Honeypot

Let's play pretend. You're a criminal, and there is a warrant out for your arrest. You were a bad man, who is being charged with dealing drugs, illegal entry, battery, not paying your parking tickets... etc.

You have successfully evaded capture for the entire year! Nice work.

One day, you receive a piece of junk mail that proclaims:

"Congratulations!! You've won a free Xbox 360!!! Please bring this voucher and claim your prize!!"

What do you do?

Well, 115 other criminals just like you went to claim their prize and got arrested. The El Paso police cleared 129 warrants and collected $25,686 in outstanding traffic fines between Nov. 5th and the 9th.

Seriously, if you win a prize for a contest you didn't enter, a warning light should go off in your head. If you are also a wanted criminal, one word:

Klaxon