Texas Couple Loses $14,000 In Lottery Scam

Comment #6

Littleoldlady — Wed, 29 Dec 2004 05:07:25 GMT

The bank should reprimand the teller. No bank releases funds until the check has cleared.

Comment #5

Maverick — Wed, 29 Dec 2004 04:54:34 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by emilyg on December 28, 2004www.fraudwatchinternational.com lists all foreign scamsGood link emilyg. Thanx.

Comment #4

Annual Payments — Wed, 29 Dec 2004 04:28:19 GMT

My first question would whether or not or how they played the Australian lottery from TX. What I'd think is if I don't play I can't win. I don't really feel sorry for them. I wonder what the bank is going to do after the holidays.

Comment #3

emilyg — Wed, 29 Dec 2004 04:24:46 GMT

www.fraudwatchinternational.com lists all foreign scams

Comment #2

Maverick — Tue, 28 Dec 2004 23:17:10 GMT

Wow, I feel sorry for those victims. They should've waited to see if that check actually cleared.

Comment #1

pigskin — Tue, 28 Dec 2004 16:29:50 GMT

If the elderly Texas couple had no funds to cover the checks they wrote orher than the check the scammers sent them, apparently their bank permitted them to write checks on the money received from the scammers before the deposited check cleared. What bank allows customers to write checks on uncollected funds unless the customer has plently of net worth to cover any problem that might arise

Texas Couple Loses $14,000 In Lottery Scam

Lottery Post — Tue, 28 Dec 2004 14:45:01 GMT

The Upshur County Sheriff's Department is the last place Thomas McRee, 77, expected to be Monday morning after Christmas. He was there to sort out the mess that has cost him more than all of his life savings.It all began last month with a letter to his wife, Barbara, from an Australian lottery company. It said they were the lucky winners of the Oz 6/45 lottery. Their share of the winnings: $800,000.Oz sent the McRees a check for more than $14,000 and then asked the couple to send almost that f... [ More ]