by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 3, 2026 | Scam of the day
Lottery scams generally follow a typical pattern, namely you receive a phone call, email or text message informing you that you have won a lottery that you never entered, but that you need to pay income taxes or administrative fees to the lottery sponsor before you...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 23, 2023 | Scam of the day
Lottery scams are among the most common scams and although these scams take many different forms, they all have in common that you have won a lottery you never even entered (quite a feat) and that you must now pay money for either taxes or administrative fees in order...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 2, 2022 | Scam of the day
Over the years, I have written many times about lottery and sweepstakes scams, which continue to be one of the most popular and profitable scams for scammers. Scammers use lottery and sweepstakes scams to cheat people out of millions of dollars each year by tricking...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 24, 2019 | Scam of the day
Lottery scams are one of the most common types of scams. Scammers cheat people out of millions of dollars each year by tricking their victims into sending money to the scammers after being told that they have won a lottery, but are required to pay fees or taxes in...
by admin | Oct 19, 2018 | Scam of the day
A federal grand jury in Texas recently unsealed charges against eight men charged with operating a 250 million dollar phony sweepstakes scam and other fraudulent activities. It is hard to win any lottery. It is impossible to win one that you have not even entered and...
