A man accused of claiming a £2.5m jackpot with a fake lottery ticket was helped by a National Lottery operator employee, a court heard. Edward Putman, 54, from Hertfordshire, denies committing ...

Millions of mobile phone users have been warned after a surge in scam calls in the UK. Experts warn that scammers increasingly clone bank representatives or official bodies, browbeating victims ...

Prizes over £500 and up to and including £50,000 can be claimed online. For prizes over £50,000, and monthly prize winnings (Set For Life), winning ticket holders should call the National Lottery on ...

Manoj Chhetry, from Woodbridge, won a jackpot prize worth $4,303,499 in the Dec. 22 drawing for the Merry Money Mania game, the Virginia Lottery said in a Jan. 22 news release. Chhetry told lottery ...

Your Better Business Bureau wants you to be able to recognize red flags of a lottery or sweepstakes scam. Many times the contest letter or caller will explain that in order to collect the winnings ...

Will Bowen, Petoskey Public Safety. The scam goes like this: One or two people enter a convenience store to buy a large amount of lottery tickets. After their credit cards fail, they offer to read ...