{"id":755244,"date":"2019-11-29T23:30:50","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T23:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/11\/29\/nla-cautions-ghanaians-against-lotto-fraudsters\/"},"modified":"2019-11-29T23:30:50","modified_gmt":"2019-11-29T23:30:50","slug":"nla-cautions-ghanaians-against-lotto-fraudsters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/29\/nla-cautions-ghanaians-against-lotto-fraudsters\/","title":{"rendered":"NLA cautions Ghanaians against lotto fraudsters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/photo-of-the-week-lotto-man-rejects-gospel-flier.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Photo of the Week:  Lotto man rejects gospel flier\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">File photo: Lotto operators<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p> The National Lottery Authority (NLA) has cautioned the general public  against the operations and activities of lotto fraudsters who use  \u201cdifferent platforms and communication strategies to dupe unsuspecting  Ghanaians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the NLA, the lotto fraudsters and social media miscreants  use channels including television and radio stations, as well as online  platforms such as WhatsApp, Facebook, text messages, emails and  telephone calls to swindle their victims.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement signed by its Public Relations Unit, the NLA said: \u201cThe  lotto fraudsters and social media miscreants have defrauded a lot of  unsuspecting people through several Facebook accounts\/pages, WhatsApp  platforms and other social media handles they have created using the  name and logo of the National Lottery Authority (NLA) in different  formats\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>They also use pictures of the Director-General of the NLA, Mr Kofi  Osei-Ameyaw, as well as pictures and images of NLA staff to carry out  their trade.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe lotto fraudsters and social media miscreants are able to convince  greedy people who want to be rich overnight to make mobile money  transfers to them in exchange for winning lotto numbers\u201d, the statement  added.<\/p>\n<p>The NLA said it has neither \u201cauthorised nor appointed any individual or  group of individuals to offer winning lotto numbers to the public\u201d,  adding: \u201cLottery is a game of chance and it is very impossible to  foretell winning numbers before draws\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Authority does not have Facebook accounts\/pages, the Authority has  not created any WhatsApp groups, the Authority does not have a Twitter  handle, the Authority has not designed a registration form for the  public to register for winning lotto numbers, the outcome of draws are  conducted in a very open and transparent manner and it is always open to  the public for witnessing at 6:30 p.m. daily for original 5\/90; and  7:30 a.m. daily for NLA VAG Lotto, except on Sundays and public holidays  and it is absolutely false that NLA staff,  lotto fraudsters and social  media miscreants have access to winning lotto numbers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It further continued that the Director-General of the NLA is \u201cnot on  Facebook and other social media platforms\u201d and the NLA \u201cshall not be  responsible for any losses incurred by unsuspecting people who are  defrauded by these lotto fraudsters and social media miscreants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The NLA added that it would \u201clike to urge the public to be more  vigilant, avoid greed and discontinue engaging the services of the lotto  fraudsters and social media miscreants\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It also appealed to \u201cthe Ghana Police Service and other security  agencies to help\u201d the Authority \u201cin curtailing the activities and  operations of the lotto fraudsters and social media miscreants.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>File photo: Lotto operators The National Lottery Authority (NLA) has cautioned the general public against the operations and activities of lotto fraudsters who use \u201cdifferent platforms and communication strategies to dupe unsuspecting Ghanaians.\u201d According to the NLA, the lotto fraudsters and social media miscreants use channels including television and radio stations, as well as online [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":755245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-755244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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