Local Iowa police report surge in lottery scam letters

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Stack47 — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:25:15 GMT

The scam succeeds if a person deposits or cashes the check and sends a check or money order of their own to the company, because the deposited check will come back bad and they will have lost however much they sent in. One of the three that reported the scam to the MPD had cashed and spent the money, Walker said.

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Just6ntlc — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:20:34 GMT

What's the scam for

Local Iowa police report surge in lottery scam letters

Lottery Post — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 13:40:00 GMT

At least three Marshalltown, Iowa, residents have been targeted by a bogus check scam in the last two weeks, according to Marshalltown Police Chief Lon Walker.

A resident last week and two this week each received letters from companies in Canada saying they had won hundreds of thousands of dollars in a contest or lottery, along with a check to help cover anticipated taxes.

But then the letter asks its winners to pay the couple thousand dollars in taxes out of their own pocket before rece... [ More ]