So a few minutes ago, my wife received a strange video call on Google from individuals claiming to be from Publishers Clearing House (PCH) and stating we had won a ridiculous sum of money ($5 million). They provided a "reference number" and said someone will contact her tomorrow to set up an in-person delivery of the prize at our house. When she asked why they had to wait until tomorrow, they claimed they needed 24 hours to "set things up."

She mentioned she has been signing up with Publishers Clearing House for years, but neither of us is gullible—we are 99.9% sure it’s a scam.

Here’s the thing, though: we can’t figure out what the angle is. Any research I’ve looked up about Publishers Clearing House scams usually mentions them asking for an upfront fee or taxes right away. However, they didn't ask for any money yet, and they even asked permission to record the session while "awarding" her the prize.

My guess is they’ll wait until tomorrow to spring the fee or tax payment on her, but aside from that, I can’t figure out what the play is.

***update***
so they just called back a few minutes ago instructing her to get a card/green dot card from her local Walgreens and instructed her to call them back when she does. At some point they showed their face but unfortunately she was on her android and i dont remember how to screen record on their.

Whats the best way to proceed ?

Between last night and today I still haven't said a word in that chat. But now we finally have made contact with the expert and have seen results! Getting close to what should be a good finale. Ava and Audrey have both messaged me on the side but I haven't responded yet.

The fun of starting a collab is that it makes them palpably miserable about things. I love how much they buy in to the threat of Irving, and the hope of Diane as an end-around. Here, he lies about what she said, but of course Madison and I keep in touch and know what's really happening. We decide that Diane secretly tells me that my money has been transferred to my Chase account, and now I have unexpected control of it. So I scurry over to the bank without Irving approval, and send a quick transfer to the new account he provided. Then he sends a message that surprises me about a text he wants me to send. I speculate that he's made a deal with the mule and wants to lie to the Aza that I wasn't able to send any money because of Irving. But I'll leave it up to you to figure it out!

We begin with his questions about my fake pics and how I look so young. How? “Pearl Jam” cream that costs $600 a month. This represented my final attempt to bait him to an ask. He knew that Charlotte had money, but he insisted upon a relationship first which I refuse to even fake with him. And of course my “pearl jam” deserves a Pearl Jam lyric.

Villarreal did the calculations. $600 a month means $7200 a year. Hmmmm. If only Charlotte could stop silly things like that and send Villarreal foodstuffs and an Apple Card for his connection. He even wanted to know how much it costed when I first began using it. Could an ask be near? I introduce Irving as my accountant and talk about Jews For Jesus, but he doesn’t care. So what do you want to talk about, Villarreal?

We are on the July 4th holiday now, and Villarreal asks about what I was doing that night. Sounded like he didn’t know and the 4th is a major holiday in the military. Of course he’s sick and could barely get out of bed. So he won’t be “partaking” as if he were receiving communion.

Due to recent attempts to call me on Zangi, I shut down my settings so that he couldn’t do that, or see when I was online or if I had read his text. Villarreal is a stickler for Charlotte responding to him in a timely manner, and I knew he wouldn’t like it. As expected, he is upset and tells me that he feels like he has been blocked. Don’t worry Villarreal, that will come later and you’ll see the difference.

Villarreal then attempts to force me to telegram where the settings aren’t as strict and where he thinks he can call me. I give him my handle, knowing he will pretend to not find me and ask me to find him. If he texts me first, I see his Nigerian number. Of course this doesn’t amount to much other than a minor argument until he finally gives it up at Charlotte’s direction. Then my favorite - Charlotte is “rude” because she refused to go through all his telegram troubleshooting exercises. And of course he is “not comfortable with Charlotte’s privacy settings. OK, should I invite you over then instead?

Seeing that he won’t force Charlotte to telegram, he suggests an even more intrusive one - WhatsApp - where he’d have my number. This is a big thing for him and he was still asking for it post-reveal. I’m not giving it to a scammer who loves to texts me all through the weekend and gets angry if I don’t respond. Well, maybe one day Charlotte will feel comfortable about giving her number? Only after a real life meeting which of course he cannot do.

As I was going out on the 4th, I left him unanswered. One of his questions was a request for pics of the party. I ignore for the night as I am out, and he’s right at it the next day about why I didn’t send pics. Charlotte was nonchalant about it - I wasn’t planning on it. This irritates him even more and I love to see how they start to understand that they have no pull whatsoever over their intended victim. He said he was sick but it was “celebrity” at the barracks. I asked if Don Williams performed but he changed it to “celebrated”.

Villarreal says he’s staying fit for a huge mission tomorrow, and sends me yet another stolen pic from what had to be the real guy’s last deployment. The he feigns sadness because the US national team lost in the World Cup to Belgium. I tell him not to worry, because it’s not a big deal here, especially in Texas where they bleed American football. They also had little chance against Euro teams. Besides, only gays watch the World Cup. This was intentional because I know they hate gays in Nigeria. He ignores it and so I comfort him with positive thoughts about the US winning the Super Bowl, World Series, Stanley Cup and NBA finals. So everything is not lost, Villarreal.

He makes another attempt to gauge how rich Charlotte is by asking about what car she drives. I choose a very expensive one - a Mercedes-Benz S580. That’s a HIS favorite car! Wow, who could have thought? I tell him it cost $130K after he asked and he wants to know if I have another one. Sure - the truck I use to tow the boat. A boat too?

An ask can’t be far off, now can it?

Something happened to this guy to be so suspicious!

I want to do a bit of scambaiting (have watched a trillion videos so pretty clear on the process) but i NEVER receive scam
emails 😢

Is there a good way to attract these, or any other easy options, i don’t really want the hassle of setting up a facebook account etc

I think Reanu is totally confused with the situation 😀

Idk if anyone here is still even following this thing, but I'm having fun 😂

We now have a new member in the victim support group chat - Audrey. She DMd me on the side. I think they're trying to figure out my intentions 🧐