Man reports $7,000 scam by 'lottery winner'

Comment #23

LckyLary — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 00:29:23 GMT

Who still falls for these scams?

The same kind of people who:

- FWD you chain letters such as those warning about needles in pay phones or that Bill Gates will pay you for each e-mail you send.

- believe the President belongs to a secret group that conduct human sacrifices.

- believe that the government hit the Pentagon with missiles on 9/11.

Comment #22

bellyache — Sat, 20 May 2006 22:50:12 GMT

I never reply to spammers. It's a good way to get your email on a list for other spam mail to be sent to you.

Comment #21

hsvscubaski — Thu, 11 May 2006 10:31:57 GMT

Great Response!!!!!!!!! I tell credit card callers It's great you will give credit to someone who just filled for bankrupcy

Comment #20

ochoop17 — Wed, 10 May 2006 12:42:45 GMT

Suckeeerr

Comment #19

justxploring — Tue, 09 May 2006 06:14:24 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by RJOh on May 8, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by justxploring on May 8, 2006 There's nothing wrong with giving a stranger money, but I think a dollar or 2 would be my limit. I've purchased a sandwich and a soda for someone who says he's hungry, but I can't imagine giving away thousands, not even to somebody I know.

Anyway, I agree it was very stupid. However, I do feel sorry for this person, even if he is a fool.

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Comment #18

tntea — Tue, 09 May 2006 01:59:48 GMT

I have gotten those before.. The ones I love are those who are hiding or running from death... lol.. Then say they need help.. They are going to transfer the money to my account.. and then I sent them X amount to get out of their country before they are found..

What.? If they had so much, they get themselves out.. lol

I reply with a message that I will turn this over to a CIA agent here in the USA and they will contact the proper authorities there to help them. The ISP number on the

Comment #17

tntea — Tue, 09 May 2006 01:54:07 GMT

When I get emails about winning Millions.. I send them a reply telling them they can keep it because I have more money than I could ever spend as it is.. please take it.. I dont want the headache of having more..

Comment #16

RJOh — Tue, 09 May 2006 00:40:59 GMT

For those scammers who are only interested in getting a few dollars from each contributers there's http://www.e-panhandling.org/ They can stay home and just use their computers.

Comment #15

fast eddie — Tue, 09 May 2006 00:09:32 GMT

Anyone see the movie House of Games? It's a good movie full of scams like this.

Comment #14

justxploring — Mon, 08 May 2006 23:58:43 GMT

There's nothing wrong with giving a stranger money, but I think a dollar or 2 would be my limit. I've purchased a sandwich and a soda for someone who says he's hungry, but I can't imagine giving away thousands, not even to somebody I know.

Anyway, I agree it was very stupid. However, I do feel sorry for this person, even if he is a fool.

Comment #13

RJOh — Mon, 08 May 2006 22:06:01 GMT

I could never figure why some people think giving money to a stranger with a sad story make them a nice person and not a fool. It may sound heartless, but any time a stranger tell a sad story and ask for money I smell a scam. Hard luck stories should be shared with friends and family and if you don't have any its too late to start making some when hard times come along.

Comment #12

Rick G — Mon, 08 May 2006 21:34:13 GMT

Too bad all the contractors in the parking lot were not aware of what was going on. The scammers would have gotten their asses kicked and I'm thinking the "Christian" would have ended up with a brand new claw hammer protruding from his butt when it was all over.

Comment #11

bellyache — Mon, 08 May 2006 19:21:54 GMT

Some people will fall for anything. Sad.

Comment #10

misssally — Mon, 08 May 2006 18:38:53 GMT

I too am getting email's claiming that I am heir to a family of engineers in Afrida who were killed in a car accident. This very important messr's needs someone to claim their inheritance. I am the supposed heir. They need me to contact them regarding filling out the proper papers to claim my inheritance. This very important message was imediately deleted.

Comment #9

DoubleDown — Mon, 08 May 2006 18:23:34 GMT

I've said it before and it bears repeating :

You can't fix stupid

Comment #8

acronym007 — Mon, 08 May 2006 17:51:47 GMT

None, I get it to all of my email accounts. That's the funny part, how special do you feel when you get one email three seperate places. The funniest part about these emails is the poor language, I mean they are soo lazy they don't even check their grammer. I know some do it intenionally too. LOL

Comment #7

lmatlaw — Mon, 08 May 2006 17:50:52 GMT

The gullibility of people never ceases to amaze me.

Comment #6

Tenaj — Mon, 08 May 2006 17:48:14 GMT

I've been getting a lot of emails making claims that I am the rightful heir to millions and to claim my inheritance. LOL

I'm like - what website did I click on to get this junk

Comment #5

acronym007 — Mon, 08 May 2006 17:42:19 GMT

Anyone can get scammed, anyone

Comment #4

Lurk More N00b — Mon, 08 May 2006 17:41:59 GMT

You wouldn't think that you'd need to be hip to the lottery scams to avoid something so painfully obvious. I think I'll run up to Home Depot and see if any strangers would like me to empty my bank account for them.

Comment #3

bambini — Mon, 08 May 2006 16:50:00 GMT

The informed don't get scammed

Comment #2

csfb — Mon, 08 May 2006 16:15:44 GMT

Another victim, another scam. The victim, I am sure, is not a LotteryPost member.

Comment #1

CASH Only — Mon, 08 May 2006 16:11:18 GMT

I would never fall for something like this. Consider it a different kind of annuity.

Man reports $7,000 scam by 'lottery winner'

Lottery Post — Mon, 08 May 2006 15:59:33 GMT

A good Samaritan was taken for a ride he won't soon forget after he reported being scammed $7,000 by a man who said he won the lottery.

Here's what happened, according to the victim and a North Miami police report:

The victim, a 68-year-old Aventura, Florida, resident, was walking in the parking lot of Home Depot, 12055 Biscayne Blvd., at about 10:30 a.m. on a recent Wednesday when he was approached by a man who said he was an undocumented worker from Honduras and needed help finding a law... [ More ]