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A Fort Walton Beach resident is out nearly $700 dollars after she responded to a phone caller who claimed she had just won a million dollars from Publishers Clearing House.
The 57-year old got a call on her cell phone September 8th with no caller i.d. number.
The caller congratulated the woman, saying she would be getting $5000 a week from Publisher’s Clearing House, but first needed to wire money for taxes on the prize. The woman, who had won $10 in the past from PCH, sent nearly $700 in two payments through a Western Union money transfer.
Family members learned of the incident and contacted the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office.
Publisher’s Clearing House says winners are never notified via phone or social media, and never asked to pay to claim a prize.
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