Sweepstakes Scams Plague Ohio
August 13, 2010
August 13, 2010
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 13 -- The Ohio Attorney General issued the following news release:
Ohio has been hit by a scourge of sweepstakes scams, Attorney General Richard Cordray said today.
The fake contests are a common ploy used by con artists to swindle money or gain personal information. Since January, the Attorney General's Consumer Protection section has received approximately 900 complaints about sweepstakes or prizes, almost all of them scams.
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Ohio has been hit by a scourge of sweepstakes scams, Attorney General Richard Cordray said today.
The fake contests are a common ploy used by con artists to swindle money or gain personal information. Since January, the Attorney General's Consumer Protection section has received approximately 900 complaints about sweepstakes or prizes, almost all of them scams.
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