Stars and Stripes Sweepstakes Scam

6/21/2011

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According to Stripes.com, scammers appear to be targeting veterans and military families claiming to represent the FTC and claiming that their targets have won a sweepstakes from Stars and Stripes.

At least two Stars and Stripes readers have received phone calls recently saying that they had won the newspaper's sweepstakes and asking for money so they can collect their prize, but the newspaper is not running any kind of sweepstakes.

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