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Evansville Police are reminding people that scammers are always active and finding new ways to get money from victims.
The latest scam involves a letter claiming the recipient has won money from the Mega Millions Lottery. To claim the "winnings", the victim has to contact a person in Spain. The letter goes onto explain that the "winner" will need to send money to pay for shipping and insurance in order to receive their prize money.
Lottery scams are some of the most frequently seen scams. Any attempt to get payment of any kind in order to receive a prize should alert to individual to the strong possibility of fraudulent actions by a scammer.
Most scams originate overseas. Most victims never recovers their monitory loss and overseas suspects are seldom tried in US courts.