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A sweepstakes scam that tricked consumers into paying a $20 fee to collect a fake multi-million-dollar prizes has been temporarily shut down by the Federal Trade Commission. The case is part of ...
Scammers are always trying creatively to bilk people of their money and sweepstakes are one proven avenue of success for them. Beware.
Another type of lottery scam is a scam email or web page where the recipient had won a sum of money in the lottery. The recipient is instructed to contact an agent very quickly but the scammers are just using a third party company, person, email or names to hide their true identity, in some cases offering extra prizes (such as a 7 Day/6 Night Bahamas Cruise Vacation, if the user rings within 4 ...
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The scam was achieved by having a confederate with access to newswire services telephone in a smaller bet on an unrelated race and asking the bookmaker to repeat the details of the bet for confirmation. The details, repeated by the bookmaker, contained coded information indicating the winner of the just-completed race. [1]
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After the ban, an industry of sweepstakes parlors arose, operating in a legal gray area by offering chances to win when customers purchase Internet or phone time. [1] The General Assembly tried to close the parlors in 2010 by outlawing any video sweepstakes with an "entertaining display", [ 60 ] [ 61 ] but the ban did not take effect until ...
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