Lottery scam imitates popular sweepstakes

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KY Floyd — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 05:22:15 GMT

Yeah, that's exactly what we need. There are far too few laws that protect us from our own stupidity, and far too few laws that have other people prying into our lives.

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LckyLary — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:36:39 GMT

MoneyGrams have to go through a service where the person fills out a form of where it's going and how much and their other information... why not have every one of these agents required to make sure the person isn't responding to a scam? It would be for their own protection. Or just have it against the law to use MoneyGram to send money for any gambling purpose!!!

Maybe if they do that I won't have to wait in line behind all these MoneyGrammers waiting to play my Pick-Its! It takes less than... [ More ]

Lottery scam imitates popular sweepstakes

Lottery Post — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:57:49 GMT

The fake lottery scam that has bilked residents of the Hudson Valley and elsewhere out of thousands of dollars, has now been expanded to capitalize on the name and reputation of Publishers Clearing House.

Typically a person receives a letter telling him or her that they have won a multi-million dollar lottery, but first they must cash an enclosed check and send a money-gram for that amount back to the company. Once an unsuspecting person deposits the check, buys a money-gram and mails it back... [ More ]