Man goes into hiding after falsely claiming to win lottery jackpot

Comment #9

RJOh — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 01:22:10 GMT

Fergus Frater was just another joker, remember Bod Pagani the so-called out-of-work truck driver who claimed he won the $365M PowerBall jackpot last year, ABC scooped the story and ran with it. Good Morning America and World News Tonight did on-camera interviews with this guy.

With MM and PB reaching record highs again, we may see another hoax here the states again.

https://www.lotterypost.com/news/129113

Comment #8

jeffrey — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 02:09:47 GMT

Depression can make people say anything to get attention. Functional schizophrenics will say anything for attention too.

Comment #7

spy153 — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:51:16 GMT

I think he just thought he really won. My hubby misreads his scratch offs all the time. He has thrown away money he had won because he thought he lost and fussed with clerks thinking he had won when he had lost. Some games just aren't that clear about the rules of how you win and he gets really excited easily.

Comment #6

RJOh — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:59:04 GMT

I have my doubts about a few posts here at LP when I read someone or someone they know makes a living by playing the pick3 and/or pick4 games.

Comment #5

LckyLary — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:40:40 GMT

Usually it's the opposite of this, where someone DOES win and the FIRST THING they want to do is go live in seclusion in a remote cave like Loonie Bin! Half the fun of winning is to watch how everybody around you goes ape begging you for $ and you get to tell some of them where were you when I was poor? Maybe that's what this person wanted was to see the reaction of everyone or be more liked at least temporarily.

Comment #4

Coin Toss — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:33:06 GMT

I could see fibbing about sinning the lottery if you had won it- saying you hadn't- but to make people think you have and you haven't? Does not compute.

Comment #3

justxploring — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 16:29:34 GMT

People shouldn't count on what they think other people have until they've actually given some of it to them, even if the other people are their parents.

Even when you don't win, you have a memory of how it felt thinking you had won.

Mistakes happen all the time. Recently I thought I was going to receive a lot of money because of a typo in a letter. For example You will be getting a check in the amount of $55,000 instead of $5,000. You are still happy when you get the smaller... [ More ]

Comment #2

RJOh — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 16:15:46 GMT

People shouldn't count on what they think other people have until they've actually given some of it to them, even if the other people are their parents.

I once thought I had won the Ohio Super Lotto when I posted the winning numbers to my play file and history file on my computer. I was shaky for a while until I checked my tickets and realized my mistake. So when I later actually did match 5of6 I rechecked my files, the website and anything else I could think of before becoming excited.... [ More ]

Comment #1

tnlotto1 — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 16:07:26 GMT

when i read the headline i thought he was a con artist but after reading the story it sounds like he didnt check his ticket correctly and he really thought he won. he should have confirmed it was a winner with the lottery people before he made promises to his family but maybe he was just excited about winning and wanted to share it with his loved ones. his son is making his dad feel worse by saying he wants to kill him so if he is hiding he will stay hidden until his son cools off. his son shoul... [ More ]

Man goes into hiding after falsely claiming to win lottery jackpot

Lottery Post — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:35:01 GMT

A father is in hiding from his furious family after tricking them into thinking he had won $85.88 million in the Euro Millions lottery.

Fergus Frater, 46, promised his son Jordan, 25, a $12.5 million share of the jackpot and told his sister Lorraine that she would get a $2.5 million cut of the winnings, the Daily Mail reported.

He also fooled his local newspaper, The Argus, who splashed the story on its front page.

Son quits job

Jordan, a struggling roofer, quit his job. He and pre... [ More ]