A fraudulent scam has been noticed in a town named Okotoks in Canada. The residents are being contacted through a lawyer stating that they have won a lottery. The scammer first conveys the victim to pay some tax for winning prizes. (frogbones.com) Scammer claims that once the tax amount has been reached to them than the prize scheme will be processed. All you need to do is double check with this kind of scam calls or mail.
They may convince the victim to pay amount either via money transaction in western union bank etc. The main thing to know about any scheme regarding lottery or prize winning is that there is no tax subscription for any kind of winnings. Fraudsters may convince you to send the money in such a way by using some policy stating First pay first serve. All users need to be very careful about scam as you may not know when it can happen and by which way you may be scammed.
Okotoks RCMP are taking some necessary action against these kinds of scam schemes. They are warning the residents not to be scammed by any winning prizes or payment. Scammers mostly make use of phone scam by using Jamaican cell phone numbers or Las Vegas cell number. Same way if there is any kind of winning a contest there will be publicity in the entire commercial activity the company you’re getting the money from. There would be all sorts of announcements about any such prizes.