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 ...

Police are investigating a Jamaican lottery scam that has defrauded several elderly residents in Salem and across the United ...

Valerie Williams won $1 million after the Michigan Lottery told her she was a finalist in the Electric Giveaway live event at ...

The study by Vegas Insider analyzed Federal Trade Commission and state complaint data to find which states have been the most ...

A postcard promised millions — but the real surprise came when a locksmith showed up at her door, sent by scammers in a relentless sweepstakes scam. By the end, a retired nun from Wheeling, Illinois, ...

LA CROSSE (WKBT) — One of five people accused of running an elaborate sweepstakes scam that defrauded a La Crosse County couple of more than $450,000 appeared in court Wednesday. Malcolm Christopher ...

A dream phone call. The post Lottery Winner Thought Michigan Lottery Call Was a ‘Scam,’ Wins $1 Million appeared first on ...

The first winning ticket was sold at Kinney Drugs on Lafayette Road in Syracuse, Onondaga County, and the second came from ...

Five people face charges in connection with a fake Publisher's Clearing House and Mega Millions sweepstakes scam that defrauded a La Crosse County couple of more than $450,000 The victims, both in ...

WHEATFIELD – A Forest Parkway woman was bilked out of more than $4,000 recently through a lottery-sweepstakes scam, Niagara County sheriff’s investigators said. The victim, authorities said, received ...

A Michigan woman said a phone call that she initially mistook for a scam turned out to be a step along the road to her ...