Man loses $41,000 in sweepstakes scam

Comment #7

LottoBuddy — Mon, 08 Mar 2004 19:57:50 GMT

Like Martha Stewart, these scam artists should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and put in jail. Unfortunately, they are able to take advantage of people's greed and stupidity to steal millions. It is usually senior citizens that are targetted, but this warehouse worker was too dumb to do any due diligence or listen to his wife's common sense.

Comment #6

goose — Sun, 07 Mar 2004 08:52:58 GMT

I dreamt about being scamed...

Comment #5

Pick-4_Master — Fri, 05 Mar 2004 22:35:59 GMT

The obvious thing that it was a scam was he had to send them money.You don't send money if you won a Lottery Jackpot you only spend money on the tickets.Even if you win a Car or House in a Sweepstakes I think you only pay taxes on it but you verify everything first to make sure it's not a scam.When I get letters like that in the mail I send them a letter saying *SS HOLE in nice big letters.

Comment #4

fja — Fri, 05 Mar 2004 18:27:02 GMT

The dream of tripleing your money sometimes is to much to resist for some people....even if it cost them a couple of thousand diollars to do it....its too tempting for some people to just let pass....the dream becomes so powerful it consumes the ability to think straight...

Comment #3

whodeani — Fri, 05 Mar 2004 16:41:59 GMT

How would a U.S. resident qualify for a lottery in Spain anyway? You obviously don't need to buy tickets for this lottery so I would think it would have to be attached to your social security number or whatever they use over there in Spain. If this is the case, then I would think only Spanish residents would qualify. The red flags should have went up like crazy for this guy.

Comment #2

Todd — Fri, 05 Mar 2004 15:09:48 GMT

I like to think it's people being gullible rather than stupid. Smart people can make stupid mistakes. I keep posting these stories in the hope that trusting people will think twice before giving their money to a scammer.

Comment #1

tg636 — Fri, 05 Mar 2004 13:28:53 GMT

And people fall for these things even after story after story like this appears. Do people ever wonder how they've won a lottery they didn't buy a ticket for? Are some people so dumb they deserve to lose their money

Man loses $41,000 in sweepstakes scam

Lottery Post — Fri, 05 Mar 2004 09:25:57 GMT

A 28-year-old Franklin, New Jersey man got a letter in the mail indicating he had won more than $600,000 in Spain's El Gordo Sweepstakes Lottery program. But over a two-week period, that Franklin man wound up withdrawing money from his bank account, taking cash advances on his credit card, borrowing from family and losing about $41,000 to the lottery scam.And police say it's unlikely the money will ever be recovered.Now the warehouse worker, who asked that his name not be used, is taking out a... [ More ]