Lottery Emails

There has been an ever-growing number of scam lottery emails advising consumers they have hit the jackpot.  We ask that you consider the following when you receive a solicitation of this kind:

• You cannot win without first buying a lottery ticket.
• You will never be asked to pay any fees up front (like taxes or a security deposit) to receive a prize, lottery or sweepstakes.
• Lottery offices do not notify winners by email.
• Lottery offices do not randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
• Lottery offices do not use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail, Etc.) to communicate with you.
• Lottery offices do not tell you to call a mobile phone number.
• Lottery offices do not tell you to keep your winnings a secret.

Remember:  If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is!