{"success":true,"data":{"id":"sweepstakes-prize-claim-fee-phish","label":"Fake sweepstakes notice claiming the target has been selected as a winner and must pay a processing or customs fee to claim their prize — advance-fee prize fraud prohibited by FTC rules; no legitimate sweepstakes requires winners to pay any fee before receiving their prize.","description":"Fake sweepstakes notification claiming the target has been selected as a winner and must pay a processing fee, customs fee, or administrative fee before their prize can be released — advance-fee prize fraud. No legitimate sweepstakes requires winners to pay any fee before receiving their prize: this is explicitly prohibited by the FTC's Telemarketing Sales Rule (16 CFR 310.4(d)), state sweepstakes statutes (no purchase or payment necessary to win or claim), and by standard sweepstakes prize-fulfillment practice. The \"selected as winner — pay processing/customs fee to claim prize\" structure is the defining advance-fee pattern for prize fraud, whether the prize is cash, electronics, travel, or merchandise. Distinct from lottery-sweepstakes-prize-phish (lottery/cash prize narrative) and contest-prize-delivery-fee-phish (commercial contest physical prize delivery fee) — this targets the sweepstakes-selected-winner / processing-or-customs-fee / claim-your-prize pretext. Detection: sweepstakes winner/selected + pay processing fee/customs fee + claim your prize vocabulary + no List-Unsubscribe + no In-Reply-To + not protected sender. Trash score: +3. Source: GC1-R28; FTC prize promotion rules (16 CFR 310.4); FTC sweepstakes fraud consumer advisory 2025; FBI IC3 prize scam alert; BBB sweepstakes advance-fee fraud report.","tier":"danger","category":"phishing","isThin":false}}