Do representatives tell you to send 2 $1500.00 checks to one person and 2 $2500.00 checks to some one else. does a money prize have to go through the treasury department before a winner gets it?

right and the tooth fairy will deliver it. Do not talk to him return call, text or email. You did not win anything. you are supposed to so exited that you won you will lose your money from your account. You do not need a credit card of money to claim legitimate prize. Do not fail for the scam of sending you a check for more the amount, all you do is deposit the check in your account and sen the overage money (money in excess of supposed value of check, the check is not any good and you will have cry because you lost money out of your account. You did not win a prize , but it is your money, If you fall for be sure to write gullible on your forehead. Stop and think.

well what would you think
sending personal details on an open media where every scammer continually trolls
Don't you possibly think that the whole thing is a scam and that there is no cash prize at all
NO IT IS NOT SAFE

Are you nuts? Nobody is giving away 24Billion!
Are you paying fees to get your prize?

Here's from the REAL PCH sweepstakes website:

Recently we've been hearing reports that scammers are accessing and using the names of our real PCH employees in their criminal attempts to deceive you.Names you've come to know and recognize such as Dave Sayer, Todd Sloane and Danielle Lam - all real members of our famous PCH Prize Patrol.Even the name of Deborah Holland, our Executive Vice President whose name appears in PCH promotional mailers, has been hijacked and illegally used by scammers.
If you are ever contacted by someone claiming to represent PCH, or claiming to be one of our employees, and asked to send or wire money (for any reason whatsoever, including taxes); or send a pre-paid gift card or Green Dot Moneypak card in order to claim a sweepstakes prize - DON'T!It's a SCAM. If you are sent a check, told it's a partial prize award, and asked to cash it and send a portion back to claim the full prize award, DON'T.The check is fake, but the SCAM is real!

I tried a link to PCH Sweepstakes F R A U D protection page, but for some #$*@%! reason the word F R A U D was turned into ***** by the Fixya site.

Go here and click on Read More button under F r a u d protection.
http://info.pch.com/

Hi Sandra:
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE,
DO NO TRUST ANYONE WHO SAYS THAT YOU HAVE WON A PRIZE!
There are a LOT of dishonest people out there who think nothing of scamming people.
If you really think that you have won something, contact the company and ask for the customer service department, and explain the situation to them.
NEVER give out personal or bank information, and DO NOT SEND ANY MONEY if they ask for it.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE!

large scale scam--easy to recognize it ---If you did not enter in any prize pool and they are asking for a payment to get it ( and you are dense enough to pay it) they get backdoor access to your bank account
This is one of the oldest scams on the net

If you have to pay any money to get a prize then it is probably a scam! Do not send any money.

A bounty tournament is just like anyother regular tournament but in bounty you get bonus on every player you bustout of the game (wins an all-in of his).At the start of the tournament everyplayer is required to pay a certain amount of money, and a certain percentageof the prize pool is save for every player "bounty", when a player loses theperson who busted him out will take the money from his bounty.

Thanks for visiting FixYa!

This is a scam! Do not send or give anyone any of your money. And, do not reply to the email.

If it is too good to be true, then it probably isn't.

Don't reply to these sort of messages as it only encourages them, as you might get hooked into parting with money and getting nothing in return.

Beware! Its a scam. Do NOT give out any personal information. If you do, they (the senders) will probably ask you to deposit a small fee so they can send you the prize money. After receiving your cash they will move away!
Just send this email to your spam folder.
Just for your information, I also received one of these.
Thank you.