0:00 - 0:10 Postal Inspectors intercept millions of pieces of mails every year that promote foreign lotteries. But some letters make it through to American consumers, and trick them into believing they've won a jackpot.
0:11 - 0:13 Hi I'm Andrea Avery, United States Postal Inspector.
0:14 - 0:22 There are some simple steps that you can take to avoid becoming a victim. Rememeber it's illegal to play a foreign lottery in the U.S.  If you play, you are breaking the law.  
0:22 - 0:27 There are no secrets to winning a foreign lottery.  In fact, the lotteries themselves usually don't even exist. 
0:28 - 0:38 If you respond even one time, your name will be added to what the con-man call a sucker list. Then you'll get a mailbox for of offers for other bogus lotteries, or get rich quick schemes. 
0:39 - 0:45 If you think you've been a victim of one of these scams you need to report it to the Postal Inspectors at U.S.P.I.S.Gov. 
0:46 - 0:53 Our website also tells you how to avoid falling for scams.  If you're tempted to play a foreign lottery, don't! You won't win anything, but you may lose it all.