Penn. woman Loses $20,000 In Jamaican Lottery Scam

Comment #18

Chewie — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 01:01:55 GMT

Good to know there are atleast two people with a sense of humor

Comment #17

justxploring — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 00:53:37 GMT

Strange, works with unwanted telephone calls too!

That's a good one, Chewie. I never quite got that far but if it's a man I just pretend I know him. Hi, this is Joe from Comcast and I say Joe, how can you call me after what you did to me and the kids? Then after a long pause he might say No, I'm calling from Comcast and I say something like Well at least now you've got a job. Did you ever check into that rehab? Depends on my mood. If it's a woman I can always say enthusiastically Su... [ More ]

Comment #16

Chewie — Sun, 05 Feb 2006 12:25:39 GMT

according to my inbox, I have some friends in nigeria (deposed military leaders) who will owe me a BIG favor after I help them get their 20,000,000 out of the country and into a U.S. bank account...

They stopped sending me email. I kept asking for porno pictures of their grandma; to go with the ones I already have. Guess they thought I was too insensitive to help them. Strange, works with unwanted telephone calls too

Comment #15

hypersoniq — Sun, 05 Feb 2006 02:09:46 GMT

according to my inbox, I have some friends in nigeria (deposed military leaders) who will owe me a BIG favor after I help them get their 20,000,000 out of the country and into a U.S. bank account... I can ask them to go rough up those tricky jamaicans and floridians....

then with my cut of the money, I am going to burn 100 pounds, stock up on discount performance enhancing pharmecuticals AND get that enlargement for her

so glad I never fall for spam, my inbox is such a friendly place... [ More ]

Comment #14

justxploring — Sun, 05 Feb 2006 01:35:30 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by Chewie on February 4, 2006 Maybe the woman was influenced by drugs 30 or 40 years ago and can't control herself. Once you fail, you'll always be a failure. Temptation just can't be overcome. If you can over come temptation, you must be a freak of nature.

As cruel as Chewie can be, I've got to agree with him here. I get so angry when somebody tries to take advantage of someone who is mentally retarded or handicapped. Children need to be told not to talk to strang... [ More ]

Comment #13

Chewie — Sun, 05 Feb 2006 01:09:37 GMT

Maybe the woman was influenced by drugs 30 or 40 years ago and can't control herself. Once you fail, you'll always be a failure. Temptation just can't be overcome. If you can over come temptation, you must be a freak of nature.

Comment #12

mylollipop — Sat, 04 Feb 2006 18:24:31 GMT

Since he obviously wants to throw away his money, have him invest in something you know is good and then tell him how much he earned by listening to your choice. But he can not know it is legit or he will not listen to you

Comment #11

HiYoSilver — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 12:10:11 GMT

It's not only the Lottery scams that get people. I have a relative that falls for almost every easy money pitch that comes his way. He once sent 10k to some guy in Chicago for Silver futures and lost, then sent another 5k for Heating Oil futures to try and make the money back. I once told him that had he put all the money he spent trying to get rich into Government Bonds he would now be rich.

It's not just the elderly, this uncle has been doing this for 25 years. Time after time he's com... [ More ]

Comment #10

DoubleDown — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 02:21:51 GMT

It's the lure of easy money, it's got a very strong appeal

Comment #9

Chewie — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 23:08:08 GMT

Ahhh the shiney lure. Kinda wonder how close to fish some really are

Comment #8

RJOh — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 19:14:02 GMT

These people have managed to get themselves on a scammer's sucker list. Now that I'm retired and spending more time at home, I get calls from at least one of these scammer every week and when I tell them I'm not interested in their offers to help me save or make money, they want to argue with me and I just hang-up on them. Once they know you will and can afford to do business with a stranger you've never met and can't check out, you're on their list.

Comment #7

mylollipop — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:53:26 GMT

W-hhhh a-a-aaaaaaaaa tttt!? How could she? It makes me sick to hear of how people scam the elderly. They are vulnerable, too vulnerable. Some show early signs of dementia. I wish she had someone to control her assets. It happens all the time.

Comment #6

fja — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:04:30 GMT

I'm sorry but how in the hell do you go through life and save up enough money to lose it to a few phone calls from another country....its disturbing....and at what age do you take your parents money away from them? This guy was from Penn Too. https://www.lotterypost.com/news/127608.htm

Comment #5

Tenaj — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 17:43:09 GMT

What I can't understand is that with all of the technology today why can't they catch these crooks. I know they move around quickly but if they can catch that serial killer who mailed a print out of a map to police, they can catch these crooks.

Is it because it is not a priority? and greed feed a scam. (getting somthing for nothing

Comment #4

winner2b — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 17:10:53 GMT

sooo damn sad

Comment #3

jim695 — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 17:10:51 GMT

DD:

Well said.

Allow me to elaborate; if you've never heard of the sponsor, and if you didn't enter their contest, odds are better than average that you'll finish somewhere below first place after all the votes are tallied.

Of course, there's always the remote possibility that they just like you so much that they'd pay you even if you didn't buy a ticket. If this is the case, remember, the more money you send them, the better they'll like you, and so it follows that the prize you did... [ More ]

Comment #2

lottolady24 — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 17:10:45 GMT

Wow, she really got the raw end of this scam. They kept coming back for more. Poor lady. Literally now.

Comment #1

DoubleDown — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:09:29 GMT

Permit me to say the following:

AAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHH

Penn. woman Loses $20,000 In Jamaican Lottery Scam

Lottery Post — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:03:00 GMT

A Bethlehem woman was defrauded of nearly $20,000 throughout January after she was led to believe she'd won the Jamaican lottery.Sue Turnback, 68, said a woman calling herself Carrinne Campbell called her Jan. 4, police said. Campbell said Turnback won $2.2 million in the Jamaican lottery but had to mail $1,000 to Jamaica to process the winnings. Turnback sent the money in an international money order the same day. Turnback received another call later from a man calling himself Everett Montaque,... [ More ]