On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me… a fake sweepstakes letter! 😱 mallorybrookes annual countdown of the 12 Scams of Christmas begins with fake sweepstakes letters and how real prize winners are notified. - - - Anyone would welcome an influx of cash, especially during the holidays, but don’t get too excited if you’re mailed a winning letter for a lottery or sweepstakes. Thomas Johnson recently received one. “I looked at it and was like, wow, I’m a winner,” said Johnson. The letter stated he’d won $450,000 in a Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes and provided details on how he could claim his prize. “And it was very interesting because it had a health care address on it, or it was coming from a health care organization, and who’s not trying to save on health care? So, I pretty much opened it and then I saw a check. And I saw it was Publishers Clearing House,” Johnson recalled. Johnson thought it was peculiar the envelope didn’t say Publishers Clearing House,...