Spotlight : free prize, lottery & sweepstakes scams
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Author
South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs
Subject
Consumer protection; Swindlers and swindling; Lottery tickets--Fraud; Fraud--Prevention; Sweepstakes--Corrupt practices
You get a call, an email, a direct message on social media or a letter in the
mail that says you’ve just won $5,000! Or maybe even $5 million, a fabulous
diamond ring, or luxury vacation. Sounds too good to be true? More likely,
it’s a lottery and sweepstakes scam. Before you drop in a quick entry or follow
instructions to claim a prize, here are a few things to know.
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Date
2022-06-23Metadata
Show full item recordDate Accessioned | 2022-08-05T16:54:55Z |
Date Available | 2022-08-05T16:54:55Z |
Item Format | application/pdf |
Media Type | Document |
Item Language | English |
Publisher | South Carolina State Library |
Digital Collection | South Carolina State Documents Depository |
Rights | Copyright status determined to be in the public domain on April 27, 2020 by United States Supreme Court ruling (Georgia et al., Petitioners v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc. : 590 U.S.__(2020)) |
Type | Text |
Digitization Specifications | This South Carolina State Document was either saved from a document available publicly online in PDF format or converted to PDF using Adobe Acrobat DC. |