The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery (ASL) is warning players to be on the lookout for a scam involving callers falsely claiming to be lottery representatives.
According to ASL officials, they have received reports of scammers calling random phone numbers and telling people they have won a million-dollar lottery ticket or other cash prize.
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ASL Executive Director Sharon Strong said in a press release,
We have been notified of a caller posing as a lottery representative, offering winning million-dollar tickets to random phone numbers. To be clear, this is a scam.
What Players Need to Know About Lottery Scam in Arkansas
Lottery officials want to remind players that winning lottery tickets cannot be awarded over the phone. Tickets must be purchased from licensed Arkansas Scholarship Lottery retailers, and the lottery does not randomly call people to offer prizes…