Eliminate unnecessary tasks. For example, remove sheets from bed, wash and put back on bed. There s a limit to what each of us as humans can do. The idea of winning a prize by entering a contest has always been appealing and is the reason so many Americans enter sweepstakes each year. However, not all sweepstakes are legitimate.
Consumers lose millions of dollars each year through sweepstakes fraud.
Students in a Fraud Prevention class taught by Dr. Karen Pincus in the Sam M. Walton School of Business Administration at the University of Arkansas studied the difference between legitimate sweepstakes and those that bilk consumers out of tens of millions of dollars each year. As a public service, the students designed a web site to alert consumers to fraudulent sweepstakes. Their site includes information on the common types of sweepstakes fraud, how to protect yourself from sweepstakes that are nothing more than scams and who to call if you are a victim of sweepstakes fraud. Teaching children basic money management principles should begin at home and should begin as soon as they can understand what is involved in buying items they enjoy. You can do more than anyone else to mold their attitudes about money.