Lottery Scams are typically instigated via email and mobile text/SMS. It can easily be identified as such. Any email advising you have won massive cash deserves suspicious treatment. Any of these approaches involving a tax or admin fee to process winnings must be reported to your local authorities immediately. Many people have been cheated out of large sums of cash by con artists who dangle of life of luxury before them. Remember that to win a lottery jackpot, you must buy a lottery ticket. No lottery pays a prize for free. You cannot win a lottery jackpot if you have not purchased a lottery ticket. For full details on how to avoid lottery scams, please visit our Lottery Scams page.