A Georgia man has pleaded guilty to participating in a wide-ranging lottery and sweepstakes scam that defrauded seniors out ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — An Atlanta man has pleaded guilty in federal court in Rhode Island for his role in a Publishers Clearing House scam that targeted senior citizens across multiple states.

Victims were told they had won large sums of money, often millions of dollars, in a PCH lottery or sweepstakes.

The victims sent cash, money orders and checks to various addresses in Connecticut and throughout the U.S., authorities said.

As part of this scheme, scammers notified victims, typically by telephone, that they won a Publishers Clearing House ...

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When a 72-year-old woman in Van Buren County, Michigan, got a call that she’d won $5.5 million in the Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes, she was swept off her feet. Unfortunately, the fraudster ...

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Members of the public were warned about text scams by the West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles. According to a press ...

People over the age of 55 continue to be the primary target of sweepstakes, lottery, and prize scams, representing 72% of fraud reports for this type of scam received by BBB Scam Tracker during the ...

Local authorities are warning residents about a fraudulent Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes ...