BBB Releases "Sweepstakes, Lottery And Prize Scams" Study

The Better Business Bureau just released a study, "Sweepstakes, Lottery and Prize Scams."  The study describes the problems these types of scams cause, the impact on the victims, where the scams often originate from, how they work, enforcement efforts to stop them, and makes recommendations about how to address the problem. 

According to the report, "Lottery and sweepstakes fraud is one of the most common consumer frauds operating today."  

Here are the key recommendations from the study: 

• The Jamaican government should step up its efforts to fight lottery fraud; 
• Law enforcement in the United States should do more extraditions and prosecutions of scammers; 
• Law enforcement globally should continue to apply pressure to and prosecute deceptive mailing organizations;