"Winner!" Scams

Basic rule of thumb for these scams: If you entered, maybe you won; check the organization's Web site by typing its URL into your browser. If you didn't enter, then you definitely didn't win. These scams aren't out to give you money; they are out to steal it from you.

Lottery Transfer Email Scam

This scam scraped your email from a database and entered it into a fake lotto against your permission. Another scheme to make you give up sensitive information.

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