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.
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