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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. 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 ...

4. FBI Issues New Warning on Lottery and Sweepstakes Scams - AOL

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   Consumers need to be wary of bogus letters and emails claiming they've won a sweepstakes or lottery, since they have nothing to win and much to lose, the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) warns.

5. Lottery fraud - Wikipedia

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   Forged lottery ticket from 1936, displayed in the Norwegian National Museum of Justice, Trondheim. Lottery fraud is any act committed to defraud a lottery game. A perpetrator attempts to win a jackpot prize through fraudulent means. The aim is to defraud the organisation running the lottery of money, or in the case of a stolen lottery ticket ...

6. Opinion: Consumers lose millions to lottery and sweepstakes ...

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   Scammers are always trying creatively to bilk people of their money and sweepstakes are one proven avenue of success for them. Beware.

7. 9 Common Scams Fraudsters Could Fool You With in 2025

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   Per Identity Guard, “In one common scam, fraudsters create a fake Facebook page for a familiar company, state lottery, or sweepstakes, and either post offers for free prizes or send victims ...

8. Scam letters - Wikipedia

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   Based on mostly the same principles as the Nigerian 419 advance-fee fraud scam, this scam letter informs recipients that their e-mail addresses have been drawn in online lotteries and that they have won large sums of money. Here the victims will also be required to pay substantial small amounts of money in order to have the winning money ...

9. 'You Won the Lottery': Scams Not Worth the Gamble, Warns ...

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