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)...

scam works. Some of the more commonly seen variants involve employment scams, lottery scams, online sales and rentals, and romance scams. Many scams involve...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Immigrant Visa program, also known as the green card lottery, is a United States government lottery program for receiving a United States Permanent Resident...