Yesterday we wrote about driveways. Today, lottery scams.

They continue to find victims. This week the Illinois Attorney General warned of a scam using the letterhead of the Illinois Lottery.

Generally, the scam goes like this: you get an email or letter saying you've won a lottery (often a foreign lottery). You probably have never entered it. You are asked to pay processing fees or taxes up front, then you'll supposedly get your winnings.

Tell everyone you know that this is a scam, every time, no question about it. See a sample of one of these prize notification letters in our Consumer Encyclopedia under foreign lotteries.