QuickTips Index

How to Avoid Spyware While Entering Sweepstakes
Spyware can track your internet habits, log sensitive information like passwords and credit card numbers, and slow or corrupt your computer. Learn how to avoid spyware while entering sweepstakes and contests online.

Sweepstakes Safety: Two Alternatives to Using Your Home Phone Number
Are you wary of using your home telephone number for sweepstakes entry? Here are two alternatives that can help prevent you from receiving marketing calls on your home number.

Quick & Simple Scam - Scammers Turn Legitimate Winners into Victims
Sweepstakes scams have hit upon a new way to gain trust in order to defraud winners. Learn how to recognize this sweepstakes scam and protect yourself from becoming a fraud victim.

Sweepstakes Check Scam Example - Don't Fall for a Scam Like This One!
Learn how to recognize and avoid sweepstakes check scams.

Lottery Scam Example - UK Lottery Scam Attempt from Mersey Promotions
Learn to recognize sweepstakes scams when they arrive in your email with this example of a typical lottery scam.

Identity Theft and Sweepstakes
Find out how criminals can use sweepstakes to perpetrate identity theft, and how you can avoid becoming a victim.

Poetry Contest Scams - Don't Pay to See Your Work in Print
Poetry contest scams prey on writers' hopes of getting published. Learn why the publications offered by Poetry.com and similar organizations are scams, and how to recognize and avoid them.

Sweepstakes Scam Warning: Phone Calls Asking for Too Much Information
Learn about a common sweepstakes scam - a phone call saying that you won, and asking for personal information that could be used for identity fraud.

Alert: You Don't Have to Pay to Win!
Every year, scammers trick gullible people out of thousands of dollars by promising that a prize win is just around the corner. Learn how to spot a mail-order sweepstakes scam.