 | SWEEPSTAKES SCAMS 2012-07-23 18:07:22 Unknown |
Prize Offers: You Don?t Have to Pay to Play!
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/telemarketing/tel17.shtm
excerpt from FTC CONSUMER ALERT
A Dozen Ways to Protect Yourself
The next time you get a "personal" letter or telephone call telling you "it?s your lucky day," the Federal Trade Commission encourages you to remember that:
1. Legitimate sweepstakes don?t require you to pay or buy something to enter or improve your chances of winning, or to pay "taxes" or "shipping and handling charges" to get your prize.
If you have to pay to receive your "prize," it?s not a prize at all.
| ScamKiller 2012-07-23 17:53:44 Unknown |
Caller will tell you that you've won a lottery, but they need payment for an "administrative fee" paid via Western Union (legalised money launderers, but that's another story). Needless to say you're a dumb*** if you send them the money!
Note to 800notes: Please add a Call Type of FRAUD to your list!