A lottery scam is a type of advance-fee fraud which begins with an unexpected email notification, phone call, or mailing (sometimes including a large check)...
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scam works. Some of the more commonly seen variants involve employment scams, lottery scams, online sales and rentals, and romance scams. Many scams involve...
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cashiers at lottery retailers who have attempted to scam customers out of their winnings. Some locations require the patron to hand the lottery ticket to...
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mark with $0.50 and the con men with $110. Lottery fraud by proxy is a scam in which the scammer buys a lottery ticket with old winning numbers. He or she...
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An overpayment scam, also known as a refund scam, is a type of confidence trick designed to prey upon victims' good faith. In the most basic form, an...
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S. C. Jamir (section Nagaland lottery scam)
a major financial scandal in the Nagaland state lottery amounting to Rs 38,297 crore. The entire scam took place between October 1993 and November 1997...
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the prizes for themselves. An alternative form of lottery fraud, commonly known as a lottery scam, takes the form of informing an individual by email...
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Nicolette Stone (section Lottery scam)
Nicolette returns to Erinsborough with Isla to face the consequences of her scam. She reveals that she met Britney during an antenatal class and discovered...
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Mega Millions (redirect from Va lottery)
Millions was the target of a mailing scam. A letter bearing the Mega Millions logo was used in a string of lottery scams designed to trick people into providing...
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419 advance-fee fraud scam, this scam letter informs recipients that their e-mail addresses have been drawn in online lotteries and that they have won...
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