Con artists target N.J. seniors in lottery scam

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Stack47 — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 12:38:39 GMT

Apparently these people want to believe they won and will spend their life savings trying to collect. When I read these stories, half of me wonders how people can be so gullible and the other half feels sorry for the people that get scammed.

Why people believe they won a contest they never entered or need to pay lots of money to collect their winnings is beyond me.

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rdgrnr — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 01:17:07 GMT

You can't tell me there's no way to catch these criminals, whether they're in other countries or not. This has been going on in one form or another for decades and decades.

It could be done but there's one problem - there's no money in it for the cops.

They're more interested in radar guns and speeding cameras and redlight cameras. That's where the money's at.

They really couldn't care less about Mamaw's life savings getting stolen. They just wish they could get a piece.... [ More ]

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dphillips — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 16:21:58 GMT

This is an interesting and an informative article. However, there are some concerns and they are:

1. First, the lady changed her number. If the number is unlisted, how did they get her number?

2. Second, if she were thinking on her feet, she could have told the men, wait a minute, let me have your name and your number and I will contact the police department for verification.

3. Third, the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office is concerned about lottery scams and the office is doing an e... [ More ]

Con artists target N.J. seniors in lottery scam

Lottery Post — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 14:55:15 GMT

The first call came in December.

How are you? How's your day? We have a wonderful thing to tell you, a 65-year-old Ocean County woman said of her first telephone conversation with the Jamaican-sounding strangers.

They said I had won an award, the woman said. (The prizes) ranged from $1.5 million to over $5.5 million.

The callers told her she had to send them money to purchase stamps so that her prize could be delivered. She sent the money, but then she got more phone calls with vario... [ More ]