"Other times winners are duped into paying shipping and processing fees for their 'prizes'"

Don't you mean;

Other times winners are STUPID ENOUGH to pay shipping and processing fees for their 'prizes'.

Lets face it, anyone who gambles and thinks that they can win is a gullible moron who's primary skill is one of self delusion.

To believe that someone will just hand them a prize for a competition they never even entered is beyond stupid and into vegetable status.

Boomer