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Fraudsters often pretend they represent the National Lottery or some other official lottery, and devise scams to try and appear legitimate. It may be that they ask for banking details so that a prize can be paid out, or ask for an ‘advance fee’ before the money can be transferred across.
Are you a victim of lottery fraud? You receive an official looking email or letter telling you that you’ve won a large sum of money in a lottery. You’ve responded to the email/letter and supplied personal information. You’ve paid a fee to release your winnings. What should you do if you’re a victim of lottery fraud?
23 Σεπ 2020 · If a message you’ve received claims to be from a new lottery, or a promotional lottery run by several pre-existing national lotteries, search its name on the internet. If the majority of results are from other people questioning the message’s veracity, it is a fake lottery scam.
The scams generally rely on persuading the recipient of a bogus email, text, letter or phone call that they have won a huge amount of cash in a lottery, which will then be transferred into their bank account on payment of ‘processing fees’ or ‘taxes’.
Unfortunately a number of emails are circulated using The National Lottery Community Fund name to tell people that they have won a large sum of money in a national or online lottery. These emails are generated by fraudsters misusing the name of the Fund.
Sweepstakes, prize, and lottery frauds are among the top scams people report to the FTC. These scams usually start with a call or message that says you’re a winner. (A lie.) They say to get the so-called prize you have to send money or click somewhere to give your information.
