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  2. Sweepstakes Scam Shut Down by FTC - AOL

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    A sweepstakes scam that tricked consumers into paying a $20 fee to collect a fake multi-million-dollar prizes has been temporarily shut down by the Federal Trade Commission. The case is part of ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. 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.

  5. Mass marketing fraud - Wikipedia

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    Mass-marketing fraud (or mass market fraud) is a scheme that uses mass-communication media – including telephones, the Internet, mass mailings, television, radio, and personal contact – to contact, solicit, and obtain money, funds, or other items of value from multiple victims in one or more jurisdictions.

  6. American Family Publishers - Wikipedia

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    Originally based in Newark, New Jersey, then Jersey City, New Jersey, the company's tactics attracted controversy, since the mailings that accompanied the sweepstakes promotions, which invariably included a form via which the recipient could purchase magazine subscriptions, frequently included language that seemed to indicate that the recipient had already won a prize, or was a finalist who ...

  7. Trio uses bogus sweepstakes prizes to scam people out ... - AOL

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    Trio uses bogus sweepstakes prizes to scam people out of $1 million, feds say ... Three New York residents are facing prison time after officials say they stole more than $1 million in a fake ...

  8. Charity fraud - Wikipedia

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    Charity fraud, also known as a donation scam, is the act of using deception to obtain money from people who believe they are donating to a charity.Often, individuals or groups will present false information claiming to be a charity or associated with one, and then ask potential donors for contributions to this non-existent charity.

  9. Sweepstakes and lottery scams have a long history but still ...

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