Publishers Clearing House Goes Global: How an American Mailbox Miracle Became the World’s Favorite Pyramid Scheme
Publishers Clearing House, that quintessentially American fever dream of mailbox miracles, has quietly metastasized into a global phenomenon. From Lagos to Lahore, the same oversized check—printed in Comic Sans for maximum sincerity—now arrives in WhatsApp forwards, Instagram ads, and those browser tabs you swear you didn’t open. The prize patrol may still wear navy blazers…