Lottery scams: Spot them to better avoid them

In its most classic form, the lottery scam is an advance fee fraud that started in 2004 and is mainly carried out by Yahoo boys.. They try to make you believe that you have won a lottery in which you did not even participate.The recovery of the funds (obviously non-existent) is conditioned to the payment of taxes and various fees.

Mainly spread by e-mail, this scam regularly displays brands known to the general public (Microsoft, Lotto, Apple Awards...).

More recently and especially on social networks, the lottery scam can take another form: a lottery is used as a pretext to direct you to a fake contest. Once you have paid a few euros, you will find yourself involved in a hidden subscription scam.

On this page you will find many examples of lottery scams.

To report a scam of this kind, we invite you to use this online form.

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04/11/2020... This site is definitely a scam site. Because I have attended at least 250 lottery so far, but it is 0.1 gram in all. This is not mathematically possible. At least 5 of them must definitely come to 1000 grams. This never happened. Reference gains are not ref
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11/30/2022... Comment / Review: I do not play the lottery so why am I getting these emails?. Scam contents: An error has occured on PRODUCTION, in the workflow where we load the cmt_player.csv file. It failed on 20221130. Workflow: Load Players Please attend to the
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07/26/2022... Comment / Review: I visited the website, but i didn't give any information. I automatically exits the website, after I suspected that it's a scam or phishing website
+14049184663 Cristy Davis (4 comments) > Lottery Scam
05/07/2022... Comment / Review: Lottery scam Do not contact you will lose more than gain. Scam contents: Hello congratulations to you my name is Cristy Davis I'm the winner of power ball millions jackpot in feb 2/2021 Watch me on this link to see my winning interview ht
+19204152374 Bradley Hahn (3 comments) > Lottery Scam
08/12/2022... Comment / Review: Lottery Scam ..... you think you win but they ask you to pay to unlock the sum that you will never receive !!! This is a fake ad !!!. Scam contents: Hi, I'm Bradley Hahn, the winner of 10 million USD in Powerball Millions Jackpot, https://

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+14384628157 > Lottery Scam
6 days ago... Comment / Review: Message me 1-3 times a day and it's absolutely annoying. Scam contents: Really obvious suspicious links with contests. Lottery wins. . SUSPECTED SCAM!
Said they're affiliated with the Mega Millions and the Powerball > Lottery Scam
one week ago... Comment / Review: Received $0. . Scam contents: Said that i won $10000 on a mega millions ticket I won playing bingo. . SUSPECTED SCAM!
denisetara41@gmail.com Tara Denise from a Bitcoin Trading Company > Lottery Scam
one week ago... they are going to ask you to send money or gift cards so u can get the prize. don't contact them as this is a lottery scam also an email from a gmail generated email claiming to be a big company is unheard of, the bare minimum is them having a private domai
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one week ago... Comment / Review: the scammer is asking me to pay £100 for a flat tyre.. Scam contents: The scammer messaged me on whsts app saying ive won a lottery .. SUSPECTED SCAM!
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one week ago... Comment / Review: My telephone number is 360-206-4540 contact me anytime I'm in cinnabar Washington State 98533. Scam contents: Rewarding people with illegal Powerball and mega millions quick picks pages of them I'm one of the scammed I would like something do

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