Elderly man makes the right call on lottery scam

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trulyblessed — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:35:40 GMT

I never noticed the star rating on news articles here. I'll start rating them from now on

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LckyLary — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:01:59 GMT

That bites. I am still waiting for my UK Lottery T-shirt and Official Green Laptop and check for a million pounds of something. They're still waiting for the $700 postage and handling for TNT Courier Services . More than I paid for this laptop! It better come with Windows 7! I don't like how they have terrible grammar, poor Photoshop skillz and they want to pay me in pounds which nobody accepts around here! And they don't let you pick your own numbers! Anyway I already won the UK Lottery and eve... [ More ]

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curt777 — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:28:12 GMT

I'm amazed that this poor guy was smart enought to be a commercial jet pilot, yet foolish enough to fall a lottery scam. It just proves that no matter how book-smart one may be, anyone can be scammed. I'm always curious why the people getting aksed to send money, don't just say to the scammer, take my taxes, fees, duties, etc. out of the principal and just send me the remainder . Plus I've never heard of so many people sending money via Western Union either. I'm just about to turn 43, and I've n... [ More ]

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GYM RICE — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:52:03 GMT

One would think a man capable of flying sophisticated aircraft for many years would see these types of scams coming a mile away. At least he figured this one out. But just to be safe, i'm gonna scratch American Airlines off my list of airlines to never fly again.

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konane — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:58:27 GMT

Great story! Scammers are really evolving into more sophisticated story lines.

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HaveABall — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:46:29 GMT

I'm certainly glad that both the Star-Telegram and Watchdog columnist, Dave Lieber, exist to provide valuable, free help to our needy U.S.A. society

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Todd — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:57:59 GMT

Hopefully you'll rate the story accordingly.

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Tenaj — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:44:17 GMT

You can't put this kind of stuff out there too much. People continue to get scammed no matter how much you say it over and over. I received an email that appeared to come from the IRS that looks so legit it was unreal.

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rcbbuckeye — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:32:34 GMT

Good story. I love reading his column.

Thanks, Todd

Elderly man makes the right call on lottery scam

Lottery Post — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:19:42 GMT

In the Star-Telegram Watchdog column, Dave Lieber recounts how an 86-year-old man did the right thing by not getting hooked in by lottery scammers again.

For more than a year, George Kahak has followed my request that he call me before investing any more money in get-rich schemes. The 86-year-old former chief pilot for American Airlines is a compulsive scam victim. He's lost tens of thousands of dollars in dozens of scams.

The other day, he called to say that he won $500,000 in a lottery a... [ More ]