If you get a check, an email, a phone call, or a text and the claim is you won PCH, it's a scam. PCH never contacts its winners ahead of time. The prize patrol just shows up.

Who in America didn’t recognize the iconic “Prize Patrol,” which surprised winners with oversized ... Washington residents.

A Fort Lee woman woke up to a huge surprise on New Year's Day when the Publishers Clearing House Prize Patrol knocked on her door.