Elderly woman tells lottery scam artist to get a job and quit bothering her

Comment #18

dallascowboyfan — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:09:57 GMT

Good for her........

Comment #17

Factorem — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 06:52:38 GMT

If I recall, I believe that it was Michelin that used to run an AD on TV on why Michelin tires should be on your vehicles, because there were more important reasons in life than skimping on tires or something along those lines. The Ads targeted parents and the more important reasons were the children being transported regularly in the vehicles.

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Comment #16

jeffrey — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 03:48:40 GMT

i'd like to see them made into gravy train. one old lady is being put to death in indinesia for a scam carrying drugs or her kids get it. scams against the aged and baffled are becoming more like this now. kill the scammers and be done with it, it is not funny or cute. they are causing serious suffering and deprivation.

Comment #15

noise-gate — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 02:47:28 GMT

I agree: Some of the horror stories of people being told to wire a few grand in order to collect the so called millions all in their name is total BS. Like someone once said- why not take the few grand off the top of the prize money and send the rest

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Comment #14

helpmewin — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:44:06 GMT

Comment #13

mediabrat — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:32:21 GMT

Death panels have existed for many, many years. It started when insurance companies began caring more about profit than people.

Comment #12

RJOh — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:09:14 GMT

Not every scam offer a free lunch or a money tree, just a cheap lunch or a tree that will grow in value. They are the hardest kinds of scams to spot and they're usually local.

Comment #11

maringoman — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:40:55 GMT

I am glad she was smart enough to know a scam when she saw (heard) one. I feel little sympathy for those who fall for scams. I was raised to know lunch is never free and money does not fall from the trees.

Comment #10

rdgrnr — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:41:07 GMT

...request a quick, pain free suicide pill...

We have Death Panels now to handle those little unpleasantries of life.

You don't even have to bother thinking about when it's your time to go.

Some government bureaucrats will decide that for you.

They know what's best for the police state us anyway.

Comment #9

HaveABall — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:25:48 GMT

I'm glad that this sheriff is giving honest advice that NOTHING can be done to protect their residents in this plague. As always, it's buyer beware. People of all ages, it's okay to answer your phone, but probably better to let ALL unrecognized phone #s go to one's answering machine. Later calling ONLY one's friends or vendor relationships back.

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Comment #8

Ronnie316 — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:53:34 GMT

If they only would......... The world would be a BETTER place.

Comment #7

Ronnie316 — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:51:22 GMT

But it IS the case when people wire money out of the country. There is no way to retrieve it.

Comment #6

Ronnie316 — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:48:43 GMT

Hiding from the law is a full time job.

Comment #5

Abdi — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:22:00 GMT

If it sounds too good to be true, a lot of times it is, explained Sergeant Carolyn Gundel of Manor Township Police. There's no way for us to catch who's doing it.

This sentence that I quoted from the news article above,shows that sometimes it's possible for criminals to get a way with crimes they committed,which shouldn't have been the case.

Comment #4

RedStang — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:49:25 GMT

She should of notified the Amish Mafia . They'll straighten them out.

Comment #3

fwlawrence — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:26:41 GMT

Next time, tell them not to bother you with such a small amount of money. You need to keep the phone line open so you can hear from a Nigerian prince who will send you millions

Comment #2

RJOh — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:23:58 GMT

Scam artists are usually self-employed, running scams are their jobs.

Comment #1

sully16 — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:46:29 GMT

Many people need to quit being scam artists and get jobs. Good for her.

Elderly woman tells lottery scam artist to get a job and quit bothering her

Lottery Post — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:00:30 GMT

Scam artists have been targeting a small community in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and police are warning residents to be aware.

The phone scams are concerning, especially for older people, and also nearly impossible to prosecute. Most of the time the person on the other line, is not in this country.

In the past week, two people have gone to the Manor Township Police saying that someone tried to scam them over the phone. One person was told their son was in an accident and they needed to send