Man loses house in lottery scam

Comment #15

louise black — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 21:32:18 GMT

I don't know what these people are thinking of another Grandma has been taken on this scam. the really bad truth about this is she wasn't a granny , Grandma.she was like in her forty or fifty. But sometime greed can get you, she receive a check for 3800 she just had to deposit it and sent them them some parts of it but when she took it to the bank they said the check was good didn't have to hold it or anything, so she waited for a day or so then started to pay bills and spend 'but what she didn... [ More ]

Comment #14

BobP — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 23:56:24 GMT

They said two people in the region had recently lost significant sums of money with one of them actually ending up losing his own property as a result.

The theft/loss left him unable to meet the payments, taxes, etc.

BobP

Comment #13

hobber — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:08:49 GMT

Gosh, I don't remember the original site but there are several out there, though it was to protect the elderly from the nigerian scammers. It wanted people to think of a great reply to such e-mails by starting with I was hoping this day would come, blah blah blah.. well enough to fill at least three (I did 6) pages. Save such replies in notepad or what ever and send a dozen returns, not all at once. If every one did this it would fill their boxes and they would have to spend a good amount of tim... [ More ]

Comment #12

TheGameGrl — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:15:54 GMT

Didnt quite get how the folks were scammed. the details were hazy at best. How a house can be taken is beyond my comprehension since the news report left out the details. Will say that losing ones home doesnt always take a scammer, our wonderful mortage system has shown proof of that.

Sometimes it takes a negative situation to bring about some positive wisdom.

Comment #11

DC81 — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:35:27 GMT

The youth of today ? You know the same thing is said by every generation of the generations that follow them. It's not nearly as different as many think, just the older you get the more you forget and more you see things through rose colored glasses. The problem here is ignorance and any generation is susceptible to that. BTW, the car thing is something that started to change in the 60s when the automotive industry started to try and change their business model if I remember correctly, maybe the... [ More ]

Comment #10

ezcheff — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:00:57 GMT

Hope+Greed = Scammed again and again

Comment #9

Trained2beRich — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:07:28 GMT

there is something to be said about the elderly. Most of them did not grow up cunning or savvy as most of us today. My grandmother was always partial to hard luck stories and would part with money. She was not taught to challendg somone who may lie. She would ask Why would God do that to me , This is a test from God . What saved her was my mother who had power of attorny over her affairs. And she partner with an officer in the small bank My grandmother recalled the days when you could buy food f... [ More ]

Comment #8

diamondpalace — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 05:33:19 GMT

Can't win something if you did not purchase a ticket for a chance. Never had money given to me from a dead relative, so i don't know how it goes, but I am sure the company or law firm who help stored the will should identify themselves, and use that info in google for background check.

Comment #7

louise black — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:40:18 GMT

I tell them to simply to go to hell and don't e-mail me anymore who? Me i'am not stupid! you JERK! I get more than 5 a day. no fooling me.

Comment #6

DC81 — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:58:55 GMT

Yeah, I can't believe how many people still fall for this stuff, this kind of thing was going on before the internet even with grifters going from town to town pulling scams. Seriously, if these people somehow can find your private e-mail address with probably NOTHING to go on then they should be able to find a mailing address.

Comment #5

BORGUSX — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:39:05 GMT

The better thing to do is to scam the scammer themselves,this one guy got $80 USD from a scammer.

Comment #4

hjones — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 22:50:16 GMT

I already tried tricking these snip s by pretending to go along with their scam. When they asked me to send them some money via Western Union, I went to the local Western Union store here and got a form, scanned it in, and Photoshopped it with some very juicy information, then sent them that new scan. I think they fell for it many times, since they reportedly went to there local Western Union to try to retrieve the money but were then kicked out of the store. Suckers! They're really not too brig... [ More ]

Comment #3

go4it-andwin — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 22:36:30 GMT

I cant believe how many people fall for these internet scams, i get at least 5 emails daily about everything from im OWED MONEY because a relative died in some plane crash, or ive won the british lottery, or some other scam line. In every email it is the same...MY NAME, MY ADDRESS, TOWN, BANK ACCT... They say they always have some CHECK PAY TO THE ORDER OF In my name...yeah right.... Hey stupid wake up and smell the freaken coffee!!!!!!!!! IF THEY HAVE A CHECK FOR ME, TRY THE US POSTAL SERVICE..... [ More ]

Comment #2

whitmansm2 — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 14:16:13 GMT

Couldn't have said it better myself.

Comment #1

hearsetrax — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 14:07:01 GMT

Man loses house in lottery scam

Lottery Post — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 13:18:35 GMT

Police have revealed that an elderly man from south west Scotland has lost his home to a foreign lottery scam.

Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary made a renewed appeal to the public to be aware of the danger of bogus letters.

They said two people in the region had recently lost significant sums of money with one of them actually ending up losing his own property as a result.

Police warned the public never to give out bank details to anyone offering to give them significant lottery winni... [ More ]