Federal prosecutors say a scammer convinced a 73-year-old she’d won $22 million before manipulating her into sending him more than $600,000 and selling her home ...

A new study reveals sweepstakes, lottery and prize-related scams cost Americans millions of dollars each year. The Better Business Bureau calls these schemes some of the “most serious and pervasive ...

As Wednesday night's Powerball winners plan how they will spend their massive jackpot prize, would-be scammers are likely working overtime to try to take advantage of the lottery fever that's swept ...

LANSING, Mich. (WJRT) - (6/25/2021) - The Michigan Lottery wants the public to be on alert about scam artists claiming to be lottery prize agents or prize winners. The state wants people to know that ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The lure of big money can be intoxicating. "I was pretty rocked back because I just, we never thought that anybody you know, everybody we talked to in the law enforcement said ...

FARGO, N.D. – A prominent Jamaican disc jockey charged for his role in a lottery scam targeting older people in the Dakotas and elsewhere is scheduled to plead guilty. Deon-ville O'Hara, also known as ...