As we get wiser, phone scammers get trickier. Some manipulate QR codes, others threaten, and still others pose as government officials or even as members of your own family.

IC. China Welfare Lottery warned against scams claiming AI can predict winning lottery numbers, and explained the mechanics of lottery draws ...

The winning ticket was purchased via a third party courier company, a practice that has become highly controversial in Texas.

An investigation into the alleged scam began after detectives were told that on Feb. 20 the suspects approached the victim while she was shopping. The suspects told the woman they had won a lottery ...

Three people were arrested on Tuesday for their alleged part in a lottery scam that led to an elderly Fontana woman being scammed out of $20,000. It happened last week on Thursday, Feb. 20 ...

Returning to the lottery scam he knew too well will cost a North Miami Beach man about three years of his freedom after sentencing in Miami federal court. The time sentence to 34-year-old Akiel ...

Three suspects, Rosalba Bernal-Sanchez, Jairo Naranjo-Lopez, and Kevin Prieto-Bernal, were arrested for scamming a 72-year-old woman in Fontana. They allegedly convinced the woman to withdraw $ ...

Investigators say the men went into a store in Bad Axe and bought $1,000 worth of instant lottery tickets. Smith and Whimper ...

Crime Stoppers said Santiago attempted to falsely claim a prize on a lottery ticket equal or grater than $10,000. They ...