According to the lottery there are two types of lottery scams. In the first, a person gets a letter, email, text, or phone call to inform them that they’ve won a big lottery prize but they're ...

With letters, phone calls ... On my list of top five scams, this one is the easiest to avoid by remembering this: you simply cannot win a lottery that you did not buy a ticket to enter.

Your Better Business Bureau wants you to be able to recognize red flags of a lottery or sweepstakes scam. Many times the contest letter or caller will explain that in order to collect the winnings ...

Trading Standards have some more scam warnings to share with Islanders.  • If you are a member of a committee or group be ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) -The Columbus County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) is warning residents of a new scam involving the lottery. According to CCSO, scammers are sending a fraudulent letter and ...

Livingston Parish Sheriff Jason Ard said there has been a drastic increase in scams that target older people. If potential ...

A federal grand jury in Pittsburgh has indicted four people accused of taking part in a lottery scam in Western Pennsylvania. Charges for Yonel Burnett, 28, Omar McKenzie, 34, Shemeca Shields ...

She has been working in journalism for seven years. Getty Anna Marquez told lottery officials she initially thought it was a "scam" when she learned she won $1 million through the Mega Millions ...

Federal investigators in Pittsburgh have charged four people they say were involved in a $4.5 million international lottery scam run out of Jamaica that targeted the elderly. Yonel Burnett ...

Four more people are facing charges out of western Pennsylvania as part of an investigation into a multi-million-dollar lottery scam that prosecutors said targeted elderly victims across the country.

Four more people have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh for their roles in an international lottery scam that stole over $4.5 million from seniors in Pennsylvania and other states.