10. You’ve Won the Sweepstakes!
Another “advance-fee scam” classic is the alert that you’ve won a sweepstakes or, incredulously, the lottery. The fact that you don’t remember entering any contest should probably be the first red flag. The second is that they are asking you to send a few hundred dollars to their organization to cover the processing fees and taxes as they send you a far bigger check. You might almost believe it’s real when an actual check arrives in the mail.
But it turns out that check is bogus—the one you sent them was the only real one.
Pages: Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4, Page 5, Page 6, Page 7, Page 8, Page 9, Page 10, Page 11, Page 12, Page 13, Page 14, Page 15, Page 16, Page 17, Page 18, Page 19, Page 20, Page 21, Page 22, Page 23, Page 24, Page 25, Page 26, Page 27, Page 28, Page 29, Page 30, Page 31, Page 32, Page 33, Page 34, Page 35, Page 36, Page 37, Page 38, Page 39, Page 40, Page 41
