Michigan Lottery warns public about increase in prize scams during coronavirus outbreak

Comment #6

Euro Lottery — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 18:39:25 GMT

Absolutely old way of scam and really, if you yourself checked the results of the lottery and know that there is no win, why listen to this nonsense and even more so throw money. It's just crazy

Comment #5

sully16 — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 10:42:13 GMT

A bunch of scams are going around, heads up.

Comment #4

Stack47 — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 21:37:35 GMT

The IRS still hasn't provided a site for those without direct deposits so people should be very careful of fraud when the stimulus checks are distributed. And there are literally thousands of new charity sites asking for money. The lottery scams are bad enough, but don't get caught in a COVID-19 scam.

Comment #3

music* — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 15:06:06 GMT

Thank You Michigan Lottery. If it sounds to good to be true than it probably is.

The victim should contact family, friends, Pastors, cops.

Comment #2

noise-gate — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 14:39:25 GMT

To think : Out of the blues you get a phone call or email telling you that you won millions. How lucky of you. You have been playing the lottery for some time won nothing worth talking about. You have checked your numbers 3 to 4 times you certain you lost, but some strange outfit says you have won.

Treat these scams as though your ex spouse has contacted you, telling you that he or she needs to go over the distribution of the wealth 2 years after the divorce was finalized. Would you listen

Comment #1

Bleudog101 — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 14:06:40 GMT

This is one phone been waiting for, perhaps those are the blocked/dropped on the landline which works much better than cellular. Had numerous IRS ones and lately social security ones. One time with the fake IRS said meet me @ the airport in an hour.

Michigan Lottery warns public about increase in prize scams during coronavirus outbreak

Lottery Post — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 11:56:04 GMT

The Michigan Lottery is warning the public about a scam in which people are told they've won a big prize but need to pay a fee or provide sensitive personal information to collect it.

The scam works like this: A person gets a letter, email, or phone call to inform them that they've won a big lottery prize but must pay a fee or provide sensitive personal information to collect the prize.

If the person agrees to pay a fee, the scam artist convinces them to mail a cashier's check, make an ele... [ More ]