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Ask a Lawyer QuestionCountry: United States of AmericaState: Indiana I am receiving several e-mails telling me that my e-mail address has been put in a lottery and drawn out as a winner Ex. Apple crest & Grant Lotteries, UK National Lottery- Sweepstakes International program and there has been about three others, is there any way to check and see if any of these are legitimate? I was caught in a El Gordo Lottery Scam last year and lost several thousand dollars so I am much more cautious now, I would hate to think that I might have been lucky enough to win a sweepstakes and not intelligent enough to recognize it. AnswerSee http://www.worldlawdirect.com/article/1795/International_lottery_scam_%28fraud%29.htmlIt is a scam--enter "international lottery scam" into Google and read many articles about it...they want you to pay fees and no real lottery does that......you may notify the FBI as well. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The Canadian lottery scam is prevalent enough that the FBI and the Canadian government have task forces targeting it. The Clorox Company (NYSE: CLX) today issued a warning about a lottery scam targeting consumers throughout the United States. The lottery scam is performed by a Latino couple, officials said. |
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