Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Fwd: Did you get a call from area code (876)?



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From: Federal Trade Commission <subscribe@subscribe.ftc.gov>
Date: Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 6:44 AM
Subject: Did you get a call from area code (876)?
To: iammejtm@gmail.com


Federal Trade Commission Consumer Information

 

by Aditi Jhaveri
Consumer Education Specialist, FTC

Ring, ring… you get a call from a number starting with area code (876). They call to say you've won the "Mega Millions" Jamaican lottery, and you could even win a car! All you have to do is pay a few thousand bucks in taxes or fees, and the big jackpot is yours. That's great news, right? Wrong.

Don't send money to anyone who claims to have a prize for you. Odds are good that it's a scam. And just so you know, playing a foreign lottery is against federal law.

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