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Publishers Clearing House Trudy Dinkins Possible Publishers Clearing House Scam - Just Exactly Who Is Trudy Dinkins Port Washington, New York
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Dear Publsher's Clearing House: Who is Trudy Dinkins?
I have been receiving emails from Publisher's Clearing House for a number of years now, and on a daily basis. Over the last few years I have received a number of emails informing me that if I do not respond, the entry number assigned to me will be given to another person, namely one Trudy Dinkins. And, should this entry number turn out to be a prize-winning one, than said prize will be awarded to Ms. Dinkins in lieu of me.
For the first several of such emails, Trudy Dinkins was said to be a former PCH prize winner and that she hailed from Gallantin, Tennessee. One day, a couple of years ago, I received another one of these entry emails. However, this time, Ms. Dinkins was clearly stated to be a resident of Revere, Massachusetts.
Every email I have received like this one since has returned Ms. Dinkins to Gallantin, except the last one I received a few months ago which quite clearly (and suspiciously, in my opinion) failed to list her place of residence.
The last email of importance here I received over this past weekend. PCH is notorious for providing links in their entry emails to allow one to view a video of their most recent prize winning moment. I had been anticipating one for a couple of months: accoring to PCH, a $5000-for-Life prize was supposed to have been awarded on November 30, 2012. The video for this - and all others like it - should have been viewable through such an email link as mentioned above in about a fortnight. However, no such video was ever indicated.
This latest link concerns me for a couple of reasons. Firstly, the winning moment was supposed to have been videotaped on Sunday, January 13, 2013. Again with daily emails from PCH, this struck me as odd as I was not aware of any prize being awarded on that date. Secondly, the video link contained a photograph which one would have supposed was taken on the occasion: two PCH Prize Patrol employees standing on either side of the prize winner who was holding one of their infamous "big cheques." What really surprised me in this photograph was the prize recepient herself. She was clearly the SAME woman I had been seeing in various emails from PCH for years now. She was none other than - you guessed it - Trudy Dinkins!
I have a few observations to draw from these emails. Firstly, if one fails to enter the contest as requested, and the entry number is clearly indicated as marked for an identifiable alternate individual, is this not tantamount to fixing the contest? Secondly, why is PCH inconsistent about the residential location of Ms. Dinkins? Does she reside in Gallantin, Tennessee or in Revere, Massachusetts? And thirdly, why was Ms. Dinkins clearly shown in a video link as the prize winner of a PCH contest that was not, to my knowledge, ever announced?
I believe it is time, Publisher's Clearing House, to come clean about Trudy Dinkins.
I have been receiving emails from Publisher's Clearing House for a number of years now, and on a daily basis. Over the last few years I have received a number of emails informing me that if I do not respond, the entry number assigned to me will be given to another person, namely one Trudy Dinkins. And, should this entry number turn out to be a prize-winning one, than said prize will be awarded to Ms. Dinkins in lieu of me.
For the first several of such emails, Trudy Dinkins was said to be a former PCH prize winner and that she hailed from Gallantin, Tennessee. One day, a couple of years ago, I received another one of these entry emails. However, this time, Ms. Dinkins was clearly stated to be a resident of Revere, Massachusetts.
Every email I have received like this one since has returned Ms. Dinkins to Gallantin, except the last one I received a few months ago which quite clearly (and suspiciously, in my opinion) failed to list her place of residence.
The last email of importance here I received over this past weekend. PCH is notorious for providing links in their entry emails to allow one to view a video of their most recent prize winning moment. I had been anticipating one for a couple of months: accoring to PCH, a $5000-for-Life prize was supposed to have been awarded on November 30, 2012. The video for this - and all others like it - should have been viewable through such an email link as mentioned above in about a fortnight. However, no such video was ever indicated.
This latest link concerns me for a couple of reasons. Firstly, the winning moment was supposed to have been videotaped on Sunday, January 13, 2013. Again with daily emails from PCH, this struck me as odd as I was not aware of any prize being awarded on that date. Secondly, the video link contained a photograph which one would have supposed was taken on the occasion: two PCH Prize Patrol employees standing on either side of the prize winner who was holding one of their infamous "big cheques." What really surprised me in this photograph was the prize recepient herself. She was clearly the SAME woman I had been seeing in various emails from PCH for years now. She was none other than - you guessed it - Trudy Dinkins!
I have a few observations to draw from these emails. Firstly, if one fails to enter the contest as requested, and the entry number is clearly indicated as marked for an identifiable alternate individual, is this not tantamount to fixing the contest? Secondly, why is PCH inconsistent about the residential location of Ms. Dinkins? Does she reside in Gallantin, Tennessee or in Revere, Massachusetts? And thirdly, why was Ms. Dinkins clearly shown in a video link as the prize winner of a PCH contest that was not, to my knowledge, ever announced?
I believe it is time, Publisher's Clearing House, to come clean about Trudy Dinkins.
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AUTHOR: Bojobunny - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Monday, January 21, 2013
I suppose I should have done this before posting my initial complaint, but here is what I have since learned of Trudy Dinkins:
Trudy Dinkins won $15,000 from PCH on 23 December, 2010. The articles online concerning her prize win indicate that she resides in Gallatin, Tenessee.
Accordingly, the information provided by PCH, to a certain extent, is correct. She hails from Tennessee and is indeed a former prize winner.
So why an email stating she is from Revere, Massachusetts? And why indicate or show her "winning" moment as recent? It happened over two years ago. Such deceptions are unwarranted. Certainly, she hasn't won again, has she? The odds of that are completely out of the question, given one's chances of winning anything at all the first time.
And then, of course, there is the initial concern: isn't telling me that if I don't respond to a particular PCH email that the prize number, reserved for me, will automaticallhy pass to a specifically identified former prize winner tantamount to prize fixing? Only if the number is a winning number, one could argue. But identifying a winner before she wins is at the very least dishonest and unethical. One certainly could do better than this, eh PCH?
Trudy Dinkins won $15,000 from PCH on 23 December, 2010. The articles online concerning her prize win indicate that she resides in Gallatin, Tenessee.
Accordingly, the information provided by PCH, to a certain extent, is correct. She hails from Tennessee and is indeed a former prize winner.
So why an email stating she is from Revere, Massachusetts? And why indicate or show her "winning" moment as recent? It happened over two years ago. Such deceptions are unwarranted. Certainly, she hasn't won again, has she? The odds of that are completely out of the question, given one's chances of winning anything at all the first time.
And then, of course, there is the initial concern: isn't telling me that if I don't respond to a particular PCH email that the prize number, reserved for me, will automaticallhy pass to a specifically identified former prize winner tantamount to prize fixing? Only if the number is a winning number, one could argue. But identifying a winner before she wins is at the very least dishonest and unethical. One certainly could do better than this, eh PCH?
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