Crooks stealing instant Scratch off tickets From Conveince Stores in NYC

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TheOtherOne — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 04:24:35 GMT

And fir this very reason it seems to me the crooks would never be able to cash anything above $500 since they'd be caught at the lottery commission when they take it

Sounds like Darwin award candidates to me

Reply #11

taxijohn — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:21:04 GMT

One also has to wonder if the clerks themselves scratch maybe a stack of 30 tickets and if no big winners, make this claim. All the tickets have serial numbers and I am sure there is probably some hot line where the clerk can call and report tickets 1342xxx to 1342xxx have been stolen... something like that. Don't forget though, a lot of scams are committed by the clerks or store owners themselves.......

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JONNIE — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:53:17 GMT

What snip s!!! I hope they get caught and do time for larceny. Its unfair 2 people like me who honestly buy NY scratchers.. Imagine they hit a jackpot??? They would prob get caught on their way 2 claim a huge win, cuz in NY u gotta go public and by that time they would be busted 4 sure....

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Tnplayer805 — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:52:10 GMT

In this case it's a race. The crooks stealing the tickets know that they have a VERY short window of opportunity. All they need to do is scratch the validation numbers off and have the next retailers scan them. The retailers really have to be quick to report the crime to lottery officials. Thankfully, they can report the stolen tickets quickly. However, if the crime goes unnoticed for 10 minutes or more... it's really too late. Also, I would hope cashiers would first contact the lottery (with th... [ More ]

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NYSlugger 777 — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:41:29 GMT

The local news on TV in my area reported that the crooks were able to cash most of the tickets before they could be reported stolen

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TheOtherOne — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:32:12 GMT

i thot these ages were inventoried daily. If so they should be able to track the ones they stole and turn them off so to speak --void them as stated above.

I hope they catch the snip s!

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NYSlugger 777 — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 04:04:27 GMT

I know this is insane and on the Local News on TV it stated he stole $800 worth of $20 scratch off tickets from a store in Parkchester, Bronx. I hope they can void the tickets before the crooks can cash them in.

The Eight commandment is Thou Shall Not Steal and these guys will pay for what they done!The Stole fomr the State lottery and they stole potential winning tickets that honest and paying lottery customers could have brought. What a shame.....

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dallascowboyfan — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 02:14:50 GMT

This is CRAZY..........And I thought I read it all......

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Littleoldlady — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 04:22:41 GMT

I wonder if they can void out the ticket numbers BEFORE they can cash them in? This is crazy!! 2 types of scratch off scams ..Wow!!! I hope they get caught.

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Jordans121 — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 04:18:52 GMT

This is great news. lol.

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grave — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 04:13:52 GMT

nah, if they tried that here in VA where i live.... the store owner would have ran after them with a 12 gauge shot gun and put one in all 3 of their a$$es........

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Set4life — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 14:56:07 GMT

snip , I hope this snip gets caught!!! if he tried that sh1t here on the island, he would get his ass beat lol

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Crooks stealing instant Scratch off tickets From Conveince Stores in NYC

NYSlugger 777 — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 06:18:13 GMT

I read the news a few days ago but now that these creeps still havent been caught I have decided to post the story. Form what I read a few days ago the scam artists works the scam similar to this...

The crooks walk into a store that sells lottery and asks for a large amount of scratchoff tickets to purchase. Once the Lotto clerk gets them puts them onto the counter he then distracts them by asking a question such as Can you please get me some rubberbands . Once the Lotto clerk has their back