Pennsylvania man loses thousands to lottery scam

Comment #13

emilyg — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 03:38:09 GMT

when in doubt check FraudWatch International

Comment #12

jones4364 — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 02:09:38 GMT

I am sorry to say that I fell for a trick also.My notification , came in the mail. they sent me a cashiers check for $3800.00, to be placed in my bank. The Bank of course sent the check back.Left me $398.00 in the rear. Me with cancer I thought I had something too pay all bills and my son s student loans off. The name of the so called company is ----Money Camp International Lotto Servicesand the person I had to contact was Tim Horton .-----Phone # is 1 905 598 1796. Thank you For your comment? K... [ More ]

Comment #11

jones4364 — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 02:03:32 GMT

I am sorry to say that I fell for a trick also.My notification , came in the mail. they sent me a cashiers check for $3800.00,to be placed in my bank. The Bank of course sent the check back.Left me $398.00 in the rear. Me with cancer I thought I had something too pay all bills and my son s student loans off.The name of the so called company is ----Money Camp International Lotto Servicesand the person I had to contact wasTim Horton .-----Phone # is 1 905 598 1796.

Comment #10

Chewie — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 23:15:02 GMT

Gary Young said he should have known better, but the promise of thousands of dollars clouded his judgment a bit.Buy 'em books, buy 'em books and they continue to chew on the covers

Comment #9

Chewie — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 23:10:52 GMT

I would have thought the members here would be on the higher end of the intellect curve! If an LP member falls for a lotto scam, they better keep their mouth shut and hope no one finds out. I've seen dozens of articles on LP, and so has every one else - except the filter obssessed. They should be smarter.

Comment #8

lottolady24 — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 21:32:14 GMT

It's amazing how often people are taken advantage of by these fraudulent companies. Whitmansm2 is right, everyone has fallen for a scam at some point in their lives. We should consider ourselves lucky that we have enough lottery know-how to sense a scam from the get-go. It is our resonsibility to report fraudulent emails and letters to prevent someone being taken advantage of in this way. Greedy or not, no one deserves to be robbed.

Comment #7

Coin Toss — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 18:57:54 GMT

If it's too good to be true, it is.No one is going to win a lottery or a sweepstakes they didn't enter.

Comment #6

whitmansm2 — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 17:43:20 GMT

There is a difference between stupid and ignorance. Stupid means you know better, but do it anyways. Ignorance means you just didn't know. With either, I hope the person learns.When I first signed on to eBay, I got a letter that said that someone was getting into my account. So I used the link and it asked me to sign in. I did. It asked me for the information I put in orginally, like my name and password and so on. Then it asked for my credit card that I used. I typed it in. The nexted thing the... [ More ]

Comment #5

DoubleDown — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 16:39:17 GMT

Todd, I think it's one of the best ways to get the word out - continually posting these types of stories.Maybe someone will google lottery/scam/pay-to-win, or something like that and the postings will come up and save them the embarrassment and the cash. We have to have hope....DD

Comment #4

gocart1 — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 16:32:52 GMT

i get one of those in my email about one a week.its says its from overseas and i never played it.i just delate it always.

Comment #3

Todd — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 15:50:07 GMT

I keep posting these stories, hoping that the gullible people out there will see them.You can't imagine how many e-mails I get from people who receive some stupid scam letter in the mail, and they're writing to me to claim the prize. DUH

Comment #2

lmatlaw — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 14:56:49 GMT

It's just amazing to repeatedly read these stories of gullible people. I just don't understand how people can be so foolish as to fall for this stuff. The guy gets no pity from me.

Comment #1

CASH Only — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 14:39:18 GMT

Mr Young would have been better off playing Unlucky for Life, IF it had a cash option. Stupid lottery games make people go off the board .

Pennsylvania man loses thousands to lottery scam

Lottery Post — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 12:30:01 GMT

Gary Young said he should have known better, but the promise of thousands of dollars clouded his judgment a bit.Now, the North Sewickley Township man is out more than $3,500, the victim of the latest scam to target the region.In a letter dated Dec. 15, from the purported Transmerica POS Prize Pool Lottery, Young was told that he had until Dec. 30 to claim a $50,000 prize. To claim the prize, he had to take a Transmerica check, worth $3,950, and cash it, so that he could wire money to the lottery... [ More ]