Lottery winners: beware the phone

Comment #10

CASH Only — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 13:37:54 GMT

So what if you're Scottish? What if you were Irish instead

Comment #9

DetroitJazzMan — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 10:44:06 GMT

Or...........In the words of Nancy Regan, JUST SAY NO!!! applies to more than Drugs,

Comment #8

LOTTOMIKE — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 07:01:40 GMT

i'll just do without a phone.

Comment #7

justxploring — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 03:55:51 GMT

Or, Having millions in the bank, and telling scammers to go blank themselves....Hmmmm

Or they can get caller ID

Comment #6

pacattack05 — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 14:48:25 GMT

I always enjoy hearing what problems winners might encounter.

I would love to have those problems....

Let me get this straight.....

Working for a living for many many years...

Or, Having millions in the bank, and telling scammers to go blank themselves....Hmmmm

That's a tough one....LOL

Comment #5

orangeman — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 04:20:41 GMT

Being Scottish, I would invest 99% of the money immediately and give donations from the interest earned. If they don't like my plan, they have the same clothes to get glad in they got mad in. You can tell I am not a people pleaser. That is an impossible mission.

Orangeman

Comment #4

LckyLary — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 00:44:59 GMT

It's VERY simple. Before you win, decide what people that you know at the time would get what kind of help from you. The people who are there when you're poor are the ones you should consider. Then, if you do win, stick to that plan, and DON'T GIVE ANYBODY ELSE ANYTHING no matter how heart-wrenching their story is, but do give to well-known charities like Red Cross if you want to help people, or with your extra free time, so you don't get bored, do volunteer assignments i.e. Community Service.... [ More ]

Comment #3

bellyache — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 21:22:59 GMT

I would be nice to get a final figure on how much the winners get, but I'm guessing in the end, it doesn't really matter what the amount is. I bet most of, if not all of the winners are just happy to get a piece of it. Hope it all works out for them.

Comment #2

justxploring — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 19:26:17 GMT

Many of these callers will be known by the winners or will be legitimate organizations, yet others will be strangers or scammers trying to conjure a plan to get a piece of the winner's nearly $1 million - the amount expected to be doled out to each person after taxes.

The net amount keeps changing. What was the cash value? I can't seem to find it in any article. If I recall it was around $95M. So the near $1 million reported above can't be right. Even a 50% payout after fed state taxe... [ More ]

Comment #1

DoubleDown — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 19:18:06 GMT

Thanks to numerous articles I have read here on LP and some good old fashioned common sense, I know that I will not be a scam victim If I am ever so lucky to hit the big one...

I hope these people don't fall prey to the scammers...

DD

Lottery winners: beware the phone

Lottery Post — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 16:42:00 GMT

For lottery winners flush with newfound wealth, the Powerball windfall can be a devil in angel's clothing.

It will mean a new sense of financial security for the 100 production and shipping employees at Sargento Foods in Plymouth claiming the $208.6 million Jackpot Saturday. But it can also mean the onset of worries, as the phones begin ringing off the hook from those looking for donations or handouts.

Many of these callers will be known by the winners or will be legitimate organizations,... [ More ]