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Sweepstakes Scam Asks for Donations, Swindles Consumers. Dawn Fallik. Updated July 14, 2016 at 9:14 PM. ... AOL readers have purchased thousands of these $10 surge protectors — here's why. AOL.
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 ...
What an American would call a "sweepstakes" — a random prize draw promoting a commercial product — is likely to be labelled as a "prize draw" or "competition" in the UK. [10] In the UK, prize competitions and prize draws are free of statutory control under the Gambling Act 2005, [11] but should follow the CAP Code.
A new $25,000 giveaway by The Hershey Company is coming under scrutiny for possible violations of state and federal sweepstakes law. ... Consumers Call Out Recent Reese’s $25,000 Contest as Scam
In 1967 PCH ran its first sweepstakes as a way to increase subscription sales, [10] based on the sweepstakes held by Reader's Digest. [5] The first prizes ranged from $1 to $10 and entrants had a 1 in 10 chance of winning. After the sweepstakes increased response rates to mailings, prizes of $5,000 [7] and eventually $250,000 were offered. [11]
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 ...
• Don't use internet search engines to find AOL contact info, as they may lead you to malicious websites and support scams. Always go directly to AOL Help Central for legitimate AOL customer support. • Never click suspicious-looking links. Hover over hyperlinks with your cursor to preview the destination URL.
Phishing scams happen when you receive an email that looks like it came from a company you trust (like AOL), but is ultimately from a hacker trying to get your information. All legitimate AOL Mail will be marked as either Certified Mail, if its an official marketing email, or Official Mail, if it's an important account email. If you get an ...