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  2. Sweepstakes Scam Asks for Donations, Swindles Consumers - AOL

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    A Missouri marketing firm, Precision Performance Marketing, sends sweepstakes letters that BBB officials say makes it look like those on the receiving end have "already won cash prizes or were on ...

  3. FBI Issues New Warning on Lottery and Sweepstakes Scams - AOL

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    Consumers need to be wary of bogus letters and emails claiming they've won a sweepstakes or lottery, since they have nothing to win and much to lose, the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) warns.

  4. Scam alert: Sweepstakes or lottery schemes targeting ... - AOL

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    Jul. 8—In the past year, there have been 250 scams reported to the Better Business Bureau and local law enforcement. But both say there are many more residents who have been scammed out of money ...

  5. Lottery scam - Wikipedia

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    Another type of lottery scam is a scam email or web page where the recipient had won a sum of money in the lottery. The recipient is instructed to contact an agent very quickly but the scammers are just using a third party company, person, email or names to hide their true identity, in some cases offering extra prizes (such as a 7 Day/6 Night Bahamas Cruise Vacation, if the user rings within 4 ...

  6. Protect yourself from internet scams - AOL Help

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    Phishing scams happen when you receive an email that looks like it came from a company you trust (like AOL), but is ultimately from a hacker trying to get your information. All legitimate AOL Mail will be marked as either Certified Mail, if its an official marketing email, or Official Mail, if it's an important account email. If you get an ...

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  8. Scam letters - Wikipedia

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    Based on mostly the same principles as the Nigerian 419 advance-fee fraud scam, this scam letter informs recipients that their e-mail addresses have been drawn in online lotteries and that they have won large sums of money. Here the victims will also be required to pay substantial small amounts of money in order to have the winning money ...

  9. List of scams - Wikipedia

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    Get-rich-quick schemes are extremely varied; these include fake franchises, real estate "sure things", get-rich-quick books, wealth-building seminars, self-help gurus, sure-fire inventions, useless products, chain letters, fortune tellers, quack doctors, miracle pharmaceuticals, foreign exchange fraud, Nigerian money scams, fraudulent treasure hunts, and charms and talismans.