Lottery Phone Scam Continues to Snare Victims

Comment #7

Rip Snorter — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 00:09:09 GMT

If it's any consolation, people who are stupid when they're older probably were equally stupid when they were younger. Age doesn't have a lot to do with it.I've been stupid at all available ages, watched a lot of others around me be stupid at the same ages, and haven't observed much of anyone who wasn't, one way or another.Nothing wrong with being stupid.... it's a universal human trait. If you manage to be stupid in a way that doesn't hurt anyone else, doesn't get you killed or maimed, I'd sa... [ More ]

Comment #6

TNPATL — Tue, 21 Jun 2005 19:58:05 GMT

I once got a letter for some kind of work from home type of thing. I removed the label, and put that sucker right back in the mail!!! I don't know why folks fall for such scams, and I pray I don't get that naive when I'm older

Comment #5

LOTTOMIKE — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 10:44:36 GMT

its been going on for a long time....

Comment #4

launchpad — Fri, 17 Jun 2005 12:44:40 GMT

common sence people this has been going on for years use your head

Comment #3

Rip Snorter — Fri, 17 Jun 2005 02:53:14 GMT

How elderly?Jack

Comment #2

CASH Only — Thu, 16 Jun 2005 14:34:40 GMT

lump some

Comment #1

LOTTOMIKE — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 19:52:48 GMT

these people are scamming the elderly the most.

Lottery Phone Scam Continues to Snare Victims

Lottery Post — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 17:42:02 GMT

It can be so easy to get pulled into the trap of a lottery phone scam.It sounds so enticing just send them a few thousand dollars to cover the taxes and you rake in hundreds of thousands.But what sounds too good to be true, is. So, why are so many folks falling for it? You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payment of $450,890 Congratulations. That letter, with a handwritten address on the envelope, had a Dandridge, Tennessee woman celebrating. I started reading it, was real excited... [ More ]