Lottery scams and fake sweepstakes cost Americans $227 million in 2020

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noise-gate — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 22:31:19 GMT

*You try your whole life to win the lottery, then suddenly out of the blue, total strangers tell you that you won $2.5 million?

* It's at that Very moment when you have to tell yourself this is too good to be true, l better contact the kids run this by them

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Stack47 — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 20:25:33 GMT

Many state lotteries had increases in Online play but probably nothing like the 33% increase on money spent on scams. Both increases reflect fact most of the country was closed for weeks and in some cases for months.

Her (Kathy Chapman) father's first contact with the con artists began when they started calling his Michigan home in January. They acted as representatives from Publisher's Clearing House (PCH), a company that markets merchandise and magazine subscriptions with sweepstakes, givea... [ More ]

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Bleudog101 — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 15:37:36 GMT

Can empathize with their Dad. Mine would enter all kinds of contests from foreigners and told him it was illegal for him to do that. He was getting Alzheimer's so didn't know the difference. Unfortunately a lady befriended him, got him to get her five cells phones and many thousands of dollars worth of stuff. He never had a credit card in his life. My Brother who handled things out there in WA State did get a lot of it taken care of. He couldn't remember her name (police were involved) since bac... [ More ]

Lottery scams and fake sweepstakes cost Americans $227 million in 2020

Lottery Post — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 14:37:03 GMT

Report finds that victims lost 33% more money in scams compared to 2019

By Kate Northrop

A report on sweepstakes, lottery and prize scams revealed that Americans lost a whopping $227 million to con artists last year.

Better Business Bureau investigator Steve Baker put out some eye-opening statistics that show a decrease in complaints but a troubling 33% increase in the amount of money lost by Americans to scammers.

Kathy Chapman told CBS News the story about how her unsuspecting 84-y... [ More ]