Police grab millionaire teenager suspected in lottery scam

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tntea — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:01:06 GMT

I am just amazed at the idiots that would send a $5000 processing fee in the first place..

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nobie23 — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 18:56:24 GMT

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Lurk More N00b — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 02:30:50 GMT

... but only if you could play the whole game in one sitting and not allocated over twenty years.

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Todd — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 00:57:05 GMT

You'd make a good partner for Trivial Pursuit.

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CASH Only — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 00:05:01 GMT

I have a large foreign coin (non-Canadian/non-Mexican) collection. Among my coins is a J$20. I don't know the exchange rate, but I'm sure the Jamaican dollar is worth much less than the US dollar, and probably also the Mexican peso (US$1=Mex$11).

Also I believe lottery wins are taxable in Jamaica.

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Littleoldlady — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 17:57:54 GMT

Good for them!! I hope they also have a law that permits them to seize all of their assets, too.

Police grab millionaire teenager suspected in lottery scam

Lottery Post — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 17:51:00 GMT

Jamaica police investigating an international sweepstakes and lottery scam, were last night interrogating a 19-year-old St James woman to determine how she came to have $1 million in cash in her possession.

After news of the police operation spread, the question on the lips of Montegonians was where did such a young woman get so much money.

The woman, Sheneika Headley gave her address as Westgate Hills, an upscale residential district near this north coast tourist resort city. The police w... [ More ]