FBI following leads in lottery scam

Comment #6

dvdiva — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:02:31 GMT

It's legal to buy tickets for yourself. If you win the Canadian lottery then you get the check after 60-90 days like any other lottery. Depending on how it pays out you would have to send a check to the IRS since the Canadian lottery isn't going to withhold anything. Prizes in Canada are paid in cash and are tax-free for people that have governments smart enough not to tax state run jackpots.

Comment #5

LckyLary — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:05:37 GMT

I am part Canadian so these people running these scams are insulting my ethnicity! That being said, what's wrong with the Lottery in one's own State or at least a neighboring State? Who wants to hassle getting a passport and freezing their just to play the Lottery? For the cost to go there it would be better to buy 100 Powerball tickets or something. Maybe that's the person only skillz, either running a scam or flipping burgers. I learned a long time ago that if I didn't play it, don't believe i... [ More ]

Comment #4

dvdiva — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:43:50 GMT

As long as people don't think this type of scam will continue. If you want to win the Canadian lottery (like 6/49 or Super 7) then go to Canada and get tickets. Odds are the winner will be from Ontario or Quebec and not you but that's life. If you didn't get tickets you can't win. Even if you get tickets you can't win.

Ok, you might win $3 or so if your lucky.

The other big red flag is the $400,000 prize for second place. Unless you play the extra (depends on the province) you can't win th... [ More ]

Comment #3

tntea — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:03:22 GMT

Yeah... either get a job, or sign up for public assistance.. Taxpayers should be supporting them so they don't have to steal from others illegally.

Comment #2

spy153 — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:44:23 GMT

I really hate evil people. Why can't they just get a job

Comment #1

JettaMan — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:50:27 GMT

Hmm, how can people be duped like this? Anytime you HAVE to send money...then the red flag should go up... If I had $12K to send to a stranger, then I'd either insane in the head or insane with greed...

FBI following leads in lottery scam

Lottery Post — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:20:00 GMT

A Monroe, New York, man became the unwitting middleman in a sweepstakes-style international lottery scam that had the potential of bilking tens of thousands of dollars from its victims, police said.

Monroe police Detective Jim Frankild worked with Warminster, Pa., police to investigate the scam, which, according to Frankild, went like this: A con man calls an elderly Warminster woman and tells her that she's the second-place winner of the Canadian lottery, even though she never played. The vi... [ More ]