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 Lottery Scams

Lottery Scam Database

Lottery names used in lottery scams

 

Have YOU received a Lottery Scam Letter? - Be an expert at recognizing Lottery Scams

 

Green Card Lottery Scam: Truth and Lies in simple words

 

NEW Faked and Forged Lottery Documents

All about Lottery Scam Letters:

Lottery Winners: The Truth vs The Scam

GroupLotto vs. Lottery Scams

International Lotteries vs. Lottery Scams

Sponsored vs. Operated Lotteries: The difference between lotteries and sweepstakes.

Lottery Site Map

Lottery Database

Sample letters

Lottery Scam letters: Investigation Discoveries in Action

"Peter Lambert" and other form letters

 

ID FRAUD IS A LIFE SENTENCE

IT doesn't matter if you have no credit.  IT doesn't matter if you have no credit cards.

Once you become a victim of ID Theft, you'll be looking over your shoulder for the rest of your life.

 

You think it won't happen to you, BUT

more and more of you are writing to us because you've become ID Theft victims.

 

MOST OF YOU

have become ID Theft victims because you open scam letters.

 

Because you answer the scam letters.

 

Because you open your computer to scammers.

 

Scam letters contain Spyware and Trojan horses.

 

Spyware reads all your files, including the files your browsers keep on your hard drive.  That means all your files and all your internet activity.

 

Trojan horses open doors in your firewall, allowing scammers to watch your screen on their computer in real time.

 

Your passwords, your user names, your entire identity is sold to men and women who pretend to be you to avoid arrest.

 

Your passwords, your user names, your entire identity is sold over and over and over again around the world to bad, bad people.

 

They set up accounts in your name.  They commit crimes using your name.  They establish credit using your name.  They enter countries illegally using your name.

 

They cheat, they steal, they run drugs, they sell guns, they commit fraud, they leave huge debts,

ALL UNDER YOUR NAME.

 

I urge you to run your anti-spyware and anti-virus programs every day.

Your anti-virus software and spyware program cannot tell ahead of time what malicious devices are going to be created, they can only deal with them AFTER they have hit the Internet and they've had time to develop an eliminator.

I urge you to erase all records of your Internet activity from your hard drive.

Until you do, nothing you do on the Internet is safe from strangers.  They know where you go, what you look at, what you say in chat rooms, where and how you log-in to secure sites.

Believe me when I say this:

Being a fraud victim is terrifying!

This has been a message from Annie McGuire, CEO & Founder, Fraud Aid

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International Lotteries vs. Lottery Scams

How to tell the difference between a government operated lottery, an International lottery, and a scam letter that says you won the lottery.

Note: It is illegal for US Citizens to enter foreign lotteries: Federal Statute

Sweepstakes are advertiser-sponsored and are used for the specific purpose of providing marketing exposure.  There is no entry fee and jackpots are provided by those advertisers.  Therefore, it is in their best interest to advertise as much as possible through 3rd party email marketing programs.

Country and state lotteries (i.e. government lotteries) target the residents of that country or state and their advertising is through the media.  That means through the use of billboards, newspapers, and TV and radio commercials - NOT email.  There is an entry fee, and the value of the jackpot is the cumulative total of all the entry fees less operating expenses. (See Sponsored vs. Operated Lotteries)

Government operated lotteries

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Do not use agents.

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Have well-organized and informative web sites that DO NOT have anything to do with investments or banks.

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Have web sites written in the native language of the residents of that country or state.

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Allow for a choice of whether you want your name used for publicity purposes or not.

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Provide registration for players and a personal player account.

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DO NOT require advance fees to acquire your winnings.

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Are subject to the lottery laws and rules as established by the Lottery Commission of that country.  These can be found under "Terms and Conditions" (in the native language) on each site, or under an explanation link or history link on the site.

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You are expected to pay your taxes.  If you enter the lottery of a foreign country, then you are responsible for the taxes in that country and, in many cases, your own.  Don't let yourself in for any unpleasant surprises - check your tax laws.  Taxes for the lottery country are removed from the winnings before disbursement to the winner.

One good place to check out available government operated lotteries, and how their web sites are set up, is here: http://www.lotteryinsider.com.au/links.html.

REMEMBER:

  1. Do your homework before handing over your money to anyone.

  2. Entering a lottery is gambling.

  3. Spend your money wisely and responsibly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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