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Get $1000 Walmart Gift Card Click Here   I recently received on my web browser an internet ad saying: "Congratulations!! You have won todays contest in your area!! Click below to claim your prize of a $1000 Walmart Gift Card *participation required" If you click through on the ad, you find (surprise!) that you haven't really won anything.  Instead, you find that in order to get your $1000 gift card from Prize-Rewards.net, you must complete 13 "Sponsor Offers".  According to the instructions, "Sponsor offers may require you to purchase products and take other actions such as obtaining a loan, transferring a balance, or similar steps." My state (Virginia) has laws prohibiting this kind of deceptive advertising.  For example: Virginia Code 59.1-416 says: __BEGIN_QUOTE__ A. No person shall, in connection with the sale or lease or solicitation for the sale or lease of goods, property, or service, represent that another person has won anything of value or is...