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Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes Reports & Reviews (228)

- Memphis, TN, USA
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Claimed I won millions of dollar and 4 cars but I have to pay them to receive it. They have been calling me for quite some time. I have pawned all my jewelry and gave them all the savings. I sent money orders and certified checks and I tried to get it sent back to me but it was sent to TX and cashed. Now another man is contacting me saying he wants more money or I'm not getting a prize. Trying to force me to get a payday loan. I lost $45,000 in 3 months. 

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- Ellis, KS, USA
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Actually have had several calls telling me I won $$. Wanted fee before my prize of $ and a vehicle could be delivered and wanted me to get a Wal-Mart card. I wasted his time messing with him for about 20min, as I was already inside Wal-mart. Finally told him to flake off and am still waiting for my prize. Got more calls here recently and they left a voice message changing the amount of $ I won.

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- Belleville, IL, USA
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I began receiving text messages from three individuals, who said their names were ******* ****, Agent ***** and Martha *****. They said that I won $5500 and in order to get it I had to send $150 with an apple gift card. After I paid the $150 the person said they needed money to get a flat tire fix and for a hotel, as they were on their way to bring me the $5500. The showed me a safe deposit box supposedly with the money inside. I ended up paying over $1,000 out of my pocket. I was also told by one of my former coworkers named ****** ***** that she previously won and received money from these individuals. 

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- Florissant, MO, USA
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I've received calls every day last week from someone named ***** ***** and another person named **** **** **** saying they were from publisher's clearing house. I was told by one person to purchase to a visa gift card and was told to provide the information on the card to pay fees in order to receive the prize. I was asked to purchase a card 6 times and gave a total of $3500. 

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- Poplar Bluff, MO, USA
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I received several emails letting me know I could win samples, electronic devices and groceries by paying $1 or $2. I have entered my credit card information and  there was a message on the screen that said I won.  I called the numbers provided in the emails and have spoken to different people who said that I only entered the contest, but did not win. They also asked for personal information.

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- Stanton, CA, USA
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Hello sir I have a very important problem in which I hope you can fix before it goes on news I like to gamble online I found a site through Facebook and signed up in order to pay it has to be cash app the name on face book is tinting gaming u send message on fb then you tell them how much u sending on cash app they recieve ot put points on slots for you and you play now the cash tag name the money is sent to is chucky2k23 so I been playing about two weeks I finally win 1000 dollars on slots I probably put about 590 to 700 in chucky2k23 account so I go to cash out and they frauded me won't respond to any messages nor disputes I contacted Facebook let them know so no one else can get taken for there money too Facebook said they will have a higher level employees deal with it and shut it down I figure fraud department so I email cashapp to get the most dumb response and tell me I should watch for scams they can't help I ask to speak to superviser I get response there's nothing they can do thank you anything else we can help u I proceeded to tell them the person is running a eligal gambling site and using cash app to get the funds I gave name and even cash tag the site on Facebook all the info to access and see yourself to shut down there cashtag so no other honest customers of yours get taken as I did i get a response so dumb I wanted to throw up and three days later they still have there cashtag open and accepting people's money I proceeded to message cash app again the tell me sorry if I don't like the outcome wow now tell me something I Givin all tools to see for yourself and close them down yet nothing is done now I spent alot of money which I feel I deserve back but you have your rules once it's deposited its gone so I am going to get a lawer for this one but money not the point it's the fact it's being allowed still and more o less I feel by the responses I get to just deal with the loss and kick rocks cool I will but I don't think they should be allowed to run this fake fraud buisness through cashapp that's a lawsuit correct if u have been told clear as day and giving all info to check and see wat I say is correct yet nothing done so where does this go better buisness burial or what needs to be done cause there are innocent people getting there money taken probably getting same response as I am the money is gone I get it but why are they allowed to keep doing it so if I am not able to get a proper anwser and outcome I will make a fuss via media and or lawyers aswell as others that should know so please help my cashtag is

I have put over 12000 dollars through cash app in a few months -

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- Tremonton, UT, USA
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I saw the Facebook add showing 2 pictures of a Walmart employee and asking if you could spot a difference. I might be 76 years old, but I can do this. It mentioned that you could win a $500 Walmart gift card. I could sure use that. I took the bait and supposedly won the gift card and just had to give my personal information and submit $2.99 to cover the cost of shipping. Right afterwards, I checked my VISA account and saw that a $9.99 charge was pending. I also received an email showing “Confirmation” and indicated I was being enrolled in a fitness website with the name of True Daily Progress without my consent and with potential additional charges to be incurred. I now feel that I have been scammed and will report this incident to the Better Business Bureau. Using Facebook to defraud and prey on people is awful and I am bringing this experience to your attention in the hope that you can cancel this advertiser prevent this from happening to others.

Your response back to me would be apply.

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- Saint George, UT, USA
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I had an elderly woman call me about a raffle that I had entered which the trace was to guess how much money was in a jar I guess $1,000 then let me know that whoever got the amount or the closest to the amount would receive the money she informed me that I was a few dollars off and that I had won a gift not the money and that she needed my address to get the gift to me I let her know I lived in an apartment she played it off unless if she says I'll have a sales marketer get back to you upon reading the reviews it is an ongoing scam of some type of raffle to get somebody in your house who wants to sell you things unless you live in apartment then she says you don't get to the gift anymore and is very rude disrespectful as well as calling names if you try to ask why all of a sudden I don't get a gift that I have won

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- Arlington, TX, USA
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Dave Johnson on Instagram, will give away some of his lottery winner money

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- Lynn, MA, USA
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On February 26th I received this email that I thought was from Kohls saying that I won a knife set. I opened it and answered all the questions. Then it said that I had to just pay $6.95 for shipping. I read all the terms and conditions. I didn't see anything about any subscription to a website. On March 3rd I was charged $68.89 from what appeared on my statement as Massivefitnessappearels CA. I immediately called my bank to report that I was scammed and to shut my debit card off. I had to go to the bank and get a new card. The bank was able to reverse the transaction amount of the $68.89 but not the $6.95 because that was already processed. I have not received the order for the knife set yet and have not received any notification about it either. I have attached a screenshot of what the email looked like.

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- Oceano, CA, USA
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I was scammed by an account on Facebook called “Club Jordan” made up to gamble. I use Facebook messenger to communicate with this scammer. I had sent them $20 and they were trying to lie to me and act as if they didn’t receive a payment until I showed proof that I was submitting a report against them. After they had finally added the money to my game vault account i won $91 and it’s been about 5+ hours since I have been asking them to send me my payment and they still have yet to do so, they just keep saying “hold on” and not sending it. They stole from me and provide false advertisement.

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They told me I won a prize, I questioned the business name which they said processing center. When I asked for an address the women got very rude so I told her I was contacting the better business bureau and she hung up. I called back and told her I wanted to speak with a supervisor she got rude again and I called her some very colorful names and she hung up.

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I got an email claiming I won $500 sweepstake that I entered during Christmas time. I tried contacting them few times, but in vain. Seems a scam.

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I was approached via Instagram in my inbox asking if I’m ready to accept my 50k as indicated in the photo below

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Called to say I'd won. Wanted $300 to cover insurance. Completely bogus, of course. The fact that I was a low-income disabled senior, didn't bother them one bit.

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I was told I won a $500 gift card for Target; all I had to do was just pay $6.95 for shipping, So, I did that and now I checked my bank statement & they took another $64.95 out. I have not received anything from them and I can't get in touch with them in anyway. So far, I am out $72.

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I was contacted on1-27-2023 by phone informing me that I was a winner of the US MEGA MILLIONS Publisher Clearing House drawing of 3.5 million dollars and that I had relieves a notice from mega millions through email of my winnings, also from the BBB, congratulating me of my prize and the conditions that needed to be met in order to receive my wings. It looked absolutely legit so I conti used the process withe Rep. Named Mark who instructed me to purchase Money Pack gift cards in order to proceed with the transfer of funds once the taxes and fees were paid. The total at first was $500 for the taxes. After I made the purchases of gift cards a total of 3 cards. I gave them the numbers from the cards and was the transferred to the Manager named Mr. Andrew Goldberg this contact with Mr. Goldberg was am all day event, this call was from Florida (1-718-713-2910he explained the next steps that needed to be taken which was my information which installed my personal information Social security number, banking information so that they could complete the transfer from the initial bank Bank of America who had the checks on hold until conformation was established. I was then instructed to call Bank of America with a account number 7860642 and a pin number 7267 that was active the account, once completed I was put on hold for an extended period of time. When he reconnect with me I was instructed to call with a new account number 4970001465 and a routing number 271070924 this was to make the money transfer from Bank of America to my Account to Flagstar Bank possible. I complied and was then instructed to use this primary account to pay the balance on my Flagstar credit card of 909.97. The process was done and I was inform everything was all set, but I was going to have to wait for the grace period before the transfer could be done. I would be contacted today 1-28-23 to complete the process. Of course no call came and not only did I not receive a call but my phone was locked so that I could not call out to my bank or credit card company to inform them of situation so I could take immediate action to stop them.

I feel so foolish for falling for this, I'm taking steps to correct this situation but it's going to take time. Thank you for allowing me to report this and hopefully get so resolution. Sincerely Ms.***** *****

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If I deposit $25 they will give me $75 from my winnings. They said 3-10 biz days and then said in bitcoin they will send and never did a month later still nothing. They asked for my license photo my cure address proof and my bank card photo by email which I sent. Then they asked for bitcoin address I sent also. Bad reviews for not paying customers online. Casino gambling online

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Entered a contest. The site told me if I spent that much money I would win a contest and receive cash. Multiple people paid in. After winning the contest, I was only given votes to enter a whole new contest and no cash as promised. I fought it on my card but the company fought to keep the money. I wrote the company to settle the issue first, assuming the incident was a mistake. This insisted they were fair and that was the rules. But the site stated in bold red letters at the end of contest that’s what I was winning. Then it changed 5 minutes later. The site prompts people to buy votes then doesn’t pay what should be won.

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David Sawyers who identified himself from Publisher's Clearing House (PCH) contacted me on my cell phone from 585-326-5706 indicating that I had won their contest. Advised that i would receive $2.5 million in the form of a cashier's check from Bank of America and then $5000.00 each week forward and a 2022 Matte Black Chevy Tahoe. Everything would be delivered via UPS by Bob White and Todd Sloan and Betty White is the Bank of America representative. He provided me with an address of the company and a prize code. He then advised that I could accept the prize privately or publicaly. However I would be responsible for 499.99 to insure the prize. When I began to sound skeptical while looking up what I could about the address and number the call was disconnected. They tried to call ball, but I did not answer. Instead I began filling this out. I paid nothing, but I wanted to register this.

They also only identified my location as Michigan though asked me if I received any letters and did not refer to me by name.

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