A Florida sheriff was on hand at Daytona Beach International Airport to greet and grill one of three suspects in a lottery ...

Returning to the lottery scam he knew too well will cost a North Miami Beach man about three years of his freedom after sentencing in Miami federal court. The time sentence to 34-year-old Akiel ...

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 ...

Three people were arrested on Tuesday for their alleged part in a lottery scam that led to an elderly Fontana woman being scammed out of $20,000. It happened last week on Thursday, Feb. 20 ...

A news release from the Oregon Lottery included a more specific ... The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) webpage on scam texts lists several examples of the kind of fake offers or fake identities ...

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 ...

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) shared recent examples of snowball scams. One scammer had a person believing they won the Mega Millions lottery.

DAYTONA, Fla. — A months-long investigation into a bold lottery scam ended as Shania Baptiste was extradited from New York to Volusia County. Handcuffed and escorted by deputies, Baptiste was ...

Three people from Colombia have been arrested in connection with a lottery winnings scam that targeted an elderly woman in Fontana. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department stated that on ...

Bank Islam Malaysia says Facebook posts claiming the lender is running an online lottery where customers can win generous prizes are "fake" and have misused their name and image. Police said the posts ...