Foreign lottery scams take several forms, but the scammer often claims to have won a lottery, inherited money or saved a substantial amount of money in the bank. Scammers will ask you to deposit a ...

Unfortunately, these scams leave most people losing their ... Another thing to keep in mind is that it is illegal to play a foreign lottery. You are offered “too-good-to-be-true” prizes.

Authorities arrested four current and former Baldwin County residents in relation to a fraudulent lottery scam.

Stewart ran the scam from 2010 through at least August 2016, according to court documents. “Overseas lottery schemes are, unfortunately, a common means by which foreign criminals seek to target ...

Editor’s note: This monthly series highlights scams that target Mahoning County ... won a sweepstakes from a popular magazine, a foreign lottery or Publishers Clearing House.