Florida lottery winner discovers unemployment benefits collected by imposter

Comment #12

JeetKuneDoLotto — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 00:22:14 GMT

Whatsa DEO?

Dectective in the

Employment

Office?

2 Million Nice win. Invest in Alfie Oaks please

Comment #11

sully16 — Wed, 25 May 2022 10:59:19 GMT

Congrats on his win, hope they catch the imposter.

Comment #10

Stack47 — Sun, 22 May 2022 02:09:41 GMT

Personally know someone that never filed for unemployment but got a 1099-G saying they were paid over $11,000 from FPUC claims. The mistake was corrected, but several states are still investigating people working in their unemployment compensation offices for fraud.

Possible some of the lottery winners telling their stories are embellishing what actually happened, but most of the time it makes for good conversation.

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Todd — Sat, 21 May 2022 21:03:15 GMT

Thank you, we do strive to publish a good variety of interesting and impactful news stories. Quality over quantity. Kate does do a tremendous amount of research on the videos as well.

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MsBee18 — Sat, 21 May 2022 18:25:22 GMT

No telling what else this fellow has in his name. Out of the 1.4 million he took in 2014, has he secured his assets

Comment #7

Mata Garbo — Sat, 21 May 2022 17:29:19 GMT

Identity theft is a very serious problem. It can happen in so many ways. The more info we have on how it can happen, the more we can try to protect ourselves. Kate and Todd continues to work very hard to make sure we get thought provoking and important stories. The stories they do about how lottery officials make decisions is invaluable to lottery players. Clearly you have never watched the amount of research Kate does to bring us videos and pictures of past lottery winners.? Those stories can b... [ More ]

Comment #6

Artist77 — Sat, 21 May 2022 12:05:33 GMT

There are crooks all over and it only takes a minute for your info to be grabbed. I was at an event years ago and placed a tote bag on my seat with my purse. I went to a table in front 10 feet away for a minute. I found out later that 2 credit cards had been lifted. I put a fraud alert on my credit report and was buying a new car months later. I typically turn my phone to silent during a meeting and the sales rep apparently tried calling my phone and I did not see the call. When I did not see th... [ More ]

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Bleudog101 — Sat, 21 May 2022 11:16:53 GMT

Great advice! We did this for two of the three credit reporting agencies when it became available. Back then, in KY it cost $10 to unfreeze it for your specified time limit and had to call them, I think with the lengthy PIN. Then the Feds mandated that it be free nationwide. Now can be done electronically vs the 'old way'.

For those who still write checks, use gel ink vs standard ink so it can't be lifted off by thieves to change the amount. Also use for instance J D. Customer vs Joanne D. Cu... [ More ]

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MrLotto$ — Sat, 21 May 2022 03:17:57 GMT

Sometimes I think they make up these stories

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PrisonerSix — Sat, 21 May 2022 02:49:02 GMT

That is what it looks like to me. I've had something like that happen to me. One day I got a call from a finance company stating someone applied for a loan in my name and I told them it wasn't me. They advised me to freeze my credit reports, which I did. I also found the application for the loan on one of my credit reports and luckily, they removed it.

I also had one of my credit card numbers stolen twice within a few months. It made no sense to me how they found this information. I report... [ More ]

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Raven62 — Fri, 20 May 2022 23:49:11 GMT

A clear case of Identity Theft!

10 Things to Do if Your Identity Is Stolen:

https://money.usnews.com/money/personal-finance/family-finance/articles/things-to-do-after-your-identity-is-stolen

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Bleudog101 — Fri, 20 May 2022 23:17:10 GMT

Going to have to read this for the third time. Wondering if it is a case of stolen ID?

To make readers smile a man got change for a $100 an hour ago to play scratch tickets from the lottery machine. Mr. Nosey, me, said why don't you play Mega Millions? He just looked @ me and left. Came back in five minutes later and showed me and my dog (like she cared) his $5K win!

Today is National Rescue Dog day which Clarabelle is. Didn't rescue a dog today but did rescue a $10 Mega Millions... [ More ]

Florida lottery winner discovers unemployment benefits collected by imposter

Lottery Post — Fri, 20 May 2022 23:03:17 GMT

Charles Dennis Engelhardt's legacy of state lottery winnings took a strange turn this month when Florida's unemployment offices (DEO) and Florida Lottery withheld his $600 Florida Lotto X winnings to cover part of a current debt balance of $1,799 for an unemployment overpayment.

Engelhardt told News 6 the notices made no sense because he and his wife retired in early 2014 and have had no reason to collect unemployment benefits over the last 8 years.

We were making close to what we were m... [ More ]