Woman receives realistic lottery scam letter, check

Comment #13

KY Floyd — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 23:48:11 GMT

I'm just guessing, but the part about the money being to help with taxes is probably the key. A fairly common scam is to send somebody a worthless check, asking them to deposit it and wire the money somewhere for some reason. One version is when you've offered something for sale online a scammer will send you a check for more than the selling price and claim they've made arrangements for shipping but you need to send the payment to the shipper. If they can make you think there's a plausible reas... [ More ]

Comment #12

gatorsrok — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 22:56:56 GMT

The article does not really explain how the woman would have been out the $7k if she cashed the check. These scams have been around for a while. The only way she would have been out the money is if she actually sent money to the scammers.

Comment #11

HaveABall — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 21:50:40 GMT

Tipton ... really? Ha ha.

Comment #10

Groppo — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 21:20:19 GMT

.

Exactamundo!

I hate rip-offs. I hate anything indecent and corrupt.

Sad situation, if it has to do with scams.

I didn't even read the whole article. Did I have to?

If I ever win a big lotto, I'm going to hold a small lotto myself, from my own winnings.

I don't know yet, how big or how far it will reach, or depending on my tax liability, at that point,

but doggonit, it's going to be REAL, and nothing to do with telephones.

It will be, say 4 chances for a given amount of... [ More ]

Comment #9

LottoAce — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 19:56:58 GMT

con artist are everywhere in everything...

funny thing is, these people are intelligent,

educated, and able enough to work in an

honest proffesion

Comment #8

Raven62 — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 17:29:01 GMT

Good One: Social Engineering at its Finest

Comment #7

Gambler4Life — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 17:01:19 GMT

OKAY!! I've won lots of state lotteries (DC, VA, MD, TX, MO, TN, NJ, GA, RI, IL, FL) to know better than to pay somebody to get paid!! C'mon man

Comment #6

Gambler4Life — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 16:57:27 GMT

You are funny as hell!!! As they say in Washington, DC, Don't get got.

Comment #5

noise-gate — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 14:08:20 GMT

It's unfortunate but many people out there will attempt to cash those checks.The old adage still applies: If you did NOT enter a contest, you did not win.

Comment #4

Bleudog101 — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 13:15:37 GMT

No, I hear you loud and clear. The lotto scammers that got my Dad will get theirs. And that biatch that befriended my Dad and ran up huge credit card bills...she'll get hers too. Dad had Alzheimers and all this happened before he went to a memory care center.

I read the IRS scammers came from Mumbai, India and many were arrested.

Please, please let me get one of these fake lottery scam letters...I'm salivating like Pavlov's dog

Comment #3

dpoly1 — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 12:42:31 GMT

Stealing from hard working people

Comment #2

rcbbuckeye — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 12:40:09 GMT

This might sound rash, but frankly, these scammers don't deserve to live.

Comment #1

ressuccess — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 12:36:19 GMT

I didn't know there was a lottery report on this one.

Woman receives realistic lottery scam letter, check

Lottery Post — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 12:01:50 GMT

Includes video report

Something that many people would want to hear is, You've won the lottery! When the information comes from a scammer trying to steal your money, beware. It's no game.

With two months left before Christmas, thousands of these letters will likely be mailed. The Federal Trade Commission is warning people to watch out for fake lottery scams involving the fraudulent use of the Mega Millions name or logo. Some of the phony names being used include Mega Millions Mobile Lotter... [ More ]