Twice in the last week–must have been the full moon–contest scam artists have contacted clients’ customer service departments indicating that they had won a current contest. In one case, the draw hadn’t even taken place yet!
Both scam artists made feeble attempts at claiming pretty big prizes. Sorry, kids, no soup for you!
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Yes, the contest scams are still flourishing. Always primarily targeted at the elderly. For some reason this makes up the prime market. I write about every kind of scam known, but this one stands out as particularly cruel. I’ll never forget the case of the 90-year old woman who went through $180,000 in 3 years entering every contest she could find. She slept in her living room recliner because her bed was piled too high with contest mail order material to sleep in. Disturbing.