Postal worker prevents man from losing thousands to lottery scams

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jamella724 — Sun, 17 Nov 2013 08:58:18 GMT

I commend him for his concern to other people. I hope other people will learn from this story so they don't have to fall for this kind of scam. Other people prefer to have easy money and they don't care if they will take advantage of other people and those kind of people are really irritating. For players we need to be extremely careful and we should be reminded that if we didn't purchase a ticket there's no way we will become winner.

Comment #11

TNPATL — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 20:50:53 GMT

I'm amazed he was so willing to fall for this!!!! I pray as I get older, I remember these types of things and do not become a victim.

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NikidaC — Wed, 16 Oct 2013 20:30:21 GMT

If you are dumb enough to send thousands of dollars to a stranger u deserve to get scammed...Idiots

Comment #9

Goteki54 — Wed, 16 Oct 2013 02:01:44 GMT

It's nce to know that there are still good people out there. Of course most of these scams target the elderly. However, a scam should be obvious. They know they didn't play a lottery in another country, so why would they think they won something they never played? Scaming people is low, but scaming elderly people is as low as a human soul can get.

Comment #8

HaveABall — Wed, 16 Oct 2013 00:37:33 GMT

Plus, sadly, some of these responders live alone and have a slight or heavy case of Dementia and/or Alzheimer brain trouble.

The wife in this article, QUICKLY, needs to gain custodianship over her husband so that he can no longer make withdrawals from their bank accounts! It's the only remaining, loving thing she can do for their future welfare.

Comment #7

billionaire2bee — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 18:24:40 GMT

I also cannot understand why in the name of the father that people keep falling for this, then they lose everything and want us to feel sorry for them...it's not like they havent been warned fifty million times over...I mean really people who would believe someone you never met in Nigeria would tell you you've won some money??? I mean really Nigeria has a lottery bigger than powerball?? Also why in the wold would you have to send money to receive money?? Why arent they sending you forms from the... [ More ]

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CLETU$ — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 18:19:01 GMT

We shouldn't.Anyone who thinks they are going to win a lottery that they didn't play is S T U P I D!!! Stupidity doesn't deserve any sympathy

Comment #5

Stack47 — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 18:11:55 GMT

People pay lots of money for those stupid people lists . And not all the people on those lists are stupid, just guilty of filing out an Online questionnaire. Not many people respond and those who do are usually more greedy than stupid. That's still a very lethal combination and I can't figure out why we should feel sorry for them.

Comment #4

RJOh — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 15:51:43 GMT

They only respond if you send money but to get one of those letters you have to first get on someone's list of stupid people. I haven't gotten one of those letters for years, I guess the list I was on isn't active anymore.

Comment #3

CLETU$ — Mon, 14 Oct 2013 19:55:58 GMT

I'd just turn the mail over to the Postal authorities and let them handle it.

Comment #2

ttech10 — Mon, 14 Oct 2013 19:30:19 GMT

I'll never understand why people fall for these.

There are plenty of examples of things here in the US where you have to pay some sort of tax, yet you don't have to pay anything to receive them.

If I ever get one of these scam letters I'll send them a reply telling them to simply take the taxes/duties/fees out of my winnings. It would be interesting to see if they respond to me. I would try to bribe them in another reply, saying once they send me the money I would send triple the taxes/dut... [ More ]

Comment #1

dallascowboyfan — Mon, 14 Oct 2013 16:53:32 GMT

Good looking out observant postal clerk

Postal worker prevents man from losing thousands to lottery scams

Lottery Post — Mon, 14 Oct 2013 16:42:46 GMT

Foreign lottery schemes continue to surface, keeping postal clerks and inspectors busy looking out for potential victims.

An observant postal clerk helped a man who had rival con-artists scheming him for cash, and it's a story that could help you or someone you know from falling for a similar scheme.

They are told they've won a prize, either a sweepstakes or a lottery prize, but there is a catch, said Steve Bolz, U.S. Postal Inspector.

Foreign lottery schemes are costing Americans more... [ More ]