Scammers sometimes reach out to say you won a lottery you never entered, but you have to pay to access the money.

Ohio is among the states most affected by lottery and sweepstakes scams, according to a recent study. Vegas Insider, a sports ...

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – The NYPD is warning New Yorkers not to fall for a lottery scam that promises a share of the winnings. In the scheme, a scammer will ask a stranger to help cash a winning ...

Financial scams are as old as the concept of currency. But consumers’ vulnerability to scams has seemingly increased in the twenty-first century, when the Internet and devices like smartphones have ...

Did you get a phone call telling you that you won big in the Florida Lottery? No, you didn't. The Florida Lottery does not do that, ever. Scammers are calling people to claim they won prizes and ...

SLED has charged a Clarendon County woman with lottery fraud, accusing her of stealing and redeeming scratch-off tickets she ...

The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) charged Deeandria Q. Andrews, 38, with two counts of Intent to Defraud, Counterfeit Game Tickets on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. According to the arrest ...