Unless Ed McMahon shows up at your door in person and hands you a
million dollars, you may mostly IGNORE anybody else who calls,
emails and otherwise notifies you that you have won a sweepstakes.
If somebody contacts you and says that you've won a major prize,
check for these two RED FLAGS of FRAUD.
Fight Fraud America.
- Fraudulent sweepstakes always include a sense of
"urgency." They will say that if you do not contact the
writer within so many days or hours, that your prize will be
lost.
- Fraudulent sweepstakes always define a method that
requires you to "give before you receive." They may want you
to pay the "taxes" or the "shipping charges" or any one of a
variety of other things. (If you are that intent on losing
your money, you might as well just flush it down the
toilet.)