Nine Israelis arrested for US lottery scam

Comment #8

neverwins — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:59:04 GMT

that IS pretty low! hehe

It is good to see one of these things actually get caught, because there are too many of them around. And I mean it's easy for me to say, but how can ppl continually be caught with these scams! It's unfortunate that they the elderly are less aware of these kind of things and seem to continue to be caught...

Amanda

Comment #7

psykomo — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:17:37 GMT

me eeeeeeeeeee222 !

BUT, (alway's a BUTT outdar)

I hope D usa of AMERICA will

send D freddie mac

send D fannie mae

2 Israel as eXchange !!!!!!!!!!

those A HOE's are ASKING???

for a ($ %)$750 BILLION ???

LOTTERY BAIL-OUT ?

WOW??? we sit around for

them to pass-out peanut's???

only psykoo get's no

RESPECT

BUTT,? why should THEY ???

LP member's DEZERV JP$!

PSYKOMO

Comment #6

JackpotWanna — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:39:55 GMT

Like My dad always said, Nothing is free in life! When something sounds too good to be true, it usually is a scam.

Comment #5

Lurk More N00b — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:19:51 GMT

Perhaps you should invest in a globe.

I was merely pointing out the prevalence in worldwide confidence scams.

Comment #4

hjones — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:00:13 GMT

I didn't know that Nigeria was part of Israel, or is it that Israelis are in Nigeria...

Comment #3

Lurk More N00b — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:43:31 GMT

It's still just peanuts compared to what the 419 scammers are taking in from suckers..... er, victims from around the world, but it's nice to see a little justice once in awhile.

Comment #2

chasingadream — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:31:45 GMT

whale crap?

thats pretty low..............

Comment #1

MaddMike51 — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:07:57 GMT

I hope Israel sends these thieves to America for prosecution.Anyone that would prey on and steal from senior citizens is lower than whale crap...and thats at the bottom of the ocean!

Never,ever send somone money to collect a lottery winning.

Nine Israelis arrested for US lottery scam

Lottery Post — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:41:59 GMT

US federal agents and Israeli police arrested nine Israelis in Tel Aviv and Ramat Gan on Friday on charges that they bilked New Yorkers out of more than $2 million through a lottery telemarketing scam.

They are accused of cold-calling people in New York from a boiler-room operation in Ramat Gan and asking them to wire as much as $40,000 to Israel to claim nonexistent international sweepstakes prizes.

The ring targeted senior citizens, who were told that the calls were coming from a New Yor... [ More ]