! I ask him how he would feel If someone called him with this information? He then told me I needed to pay the taxes on it , to which I replied we dont pay taxes on "winning's " in canada , so he went on to how I had to pay insurance. I told him to take it out of the million , and another 10% for himself ....He said he'd call back and hung up lol  Beware of these ppl PLEASE never give out any info to anyone over the phone !!!

DO NOT return the call from someone calling from a 876 area code.
This is not a toll free "800" number, it is the international long distance code for the island nation of Jamaica. You are charged international and long distance rates for calling this number. Other international/long distance area codes are 809, 284, and 649.
http://www.att.net/smartcontrols-809AreaCode

Scammers use these numbers to not only try to scam you out of money, but also sting you with high phone call rates.
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0119-jam ... ng-us-consumers

some scammer saying from readers digest saying ive won 1.5 million dollars-what they want is a processing fee-funny here in canada if you win some -its free !  Dummies..they are calling from JAMACIA !