Michigan resident loses whopping $295,000 in lottery scams

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jeffrey — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 06:43:54 GMT

Jesus wept. Fool me once, shame on you. fool me twice shame on me. Jesus tap dancing Christ, when will they learn; nobody gives you something for nothing. I hope I always remember this stuff. I have seen otherwise wise and smart people fooled by so many variations of these same cons: work at home, make millions buying homes with no money down, win the lottery. The surest way to make money is to sell books that supposedly tell people how to make money easily. My rant is over.

Comment #9

CASH Only — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 15:18:54 GMT

Cash Only saw your entry. Don't put your money into an annuity

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SassyOhio — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 13:25:33 GMT

As I have mentioned on some of the other articles, My roomate was scammed. A few months after it happened we were on the net Yahoo mesenger and she was in a chat room, This guy came across a PM and asked her for her help. He stated to her that there was a LARGE amount of money at this bank out of the country that needed to be claimed and he needed her help, after a hr in the pm with him and growed very tired of his crap ( we knew that this was a scam but was humoring him to see if we could... [ More ]

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HiYoSilver — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 09:49:03 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by Uff Da! on April 9, 2006Oh, that is so sad when people take such advantage of someone whose mind must have almost totally gone. Too bad it wasn't recognized just how bad her mind must have been and another family member put in charge of her financial matters.

Then again, I'm not so sure that is always a good situation, either. In my own case, I know that if I had a stroke or otherwise became mentally incapacitated, if I didn't have legal documents to indicate other... [ More ]

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bluedog — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 00:15:59 GMT

I honestly feel sorry for the elderly victim in this situation.

But you have to understand one fact here it is again someone trying to get something for nothing which is greed which seems to cost people quite a bit.

I usually get a bunch of that crap in my e-mail also saying that I won some big lottery in Australia or the Canadian lottery. But I know for a fact that I have not purchased a lottery ticket in either one of those lottery's.

Do like I do what I see that bogus e-mail in my bulk fo... [ More ]

Comment #5

justxploring — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 21:57:03 GMT

I feel badly for anyone who is cheated by these maggots who prey on human weakness. But someone offering you an alternative to your investment portfolio is not a scam artist. A scam artist is someone who defrauds a person and unknowingly steals their money or makes false promises. The list of names you mentioned are often gathered from court records such as loans which include new mortgages and refinancing and other public information. Property tax records are also available to the public. If I

Comment #4

time*treat — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 18:45:53 GMT

Yes. For a price. When you consider the number of current/former employees w/ access to the info, any number of them can be bought off for a grand or few. And w/ so many with the access, there is plenty of plausible deniability. Consider the number of people convicted for trying to (or actually) sell code or customer data from some of the big computer or internet companies.

Comment #3

RJOh — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 16:55:59 GMT

The question should be how do these scam artists find these people. Do someone sell a list of people over 65 with $200K+ of savings. I know one bank where I have a couple of CD's has given the information in my accounts to an independent financial adviser that has an office in the bank who have offered to reinvest my insured CD's into in uninsured annuities that pay higher interests. I wonder if that information is available to anyone for a price.

Comment #2

Uff Da! — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 16:32:36 GMT

Oh, that is so sad when people take such advantage of someone whose mind must have almost totally gone. Too bad it wasn't recognized just how bad her mind must have been and another family member put in charge of her financial matters.

Then again, I'm not so sure that is always a good situation, either. In my own case, I know that if I had a stroke or otherwise became mentally incapacitated, if I didn't have legal documents to indicate otherwise, the most likely person the courts would put... [ More ]

Comment #1

Bradly_60 — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 16:13:32 GMT

Why would you continue to had these people more and more of your money. I just don't understand. I could see maybe losing out the first couple times because she was elderly but after that even if you are old you should be able to see that they were scam artists.

Brad

Michigan resident loses whopping $295,000 in lottery scams

Lottery Post — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 15:33:00 GMT

An elderly Michigan resident was conned out of $295,000 virtually her life savings in a series of scams over the previous year, Police Chief Dan McDevitt said.

A network of con artists used three different types of scams to persuade the woman to mail 12 pounds of money to Europe and to wire money to Canada, McDevitt said.

The woman got $8,200 back when her bank noticed the con artists attempted to cash two of the wire transfers in fraudulent accounts in Canada, he said.

McDevitt dec... [ More ]