Lottery ticket scam costs victim $19,000

Comment #20

music* — Wed, 17 May 2017 17:03:55 GMT

and uses it as a friend to humanity Be very careful about this general advice. Do not give your winnings away.

May Emily Leach rest in peace. She was the winner of a million-dollar lottery prize. She is shown in videos giving her winnings away. She had a good heart and was a soft touch. May God bless her.

Comment #19

EdG1955 — Wed, 10 May 2017 21:22:49 GMT

Un tonto y su dinero pronto se separaron.

(A fool and his money are soon parted.

Comment #18

TheMeatman2005 — Mon, 08 May 2017 21:22:35 GMT

SMH

Unbelievable, but sadly true.

Comment #17

noise-gate — Mon, 08 May 2017 18:01:12 GMT

One could laugh, but that's what makes this site so informative.No one is immune to be taken for a ride from a crafty, professional shyster promising untold wealth: *Think Bernie Madoff. We learn, or rather should have learned from our Elders to avoid the too good to be true stories out there.Hats off to the Staff of LP for bringing these and other reports to our attention.

Comment #16

MillionsWanted — Mon, 08 May 2017 03:23:25 GMT

I could laugh, but it's tragic and embarrassing for the victim. I wonder how they found out this man was gullible enough to believe their scam.

Comment #15

konane — Mon, 08 May 2017 02:21:09 GMT

Such an old scam, looks like they would have heard of it.

Comment #14

Stack47 — Mon, 08 May 2017 02:11:36 GMT

I read the article three times and I'm speechless.

How could anybody be so stupid

Comment #13

noise-gate — Mon, 08 May 2017 01:10:50 GMT

It's quite possible that these characters under discussion have never heard of PT Barnum but..

He wrote The desire for wealth is nearly universal, and none can say it is not laudable, provided the possessor of it accepts its responsibilities, and uses it as a friend to humanity. - The Art of Money Getting.

Comment #12

music* — Sun, 07 May 2017 23:45:57 GMT

I see it as American Greed on both sides. The ignorance of the victim. The self-hatred of the criminals. Crime does not pay. Will the criminals declare the $14,000.00 on their tax form

Comment #11

noise-gate — Sun, 07 May 2017 22:03:11 GMT

He probably hightailed it home to get this out in order to recover from a self inflicted wound.

Comment #10

MaximumMillions — Sun, 07 May 2017 20:50:12 GMT

Maybe he won a $19k scratcher in front of them and he thought he had a lucky streak

Comment #9

noahproblem — Sun, 07 May 2017 20:40:01 GMT

Heck if he's that foolish to give away $19K he might just be foolish enough to think he's still going to get the $750K if they get these guys...

Comment #8

noise-gate — Sun, 07 May 2017 20:26:12 GMT

The following thoughts went through my mind when l read this article..

Did these con men show him the ticket or did he simply believe them because they spoke Spanish?

If you savvy enough to save $19K why are you then foolish to part with it on the word of total strangers?

Does he really think that when if these guys are arrested that they going to find $19K on them

Comment #7

MaximumMillions — Sun, 07 May 2017 18:51:38 GMT

Or too dumb to believe someone would give up 750k for 19k.

Did he really believe they would gift him 731k? Really? For that kind of money you can find somebody else to cash it in for you or hell, take it and be deported. Seriously.

Comment #6

Bleudog101 — Sun, 07 May 2017 18:36:45 GMT

I had a pre-conceived notion that this was an elderly man.

Guess you are never to young to be scammed.

Comment #5

noise-gate — Sun, 07 May 2017 18:14:32 GMT

l could somewhat understand if it's a person in their late 70-90's, who is thoroughly conned by a professional.But 42 years old? What's more surprising is going to the Authorities, and in the process showing them your idiocy.

Comment #4

hearsetrax — Sun, 07 May 2017 18:01:27 GMT

I don't know which is worse,

that fact that hes 6 years younger then me or the fact it happen in a family dollar store

Comment #3

noise-gate — Sun, 07 May 2017 17:21:52 GMT

42 year old..oh please.

Comment #2

NeedyNotGreedy — Sun, 07 May 2017 17:19:19 GMT

Now I know the meaning of a fool and his money...lol

Comment #1

hearsetrax — Sun, 07 May 2017 17:10:14 GMT

Lottery ticket scam costs victim $19,000

Lottery Post — Sun, 07 May 2017 16:05:20 GMT

Includes video report

Haines City police are looking for the pair who used the promise of a Florida Lotto payoff to scam a man out of $19,000.

According to investigators, they met the victim at a Family Dollar store. Police released surveillance video of the three men together.

The men told the 42-year-old victim they had a winning lottery ticket worth $750,000, but they said they couldn't claim it because they're not here legally. They told him if he gave them $19,000 cash, they would... [ More ]