CHAPTER 10: WINNING THE LOTTERY BY AVOIDING LOTTERY SCAMS

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            Successful lottery winners know how to avoid lottery scams, jokes and pranks. So, be careful.

1. Ten (10) Tips for Identifying Lottery Scam Emails and Letters:

            (1) If you, or someone else for you, did not buy a lottery ticket, you cannot win the lottery. You must play the game in order to win the game. No ticket, NO WIN.
            (2) The lottery is unknown, or unidentifiable. Unless, of course, you find it on a lottery scam website. In any event, avoid it. It is most likely a scam.
            (3) The lottery’s name is a company name, like Gateway or Verizon. Lotteries are not sponsored by merchants, companies, or individuals, except through a sweepstakes.
            (4) Again, remember ((3), above), lotteries are not sponsored by individuals, no matter how wealthy they are. Bill Gates or the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, or some official in Nigeria, do not, and cannot, sponsor lotteries.
            (5) You do not live in the lottery country, and you are not a citizen of the lottery country. Most lotteries are restricted to residents of the state, province, or country in which the game is played.
            (6) Since no one is permitted to use your email address without your specific and expressed permission, it is not possible for your email address to win in any random email drawing.
            (7) It’s a scam letter if you did not register your name, street address, email address, telephone number, and a credit card BEFORE you were allowed to buy a ticket on an online pay-to-play lottery web site.
            (8) You cannot win the lottery simply by participating in surveys. Legitimate surveys do not purchase lottery tickets for you. Invariably, surveys that promise lottery tickets are probably ID Theft scams. Be aware of this.
            (9) Legitimate lotteries (and sweepstakes as well) generally advertise their games on a daily basis. If your alleged lottery is not doing that, and you are not aware of them, or it, be extremely cautious.
            (10) Remember: If you are required to pay money after you have allegedly won the lottery, it is probably a scam. [Legal Consumer Tips and Secrets, Chapter 11, Charles Jerome Ware, iUniverse Pub. (2011); Understanding the Law: A Primer, Charles Jerome Ware, iUniverse Pub. (2008)]
EXCERPTED FROM:
The Secret Science of Winning Lotteries, Sweepstakes and Contests: Laws, Strategies, Formulas and Statistics [Paperback]Charles Ware (Author)

Book Description 

Publication Date: July 26, 2012
There is a science of winning lotteries, sweepstakes and contests! When it comes to lotteries, sweepstakes and contests, there are ways to improve your odds or probability of winning. They are discussed in this book, with a lot of detail and some humor. Blind reliance on luck or chance is not necessary to win lotteries, sweepstakes and contests. The "4Ps" of persistence, preparation, poise and a positive mental attitude are necessary to win on a consistent or regular basis. Therefore, just about anyone is capable of winning. Charles Jerome Ware is a noted author and attorney, microeconomist, lotterician, sweepstaker and contester. He is a principal in the national law firm of Charles Jerome Ware, Attorneys and Counselors. Dr. Ware is a highly successful and life-long sweepstaker and contester. He is also a successful lotterician who, for several years, has investigated, monitored and researched lotteries throughout the United States and several foreign countries. Dr. Ware is the recipient of numerous awards for his accomplishments in law and other areas. He lives in Columbia, Maryland.

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• Publisher: Outskirts Press (July 26, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1432793888
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