PCH, Baking Co., Bank Of America, Martha Stewart Living Magazine, Keith Roberts, Harvey Armstrong I called Bank of America verified it was an account but they could not say funds where available traveled 30 miles to find out, could have suffered hundreds in overdrafts as I stated to bank. PCH had to sell my information to these people How did they get my info. Baltimore Maryland

You can get ANYONE'S address and other vital info on the web. It doesn't take a genius. And, you can purchase mailing lists off the web ( which is what these scammers are probably doing ). It doesn't cost much to purchase a thousand names and addresses.

You mentioned the letter asked you to contact Mr Roberts before depositing the check. Did the letter also have information that you were supposed to deposit the check and then forward a portion by Western Union to then receive the full amount? This is one of the oldest scams out there, but the companies had no part of it. The scammers use real companies and have stolen the account numbers of real companies. The scammers send you a check, you deposit it, you sent the money and then the check you deposited comes back as fraud and you lost the money you wired.
But, again the companies mentioned are not part of the scam. The bad guys use their names to have the mark (you) trust them enough to fall for the scam. As far as your information being sold by PCH, I don't think it was. It's not hard to come up with someone's name and address which is all it takes to initiate this scam. It sounds like you did not lose any money which is great. But again your anger should be directed at Mr Roberts and his fellow scammers, not the companies that had nothing to do with this.

You mentioned the letter asked you to contact Mr Roberts before depositing the check. Did the letter also have information that you were supposed to deposit the check and then forward a portion by Western Union to then receive the full amount? This is one of the oldest scams out there, but the companies had no part of it. The scammers use real companies and have stolen the account numbers of real companies. The scammers send you a check, you deposit it, you sent the money and then the check you deposited comes back as fraud and you lost the money you wired.
But, again the companies mentioned are not part of the scam. The bad guys use their names to have the mark (you) trust them enough to fall for the scam. As far as your information being sold by PCH, I don't think it was. It's not hard to come up with someone's name and address which is all it takes to initiate this scam. It sounds like you did not lose any money which is great. But again your anger should be directed at Mr Roberts and his fellow scammers, not the companies that had nothing to do with this.

You mentioned the letter asked you to contact Mr Roberts before depositing the check. Did the letter also have information that you were supposed to deposit the check and then forward a portion by Western Union to then receive the full amount? This is one of the oldest scams out there, but the companies had no part of it. The scammers use real companies and have stolen the account numbers of real companies. The scammers send you a check, you deposit it, you sent the money and then the check you deposited comes back as fraud and you lost the money you wired.
But, again the companies mentioned are not part of the scam. The bad guys use their names to have the mark (you) trust them enough to fall for the scam. As far as your information being sold by PCH, I don't think it was. It's not hard to come up with someone's name and address which is all it takes to initiate this scam. It sounds like you did not lose any money which is great. But again your anger should be directed at Mr Roberts and his fellow scammers, not the companies that had nothing to do with this.

You mentioned the letter asked you to contact Mr Roberts before depositing the check. Did the letter also have information that you were supposed to deposit the check and then forward a portion by Western Union to then receive the full amount? This is one of the oldest scams out there, but the companies had no part of it. The scammers use real companies and have stolen the account numbers of real companies. The scammers send you a check, you deposit it, you sent the money and then the check you deposited comes back as fraud and you lost the money you wired.
But, again the companies mentioned are not part of the scam. The bad guys use their names to have the mark (you) trust them enough to fall for the scam. As far as your information being sold by PCH, I don't think it was. It's not hard to come up with someone's name and address which is all it takes to initiate this scam. It sounds like you did not lose any money which is great. But again your anger should be directed at Mr Roberts and his fellow scammers, not the companies that had nothing to do with this.

After calling PCH home office representative informed me all winner are notified via certified letters or PCH truck but how did these scammer get my information had to be sold to company. I am very angry no more PCH sweepstakes for me! No more $5k a week for life only to take you to purchasing offers on-line.