{"id":10330,"date":"2021-01-10T09:00:13","date_gmt":"2021-01-10T17:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/blog\/?p=10330"},"modified":"2021-01-11T14:08:20","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T22:08:20","slug":"lottery-scams-scammers-claim-you-won-a-contest-to-get-your-hands-on-your-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.socialcatfish.cloud\/scamfish\/lottery-scams-scammers-claim-you-won-a-contest-to-get-your-hands-on-your-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Lottery Scams: Scammers Claim You Won a Contest to Get Their Hands on Your Money"},"content":{"rendered":"

Congratulations, you have won this contest that you’ve never even heard of! Click the link now to claim your prize!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Does this exclamation look familiar? You’ve probably either heard it over the phone, seen it on your social media messages, received a text message<\/a>, or seen an email in your inbox claiming that you are somehow one of the lucky ones that won a prize or sweepstakes that you’ve never even heard of. Before jumping off of your chair excited and providing your information to claim your prize, realize that what you just read is probably a scam. Scammers will use lottery scams to steal your information<\/a> and drain your bank account.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

What are Lottery Scams and How Do They Work?<\/h2>\n[aesop_image img=”https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Lucky-man-465527-scaled.jpg” panorama=”off” imgwidth=”100%” align=”center” lightbox=”off” captionsrc=”custom” captionposition=”center” revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n

A lottery scam is when a scammer will pretend like you’ve won a contest or sweepstakes in order to trick you into providing them with your personal information or your finances. Basically, you will receive a message, phishing email<\/a>, or a phone call claiming that you won this contest or sweepstakes that you’ve never even heard of, and the scammer will give you “instructions” to receive this prize.<\/p>\n

Usually, the prize or sweepstakes is too good to pass up so a lot of people fall for this scam as soon as it hits their inbox. The scammer will ask to provide them with their personal information, and the victim complies wanting to get their hands on the prize or sweepstakes.<\/p>\n

Then, the scammer will tell them that there is a small shipping fee that the victim needs to pay in order to get their hands on the prize they won. The victim pays the scammer money, and the scammer blocks them, stealing their identity<\/a> and their money in the process.<\/p>\n

How to Avoid Lottery Scams<\/h2>\n[aesop_image img=”https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Thanks-god-385383-scaled.jpg” panorama=”off” imgwidth=”100%” align=”center” lightbox=”off” captionsrc=”custom” captionposition=”center” revealfx=”off” overlay_revealfx=”off”]\n