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How to identify a lottery scam letter
How to really verify a check or money order
The answers to your most frequent lottery scam questions
It is illegal for US Citizens to enter foreign lotteries: Federal Statute
Look in the Lottery Scam Email database for emails that are like the one you got
Lottery names used in lottery scam letters
Green Card Lottery Scam: Truth and Lies in simple words
International Lotteries vs. Lottery Scams
Luck of the draw: Numbers games and drawings
Free lotteries - Some are legitimate, some are not
List of Official US Federal and State Lottery web sites
Gaming Commissions and Lottery Associations
ID Theft Prevention To-Do List
Payment Processing & other Counterfeit Draft Scams
FDIC Special Alerts List of Counterfeit Checks
How to identify a lottery scam letter
The lottery name does not make the fraud.
What the letter SAYS makes the fraud!
The letter or email is a Lottery Scam if:
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You did not buy a ticket. You HAVE to buy a ticket to win a lottery. |
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You can't find the lottery name except on sites listing scam emails. |
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The lottery name is a company, like Microsoft. Lotteries are not sponsored by merchants except through a Sweepstakes. Sweepstakes are sometimes referred to as free lotteries. See Number Games |
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The letter says the lottery is sponsored by an individual, like Ted Turner or the Sultan of Brunei. Lotteries are not sponsored by individuals. |
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You do not live in the lottery country and you are not a citizen of the lottery country. Most lotteries are only open to residents of the country, state, or province in which the game is played. |
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You were told that your email address won in a random email drawing. No one is allowed to use your email address without your specific permission. |
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You did not register your name, street address, email address, phone number, and a credit card BEFORE you were allowed to buy a ticket on an online pay-to-play lottery web site. |
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You won because you participated in surveys. Legitimate surveys do not buy lottery tickets for you. Surveys that promise lottery tickets are ID Theft scams. |
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Your email inbox and surface mail box are not loaded with advertising for that lottery and its games. Legitimate lotteries and Sweepstakes advertise their games nearly on a daily basis. |
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The letter contains at least ONE of the claims or statements listed on the Lottery Scam Letter claims & statements page. |
There is no such thing as a random email lottery. It is against the law for anyone to make use of your email address in a contest without your permission and no legitimate business will ever do it.
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