A large check with your name on it from an unknown and unexpected sender? This is always a scam.

A surprise message says you hit the jackpot, but there’s a catch: you must pay a fee or hand over personal details to claim it. That’s the hallmark of a lottery or prize scam—designed to separate you ...

Deep down, we all want to believe that the phone call or the email we get, telling us we won millions of dollars, is real. Every day, scammers still try to get people to pause and believe they really ...

The allure of the casino and the lottery stems from the tantalizing possibility of getting rich quickly with minimal investment. Unfortunately, scammers know this all too well, and they exploit this ...

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GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - At Consumer First Alert, we hear your complaints about text, email, and phone scams. But some scams are coming the old-fashioned way, in your mailbox, promising life-changing ...

Alabama ranks tenth nationally for sweepstakes and lottery scams, according to a Vegas Insider study of Federal Trade Commission data. Between 2020 and 2025, Alabamians lost approximately $18.9 ...