565 lottery scammers arrested in global operation

Comment #6

Todd — Thu, 25 May 2006 13:44:50 GMT

MashaBelov,

I removed your e-mail address from your post, because posting your e-mail address will get you on more spam lists, by automated spam robots that constantly scan every page on the internet looking for e-mail addresses.

Never post your e-mail address on a public forum.

Comment #5

aboutme — Thu, 25 May 2006 12:41:51 GMT

..I GET email all the times that i won lottery...I don't read the letter, I report to AOL spam department..

Comment #4

MashaBelov — Thu, 25 May 2006 09:29:39 GMT

I live in Missoula Montana.my husband and I received fraudulent letter and cheque in my Mail 24 th of May 2006 letter claimed to be written May 12 th sender claims I won 135,550.00 and the check included in the amount of 3,600.00 is to pay the 2,350.00 of [non Resident Government Service Tax (GST)]. to be paid by MONEY GRAM. check lists bank One, NA Chicago Illinois Entity name on the letter is Capital Seven INC. in smaller red letters it says Sweepstakes and Internet Games Verification Cen... [ More ]

Comment #3

DoubleDown — Wed, 24 May 2006 01:12:46 GMT

Exactly...

Arrests are one thing and sound impressive on the surface but when the proverbial onion is peeled back , Convictions and Sentences are entirely another.

DD

Comment #2

Todd — Wed, 24 May 2006 00:09:07 GMT

DD,

I'm glad you read all the way to the end, because I think those are some of the most interesting comments by Gonzalez.

Also, very alarming is the reporter's questions about international enforcement, or lack thereof: Attorney General, I would just like to get back to the subject at hand here, but your own numbers on this indicate a rather slim conviction rate to say the least. None in Spain. None in the Netherlands. None in Costa Rica. Twenty percent in Canada. Forty percent in the Un... [ More ]

Comment #1

DoubleDown — Tue, 23 May 2006 23:35:02 GMT

QUESTION: If I may ask a question for both you and the FTC CHAIRMAN? Are you surprised that so many people fell for these scams, some of which seemed to be pretty obviously phoney?

CHAIRMAN MAJORAS: No. I am afraid that surprise went away right after I took this job.

Sad commentary on our society, but true.....

DD

565 lottery scammers arrested in global operation

Lottery Post — Tue, 23 May 2006 22:41:03 GMT

Massive 14-month investigation spans the globe and brings more than 500 fraudsters to justice

More than 2.8 million people in the U.S. paid to obtain credit cards, claim sweepstakes winnings and get in on lucrative investments that turned out to be too good to be true, officials said Tuesday as they announced hundreds of arrests in an international investigation.

Authorities in five countries have arrested 565 people in fraud schemes that netted more than $1 billion. Many of those arreste... [ More ]