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==Scam 11. Fake lottery scams==You get a letter in the mail. “You "You have won a car!" In order to secure your prize, all you have to do is send a fee to claim the prize. The organizers sound legitimate, a hospital foundation, but you’ve never heard of them. You pay the fee. But you never hear from them again.

==Scam 12. Text message trivia scams== 

| text = “I "I got a text recently: ‘Tell 'Tell us who won the Stanley Cup in 1915 — and you could win BIG!!’ ' I thought, ‘I 'I know the answer! It’s It's the Vancouver Millionaires, the only time a Vancouver team has won.’ ' So I texted back. They kept sending hockey questions. I couldn’t couldn't resist answering. When I got my next bill, I had $150 in unexpected texting charges.”"<br>- Bruce, North Vancouver

A text message from a number you don’t don't recognize encourages you to take part in a trivia contest for a great prize. All you need to do is text back correct answers to a few questions. The first questions are easy. You’re encouraged to keep playing. To claim your “prize”"prize", you’re asked a question that is virtually impossible to answer correctly.