Lottery scam victim, 78, becomes scammer, swindles friends

Comment #27

corius$1918! — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 15:22:07 GMT

I'm laughing so much, my stomach hurts

Comment #26

LOVEZ2PLAY$ — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 11:16:43 GMT

They showed promos on ABC last night that they are going to do a story on her on GOOD MORNING AMERICA this morning. The show comes on at 7:00 am and ends at 9:00 am. Don't know how long the story may be.

Comment #25

grave — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 04:11:02 GMT

Comment #24

grave — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 04:09:22 GMT

she probably hit em with the really good sob stories first ..lol

Comment #23

grave — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 04:02:13 GMT

that's the same thing i was thinking....they will NEVER get me.....EVER.... i get Emails like that all the time in my spam box.....

Comment #22

PrisonerSix — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 02:39:12 GMT

I get Nigerian emails pretty regularly. Not just Nigerian, but other African, Asian, and other parts of the world. I just ignore them. This scam has been around according to my research as early as 1920. Back then it was known as the Spanish Prisoner scam. Basically, someone of importance was imprisoned in Spain and money was needed to get him out. Of course, anyone who helped would be rewarded once he was released, but of course rescue after rescue failed and more money was needed. The requests... [ More ]

Comment #21

ca-dreamin* — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 02:24:42 GMT

I'm gonna have to have a shot gun wedding to get my man to marry me.

Hmmm...HUNTER OR TRAPPER? LOL

Comment #20

tiggs95 — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 02:15:28 GMT

And you will...............

Comment #19

rdgrnr — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 01:37:52 GMT

$3,000 to git married? Whoa! My last one cost 60 bucks outside Ft Apache AZ. I hope they haven't gone up that much case I gotta do it again

Comment #18

Velocity — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 01:30:58 GMT

Who said we got a loan? I said they gave us a decent amount, meaning cash. But why should I have to tell anyone that? We also gave them back cash, and since I have lived with him for 3 years and together for 4, it's not a problem having my name on things. Brainwashed? I'm not stupid, I know what it means to be a Fiance and not a wife, and considering we have a child together and are getting married in a few weeks, I don't really think it is a problem. I take it your not married, because even goi... [ More ]

Comment #17

ca-dreamin* — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:00:11 GMT

HAHA too funny!

All I can say is incredible! I wonder how she KEPT getting people to give her money? Not only money, huge sums

Comment #16

HaveABall — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:50:54 GMT

... they gave us a decent amount we were able to pay back to get another car. Hum, don't be a fool too. Your fiance's name is the ONLY name that should be signed to his parent's loan (why would it have even occurred to them to accept someone else's name who isn't even related to them, you being merely a close acuaintance?).

Why is it that so many fiances (both male and female) brainwash themself into believing that they are married when they aren't? Why isn't it known that most people who ar... [ More ]

Comment #15

DC81 — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:38:12 GMT

I lived in Brooksville for awhile, saying it's an area filled with crooks and fools would be an understatement.

Comment #14

ochoop17 — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 12:09:27 GMT

Doris , the scammer wound up in the slammer.

Comment #13

cypher — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 04:49:20 GMT

In the world of the con the victim prefers a beautiful lie rather than the ugly truth...only seeing what they want to see and not what is

Comment #12

LANTERN — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 03:42:27 GMT

Many years ago, I got my own Nigerian email, can't remember, but I think that it was about the same as yours.

Comment #11

LANTERN — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 03:39:08 GMT

Getting smarter? I don't think so!

Grand theft?

What would you call this?

Texas Lottery

Now, that is a really good Racket

I would not call it a racket, but:

PreDraws

Sales end about 30 minutes before the final draw.

All combinations sold are sent to some computer somewhere, long before the final draw.

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Even before computers and lottery terminals were used, lottery draws didn't have to be honest, but to me it looks worse now.

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I don't... [ More ]

Comment #10

rdgrnr — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 03:22:55 GMT

My 2 Nigerian emails made it a lot easier. All they needed was my bank account numbers to deposit my 6 million dollars and my credit card numbers for the small transaction security fee and my social security number and mother's maiden name to make sure I was who I said I was.

It wasn't from a lottery win but just a deposed African King needed to get his money out of the country quickly and decided my bank account would be the best place for it and would pay me 6 million for letting him put it... [ More ]

Comment #9

RJOh — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 03:02:47 GMT

You would think after hearing about these scams for years, American Citizens would get smarter.

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Raven62 — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 02:52:23 GMT

When one stops and thinks about it, this situation came about due to the Federal Governments inability to stop the Scamming of American Citizens from Nigeria, which has been going on for Years

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tiggs95 — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:48:45 GMT

jrosina your not Doris are you?..My oh my..

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jrosina — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:39:05 GMT

Nope! I beg to Differ. Washington Scams The Whole Country! They Have Doris Beat By a Long Shot

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dpoly1 — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:44:29 GMT

She is just as crooked as those in charge in the City of Satan - Washington DC

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tiggs95 — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:05:00 GMT

Doris Siegel had the very first winning lottery system to be posted on LP..To bad she got caught..

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Velocity — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:32:16 GMT

As the saying goes A fool and his money.... . How on earth does someone spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to get a big payout? I wonder if any of them thought, Hmm this seems a bit shady, we are being taken into a basement and told we have to pay $10,000 to see any of the money! Helping someone out is fine, but when your spending $330,000 to get more money, somewhere deep inside you have to realize or at least think that something is wrong !

What's ironic is my Fiances cousin is getting... [ More ]

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konane — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:18:06 GMT

Comment #1

Raven62 — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:30:01 GMT

She would make a good Congresswoman.

Lottery scam victim, 78, becomes scammer, swindles friends

Lottery Post — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:28:13 GMT

Duped friends, neighbors, pastor out of more than $1 million

This was the trip that would bring them the jackpot.

Doris Siegel and a friend boarded a plane to Amsterdam in August 2008 for a $1 million payout, money that would finally prove that the Nigerian lottery she'd told friends and neighbors about was no scam.

Siegel and her friend met with five men who called themselves Nigerian businessmen, authorities said. They were taken to the basement of a building and told they would need... [ More ]