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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. He ...
Jun. 4—Following news of the $1.3 billion Powerball win in Portland this April, Oregon Lottery officials are urging the public to beware of scams and phishing attempts associated with jackpots.
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 ...
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 ...
Scammers are always trying creatively to bilk people of their money and sweepstakes are one proven avenue of success for them. Beware.
With odds of winning at one in 302.6 million, if somebody is lucky enough to match all six numbers they can choose to have their winnings distributed in one of two different ways: as an annuity of ...
If you get an email providing you a PIN number and an 800 or 888 number to call, this a scam to try and steal valuable personal info. These emails will often ask you to call AOL at the number provided, provide the PIN number and will ask for account details including your password.