• IF YOU DID NOT
BUY A TICKET, YOU DID NOT
WIN THE LOTTERY.
DO YOU WANT TO KNOW
IF YOU WON A LOTTERY?
Did you buy a
lottery ticket?
No? |
If you did not buy a
lottery ticket
BEFORE the drawing, you
did not win a
lottery. There
are NO exceptions. |
Were you awarded
lottery tickets for
participating in a
survey? |
If YES, you did
not win a
lottery. That
is a common scam. |
Did you register
with an online
lottery? |
If YES, log into
your online account
at the web site and
check your winnings
and instructions. |
If NO, you did not
win the lottery. |
Did you buy lottery
tickets through an
online lottery
ticket purchasing
service? |
There is no
government oversight
nor an authority
oversight of any
kind to supervise
these services.
If your money is
merely being stolen,
you have no
recourse. |
DO YOU WANT TO KNOW IF YOU WON A
SWEEPSTAKES OR CONTEST?
Did you register
your contact
information with an
online
Sweepstakes company
such as FreeLotto or
GroupLotto, or did
you enter a
Sweepstakes offline?
>> You must register
your name and
contact information
BEFORE the drawing
to enter a
Sweepstakes or
contest of any kind. |
If YES, log in to
your online account
on the web site.
For offline entries
(such as Publisher's
Clearing House) contact the
Sweepstakes company
directly, NOT
through any email
response. |
If NO, you did not
win a Sweepstakes or
contest. |
DO YOU WANT TO KNOW IF YOU WON A
REWARDS PROGRAM?
Rewards Programs are
not contests.
There is nothing to
win. Rewards
Programs only
provide discounts
for catalog products
based on the number
of items you
purchased with your
credit card or
during a grocery
store or other
merchant promotion. |
DO YOU WANT TO CASH OR DEPOSIT THE
'WINNING' CHECK / MONEY
ORDERS (drafts) YOU RECEIVED?
DON'T DO IT!!
YOU COULD GO TO JAIL
FOR EVEN SHOWING THE
DRAFT AT A BANK OR
STORE! THEY
ARE COUNTERFEIT!
Read this before you
cash or deposit ANY
check or money order
you receive from a
stranger:
How to
REALLY Verify a
Check or Money Order
|
Lottery scams,
Sweepstakes scams, contest
scams, Rewards Programs
scams, and Drawing scams ARE
DESIGNED FOR IDENTITY THEFT .
If you have opened a
Lottery Scam email, please
go to
www.fraudaid.com/solution_center/doc/id_theft_prevention.htm
•
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A
RANDOM EMAIL DRAWING.
•
JACKPOTS ONLY
COME FROM TICKET SALES, NOT
COMPANIES OR CORPORATIONS.
•
MOST COUNTRIES ONLY ALLOW
THEIR RESIDENTS TO WIN.
•
IT IS ILLEGAL FOR U.S.
CITIZENS TO PARTICIPATE IN A
FOREIGN LOTTERY (US
Code, Title 18)
WARNING! LOTTERY WINNING
NOTIFICATIONS CONTAIN
COUNTERFEIT CHECKS!
Stay
out of Debt, Stay out of
Jail
Please
go here:
www.fraudaid.com/solution_center/doc/checks_and_money_orders.com
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