Elon Musk's controversial $1 million swing state giveaway concluded with the final prize going to a man who worked on Donald ...

Your Better Business Bureau wants you to be able to recognize red flags of a lottery or sweepstakes scam. Many times the contest letter or caller will explain that in order to collect the winnings ...

AND IT PROBABLY WILL BE THERE FOREVER. SWEEPSTAKES AND LOTTERY SCAMS. THEY’VE BEEN AROUND FOR DECADES, BUT THE LOTTERY SCAM STILL CLAIMS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF VICTIMS EVERY YEAR WITH LETTERS ...

According to the Federal Trade Commission, lottery scams usually involve getting a call, email or letter saying you won a sweepstakes, lottery, or prize. Some scams may ask people to pay money to ...

Employing this approach, the courts have identified the following characteristics as indicative of an illegal lottery rather than a legitimate sweepstakes: “It is additionally indisputable that ...

Karen Morgan, Executive Council member and lead fraud volunteer with AARP ... need to get one person to say yes,” Morgan said. Lottery and sweepstakes scams made the top 3 frauds reported ...