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...
by admin | Nov 1, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
It is hard to win any lottery. It is impossible to win one that you have not even entered and yet scam artists, the only criminals we refer to as artists have found that it is extremely lucrative to scam people by convincing them that they have won various lotteries....
