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  2. Lottery scam - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Lottery fraud - Wikipedia

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    An alternative form of lottery fraud, commonly known as a lottery scam, takes the form of informing an individual by email, letter or phone call that they have won a lottery prize. The victim is instructed to pay a fee to enable the non-existent winnings to be processed. This type is a form of advance-fee fraud and a common email scam. [1] [2]

  4. Man thinks call from lottery is a scam — until he answers a ...

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    A 57-year-old Michigan man saw an email saying he had won a $100,000 prize, but he deleted it thinking it was a scam.. Later, he got a call from Michigan lottery officials saying the same thing ...

  5. Scam alert: Sweepstakes or lottery schemes targeting ... - AOL

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    Jul. 8—In the past year, there have been 250 scams reported to the Better Business Bureau and local law enforcement. But both say there are many more residents who have been scammed out of money ...

  6. Is the Lottery a Scam? Here's Why You Should Never Play - AOL

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    Consumers spend $105 billion a year trying to win the lottery even though the odds are vastly against them.

  7. Lotteries in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Lotteries in the United States did not always have sterling reputations. One early lottery in particular, the National Lottery, which was passed by Congress for the beautification of Washington, D.C., and was administered by the municipal government, was the subject of a major U.S. Supreme Court decision – Cohens v. Virginia. [7]

  8. A lottery scam in Broward conned $6.6 million from senior ...

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  9. List of fake news websites - Wikipedia

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    The Washington Post submitted a complaint against Coler's registration of the site with GoDaddy under the UDRP, and in 2015, an arbitral panel ruled that Coler's registration of the domain name was a form of bad-faith cybersquatting (specifically, typosquatting), "through a website that competes with Complainant through the use of fake news ...