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  2. 2004 Chinese lottery scandal - Wikipedia

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    The lottery center authorities declared that Liu's ticket was valid and apologized. The car and 120,000 yuan (US$15,000) in cash was given Liu. [4] In December 2004, eleven people who tried to defraud Chinese lottery winners by having their tickets declared forgeries were sentenced to prison terms of up to 19 years.

  3. 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 ...

  4. 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 ...

  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 that a scam? How to recognize and report fraudulent behavior

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    Contact your bank or credit card company if you paid a scammer to report a fraudulent charge. If you sent cash by mail, contact the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and ask them to intercept the ...

  7. 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 ...

  8. 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.

  9. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

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    • 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.