A Florida woman who pleaded guilty to taking part in an international “advance fee lottery scheme” will spend the next three ...

California State Lottery officials are warning players to stay alert for scams after a rise in reports from victims and law ...

A father accidentally deleted an email about a $35 million Powerball prize, thinking it was a scam—until a call with lottery officials confirmed the surprising truth.

They report that scam artists may pose as lottery officials or claim connections to lottery winners to steal money or obtain personal information. Noting that real lottery wins don’t begin with a text ...

Alicia Stanley, 35, is accused of scamming a 92-year-old woman in Glasgow, Kentucky, according to Albany police.

A Manor resident nearly lost money in a lottery scam recently, but a bank transaction was stopped before any funds were lost, ...

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 ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — The Michigan Lottery wants you to be aware of new lottery-related scams popping up online. According to the Lottery, scammers are using social media to advertise unauthorized ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — The Michigan Lottery is warning players to be aware of scammers claiming to be lottery agents or ...

If you get a text or surprise phone call from the California lottery, you might think it’s your lucky day. But it might very well be the opposite, lottery officials warned in a recent news release.

MONTEGO BAY, JamaicaMONTEGO BAY, Jamaica — The 88-year-old retired Coast Guard officer hadn’t been outside the U.S. in decades. Yet phone calls started pouring in from Jamaica, dangling the prospects ...