Ohio ranks fourth nationwide for lottery and sweepstakes scams, with victims losing more than $35 million since 2020, ...

An Athens woman was fooled into believing she won $7.5 million as a sweepstakes prize. Lucky for her, family knew better.

A Connecticut woman is facing charges after she allegedly scammed nearly $300,000 from a 72-year-old man who was told he had won millions from Publishers Clearing House, according to police The ...

The Salem Police Department is warning about a scam wave in its community that has left losses of $5,000 to more than $1 ...

The measure would protect the identities of winners of prizes more than $100,000. It passed the Senate unanimously.

Five people face charges in connection with a fake Publisher's Clearing House and Mega Millions sweepstakes scam that defrauded a La Crosse County couple of more than $450,000 The victims, both in ...

Baker said she developed the measure after an acquaintance won a $100,000 scratch-off jackpot, and was soon targeted by ...

LA CROSSE (WKBT) -- Another of five accused in an elaborate scam that duped a La Crosse couple out of $450,000 is in jail custody. Shanice Reeves, 31, has been extradited to La Crosse and is in jail ...

• Malcolm Sterling, one of five people accused in a $450,000 sweepstakes scam targeting elderly victims, appeared in La Crosse County court Wednesday • Sterling was arrested in Vermont on Oct. 1 • ...

It happens almost every day -- victims of ruthless scams coming to 7 On Your Side's Michael Finney for help. Often they are elderly, vulnerable and tricked out of their life savings. On Thursday, one ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Here's a Quick "double scam" tip. The Better Business Bureau has a new warning about scammers now targeting people who've already been scammed, promising to get their money back ...

Thousands of older adults in Western New York are the target of deceptive scammers attempting to wiggle their way into their bank accounts. A national poll of elders found three in four adults ages 50 ...