If someone is claiming to be with Mega Millions and asks for money in order to receive winnings, then it's a scam.
A phone call, text message, or email says that you have won the Mega Millions lottery jackpot and asks for a fee to claim the prize.In November 2022, we received an email from a reader who reported being targeted by a scam. Scammers said the person had won the Mega Millions lottery jackpot. The scammers provided a"claim check number" and told the victim to go to a local Dollar General store.
Here's the kicker. I would need to make an"insurance deposit" with them in order to make sure the funds were being released to the proper winner.to their scam as the"Mega Millions Sweepstakes." The FTC notes that people increasingly are asked to buy gift cards to pay these fees -- its use is documented further in BBB's 2021 in-depth investigative study on gift card fraud -- but they also may be asked to pay via wire transfer or bank deposit into a specified account, or even cash sent by mail.
Shortly after his wife died in 2020, a Michigan man in his 80s was contacted by scammers who told him he had won second place in a popular sweepstakes, winning $2.5 million, a brand-new luxury car, and gold medallions. He subsequently began talking to the scammers daily on the phone, reaching out to them even after his daughter changed his phone number.
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