http://www.lotterypost.com/news/158250 Lottery Post News Story: Lottery scams hard to resist for some en-us Lottery Post RSS Generator http://www.lotterypost.com/news/158250/856371 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/158250/856371 Sun, 01 Jul 2007 13:51:27 GMT MIlottoplayer MIlottoplayer http://www.lotterypost.com/reply-topic.aspx?td=856371 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/158250/856306 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/158250/856306 Sun, 01 Jul 2007 11:14:15 GMT Fibonacci
I have a form letter that I use.

Dear ___ ,

Thank you for informing me of my astounding winnings of__________. To be utterly frank, that is more money than I would ever need. So here's my deal. Instead of sending $49.95 to you to process my winnings, kindly keep 25% of my winnings and send me the balance.

No doubt you must realize this is an offer you can't refuse.

Awaiting my check.

I haven't received another scam letter in years.]]> Fibonacci http://www.lotterypost.com/reply-topic.aspx?td=856306 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/158250/856297 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/158250/856297 Sun, 01 Jul 2007 10:25:59 GMT manzplan
however the reason that more winners in Ontario and Quebec is because there are alot more people in those provinces than there are in other provinces....

If you've won a Canadian Lottery then you would have a Canadian Lottery Ticket........ not a letter in the mail....

and Canada does not notify you that you've won the lottery you have to go]]> manzplan http://www.lotterypost.com/reply-topic.aspx?td=856297 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/158250/856099 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/158250/856099 Sat, 30 Jun 2007 22:51:14 GMT Dr Lottery Dr Lottery http://www.lotterypost.com/reply-topic.aspx?td=856099 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/158250/856097 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/158250/856097 Sat, 30 Jun 2007 22:43:00 GMT MIlottoplayer MIlottoplayer http://www.lotterypost.com/reply-topic.aspx?td=856097 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/158250/855656 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/158250/855656 Fri, 29 Jun 2007 23:18:59 GMT justxploring
Has anyone ever called you to say Congratulations. You've won a Cadillac Escalade! I've gotten at least 3 of those calls. I never entered any such contest. Then he says to me Oh, don't you remember being on (some web site) and entering a contest? I can see why some people might stop to consider it. I found a couple of online d... [ More ]]]> justxploring http://www.lotterypost.com/reply-topic.aspx?td=855656 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/158250/855616 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/158250/855616 Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:15:28 GMT Stack47
You get a call that starts out by saying because you are a valued costumer, we will send you a free gift for examining things like travel, card thief, or illness insurance for 30 days at no cost to you . They go on to tell you that if you choose to accept the offer, your credit card will be]]> Stack47 http://www.lotterypost.com/reply-topic.aspx?td=855616 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/158250/855390 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/158250/855390 Fri, 29 Jun 2007 14:28:31 GMT justxploring
I agree (a little) but I still think you are comparing apples and oranges. I think getting a letter stating you've won a lottery in Canada or Jamaica when you've never been to either country should be a clue. The credit card offers I've gotten are real. You just need to always do your due diligence and make sure something is legitimate before g... [ More ]]]> justxploring http://www.lotterypost.com/reply-topic.aspx?td=855390 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/158250/855345 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/158250/855345 Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:24:40 GMT Stack47
In Ohio and in most states when you win $600 up to $5000, any lottery terminal agent can validate the ticket, fill out a form, and give you a voucher that you take to a designated bank for payment. Taxes are not deducted. The bank charges a $10 processing fee and that's what I meant about the Teller having no common sense because she wanted the 10 bucks befor... [ More ]]]> Stack47 http://www.lotterypost.com/reply-topic.aspx?td=855345 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/158250/855297 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/158250/855297 Fri, 29 Jun 2007 06:15:44 GMT justxploring
Stack, how can you even compare what I wrote to your experience? You went to a bank! You didn't get something in an email telling you that you won a prize that you didn't even bet in the first place. I don't know if you are just trying to be argumentative or you're not using common sense by quoting me. In fact, I just read my po... [ More ]]]> justxploring http://www.lotterypost.com/reply-topic.aspx?td=855297 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/158250/855223 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/158250/855223 Fri, 29 Jun 2007 01:29:44 GMT LckyLary More ]]]> LckyLary http://www.lotterypost.com/reply-topic.aspx?td=855223 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/158250/855207 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/158250/855207 Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:56:54 GMT RJOh
The time I won $1500, I have to drive 14MI to a designated bank in the another town. When the teller checked my paper work she found my home address was missing. I started to write it in but she told me I would have to return to the store that verified my ticket and do it in front of the store owner. The store owner said I could have done it at the bank because she didn't need to know that information and since the signing was notarized by a bank emp... [ More ]]]> RJOh http://www.lotterypost.com/reply-topic.aspx?td=855207 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/158250/855195 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/158250/855195 Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:30:56 GMT stavros stavros http://www.lotterypost.com/reply-topic.aspx?td=855195 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/158250/855051 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/158250/855051 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 20:38:46 GMT Stack47
The first time I hit the Pick-4 straight I had to fill out the paper work, get it notarized, and go to a designated bank to collect the $2600 in winnings. I knew there was a $10 fee at the bank but I didn't know that the teller would demand the fee up front. Apparently she was either absent the day they taught common sense and to just deduct the fee and give me $2590 or she thought it was her job to hassle people.

When pe... [ More ]]]> Stack47 http://www.lotterypost.com/reply-topic.aspx?td=855051 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/158250/854863 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/158250/854863 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:12:28 GMT justxploring
Still, I don't see how anyone who didn't buy a ticket in the first place can believe he won anything at all, and any... [ More ]]]> justxploring http://www.lotterypost.com/reply-topic.aspx?td=854863 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/158250/854809 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/158250/854809 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:11:56 GMT dvdiva dvdiva http://www.lotterypost.com/reply-topic.aspx?td=854809 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/158250/854739 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/158250/854739 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:52:52 GMT Raven62 Raven62 http://www.lotterypost.com/reply-topic.aspx?td=854739 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/158250 http://www.lotterypost.com/news/158250 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 02:46:32 GMT Todd
It sounds like great news, but it's actually a scam that's costing Americans millions of dollars every year.

Too Good To Be True

This is the scam we get the most calls and e-mails about. And it's very convincing because the letter comes with a check that looks real.

So a Pennsylvania TV news crew went to Canada to find out how the scam works and where you... [ More ]]]> * Original News Story http://www.lotterypost.com/reply-topic.aspx?td=854692