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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 ...
Trio uses bogus sweepstakes prizes to scam people out of $1 million, feds say. Jennifer Rodriguez. November 27, 2023 at 4:04 PM. Getty Images.
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 ...
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 ...
[8] An HGTV executive described how the network tells stories about people having an actual milestone—"celebrating one of the best days of their life." [8] An annual promotion held by the network is the HGTV Dream Home, a sweepstakes which awards a custom-built house as its grand prize. [9]
Scammers are always trying creatively to bilk people of their money and sweepstakes are one proven avenue of success for them. Beware.
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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 ...