Texas Woman Scammed by 'Friend' in 'Facebook Lottery'

Comment #44

TNPATL — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 14:42:23 GMT

DUH the moment you see Africa you need to just laugh and hit DELETE!!! I get messages from an African often. They all get deleted and BLOCKED.

Comment #43

RJOh — Fri, 06 Jun 2014 12:09:00 GMT

Yesterday I got a call from someone with an Asian accent saying I had been entered in a sweepstakes and won. When I replied so they asked if I wanted to know what I had won and I said No I'm not interested, you sound like a scam and hung up. Afterward I wished I had said No and tell your cheap ass boss to spend a little extra to hire someone who speak better English, he might attract more suckers .

Comment #42

Get paid — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 21:54:15 GMT

Unbelivable people still fall for this one.

Comment #41

Marilyn222 — Wed, 28 May 2014 11:15:21 GMT

Foolish...

Comment #40

DoctorWhy — Sun, 25 May 2014 20:32:43 GMT

If it sounds too good too be true, than it probably is.

Cupidity has led many a men to their doom

Comment #39

JoeCanWin — Sun, 25 May 2014 17:49:31 GMT

Your thinking is exactly what crooks figure as to justify stealing from people like her. Sad that (some) people think it is Ok to steal from hopeful people and that they must deserve it. NOT ok in my book. I hope you don't always believe they deserve it? A victim is a victim, and a crook is a crook, two separate people, two separate beliefs.

Comment #38

dpoly1 — Sun, 25 May 2014 17:17:09 GMT

and in speak of the widdle demon spawn

Comment #37

One-Day — Sun, 25 May 2014 16:39:32 GMT

Amazing. Reminds me of my ex mother-in-law. I could sell that blond woman ice in the North Pole and the thing is that I have no doubt she would repeatedly thank me for it afterwards. She couldn't chew gum and walk at the same time. Dumb as a rock. Funny thing is she is married to an off the charts IQ guy who is an executive of one US senator's food processing plants. Opposites attract I guess.

Comment #36

CDanaT — Sun, 25 May 2014 11:31:41 GMT

CT,

While you are probably correct, only those with an agenda would try to twist it into something that it isn't or was never intended to be. Neither you or I can fix the gormless but it is funny sometimes. Kudos to you, sir !!

Take a moment to thank all of our veterans this weekend both present and past

Comment #35

mrcraft — Sun, 25 May 2014 01:43:14 GMT

If it were me that got taken for a ride with this scam, I'd be too embarrassed to appear on TV.

Comment #34

Goteki54 — Sun, 25 May 2014 01:19:02 GMT

A sucker is born every minute, and that's not gong to change anytime soonEven though she got taken, she should consider herself lucky that she didn't get suckered for much more. I watch American Greed on CNBC, it amazes me how people get scammed for tens and hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Comment #33

rdgrnr — Sat, 24 May 2014 22:06:50 GMT

I agree, Drenick.

Mediabratwurst likes to start political arguments by nitpicking any obscure comment to find something to complain about.

It doesn't matter that Oblahblah was an integral part of the story. He doesn't want anything negative about him to be allowed to be mentioned anywhere, ever.

But the good part is, after you give mediabratwurst a good, sound thrashing, he goes away for a few months and everybody is happy again.

It's the same thing with KY Jelly Man Floyd. They're l... [ More ]

Comment #32

Coin Toss — Sat, 24 May 2014 20:31:20 GMT

chrissy16,

Africa??? Need I say more

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LottoBoner,

Perhaps those running the scam simply avoided saying 'Nigeria'.

You're being way overly pc here.

Too bad I don't make predictions but if I did I would predict this will trigger several non-pc replies from you.

Comment #31

paradisenow — Sat, 24 May 2014 18:08:36 GMT

People do not need to be stupid or greedy to be scammed... They just need to be human...

Comment #30

Marilyn222 — Sat, 24 May 2014 16:29:57 GMT

It's greed.

Comment #29

Drenick1 — Sat, 24 May 2014 15:23:03 GMT

Those who oppose Obama would have known better. It's his supporters who feel he is looking out for them and is the main reason other than greed to fall prey to such a comical scam.

Comment #28

Drenick1 — Sat, 24 May 2014 15:18:11 GMT

Politics was an important factor in her decision as the alledged endorsement of Obama appeals to his base. Anyone who doesn't agree with the president's idiology would have quickly ignored the solicitation. The victim was probably aware of Barrack Obama's African heritage which is why she fell for the scam.

You're the clueless idiot who couldn't make the relevant connection in this story.

Comment #27

cynthhss9 — Sat, 24 May 2014 13:04:16 GMT

Why would anyone not believe Obama didn't take time off from golfing, vacationing and fundraising for crooks to put his stamp of approval on this phony scandal

Comment #26

cynthhss9 — Sat, 24 May 2014 12:55:55 GMT

Typical NY liberal

Comment #25

pickone4me — Sat, 24 May 2014 12:35:00 GMT

I say the same about mainstream media on tv. what you sometimes see on the tv news is not always true, or accurate

Comment #24

CDanaT — Sat, 24 May 2014 10:50:39 GMT

You can't fix gormless

Comment #23

Gleno — Sat, 24 May 2014 08:40:12 GMT

This story is proof that what you sometimes read on the Internet is not always true.

Why would anyone believe that the President, who has more important duties and pressing issues, even endorse this kind of message, which should have been a red flag .

Sorry to read that she sent the crooks $750.00.

Facebook is a marketing tool. MZ's concept of a Friends social media network is a clever endeavor, that has made him millions to his credit but we should use some common sense.

Comment #22

KY Floyd — Sat, 24 May 2014 07:17:37 GMT

Anyone who read the story should have the context.

Facebook Powerball lottery? Endorsed by Obama, but he has to send the taxes to Africa? Oh. Well, maybe she's one of those idiots.

Comment #21

mediabrat — Sat, 24 May 2014 05:06:21 GMT

She's lucky she only lost $750. Others have lost thousands of dollars to these scams.

As for the idiot a few posts up trying to bring politics into it, that wasn't the point of this story and it has no place here.

Comment #20

Greg2117 — Sat, 24 May 2014 01:33:09 GMT

Comment #19

hearsetrax — Sat, 24 May 2014 00:49:07 GMT

she probably the other bottle blonde still waiting on the big check for her votes

Comment #18

Drenick1 — Fri, 23 May 2014 23:13:36 GMT

This lottery scam was endorsed by Obama...lol! I have a sneaking suspicion that this lady is a big supporter of good ol Barrack.

Comment #17

Teddi — Fri, 23 May 2014 23:01:09 GMT

A $750 lesson. I really really really want to feel bad for her, but COME ON. There were about a million red flags here. At this point I can't even blame the scammers. They don't even have to try all that hard. I'm beginning to think scam artists will need to put THIS IS A SCAM in big block letters for people to stop sending their hard earned money in to these fake lotteries.

Comment #16

LottoBoner — Fri, 23 May 2014 22:56:56 GMT

I wish that I could log on to my FB account so I could debunk this nonsense.

Comment #15

LottoBoner — Fri, 23 May 2014 22:55:51 GMT

Holy, your comment can be taken out of context a little.

Comment #14

bluerain — Fri, 23 May 2014 22:30:29 GMT

greed and stupid == loss

Comment #13

bluerain — Fri, 23 May 2014 22:29:07 GMT

people are stupid, because they are greedy. they deserve to get scammed

Comment #12

lottolaughs — Fri, 23 May 2014 22:25:42 GMT

OMG...hello! South Africa? Taxes? FACEBOOK? Red flags anyone? Yes,folks...this is what greed gets you. $750 poorer.

Comment #11

mikeintexas — Fri, 23 May 2014 22:12:13 GMT

I was checking email earlier and noticed a mail in the spam folder w/ the subject line: Facebook Lottery . I deleted it, along with the rest.

Comment #10

lottoguysocal — Fri, 23 May 2014 20:12:15 GMT

poor lady, next time she should go with her gut instincts, never heard of paying fees to collect a winning you won in the lottery

Comment #9

hearsetrax — Fri, 23 May 2014 20:03:07 GMT

Whaa whaaa whaaaaaaaaaaa

Comment #8

MADDOG10 — Fri, 23 May 2014 19:43:33 GMT

Well Little Lady, Got some ocean front property in Arizona in case you get a hankering to cool off at the beach awhile.

For only a third of what you paid for nothing. Contact me via the intercom, I'll hear yah....

Comment #7

noise-gate — Fri, 23 May 2014 19:31:40 GMT

She was PROMISED that the money would be delivered to her door but it never came ...

Was she expecting a Loomis truck to show up outside her residence to drop off K250?

What l would like to know is : Why did she not run this by her husband, children, grandchildren etc? As someone earlier posted Greed - the Gollum syndrome its all mine, its my precious ...not!

Hats off to Todd for 1st Class entertainment

Comment #6

rdgrnr — Fri, 23 May 2014 18:44:14 GMT

There's a sucker born every minute

-P.T. Barnum

There's a crook born every second

-Ridge Runner

Comment #5

Jani Norman — Fri, 23 May 2014 18:41:08 GMT

It's bad enough that they scam the elderly out of life savings, she looks like an intelligent lady that would not fall for something like that, I just don't understand people, who think that if you send money off to someone you've never met or seen that they will send you that kind of money back

Comment #4

mypiemaster — Fri, 23 May 2014 18:34:41 GMT

Greed, Greed, Greed, with friends like that........

Comment #3

EdG1955 — Fri, 23 May 2014 18:34:32 GMT

It wasn't Nigeria. I mean, who would be suspicious of South Africa

Comment #2

mrcraft — Fri, 23 May 2014 18:27:08 GMT

Endorsed by President Obama should have been a big red flag too.

Comment #1

chrissy16 — Fri, 23 May 2014 18:15:01 GMT

Africa??? Need I say more

Texas Woman Scammed by 'Friend' in 'Facebook Lottery'

Lottery Post — Fri, 23 May 2014 18:05:02 GMT

Includes video report

A woman in Texas says she was the victim of a well-worn scam, but what was unique in her case was that the fraudulent pitch came to her through a Facebook friend and was allegedly endorsed by President Obama.

Kris White admits that she shouldn't have been fooled last week by the Facebook message saying she had won $250,000 in a Facebook Powerball lottery, ABC News affiliate KTRK reported. She said she was shown documents that wrote United States with lowercase letters... [ More ]