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Lottery Scam Reaches N.D. Sen. ConradNews Story
The letter looked official, but Sen. Kent Conrad thought the offer was fishy: wire $700 to Germany, then $715,810 in Spanish lottery winnings was his.The North Dakota Democrat even had an agent willing to talk him through -- or into -- the deal. I'm going to go right home and tell my wife, Conrad told the man who claimed to be an international lottery official. This is going to make a very merry Christmas in the Conrad household. Conrad was one of the latest targets of a mail scam that has r
Dec 18, 2003, 3:55 am - Todd - Lottery News

Minn. store clerk accused of "micro-scratching" lottery ticketsReply
This is a repeat post that I had posted last week but thought it was appropriate for this scam now revealed. Listen I have a friend who is from India. He owned a store here in Queens. He was a very nice guy or so I thought. We became friends over the years. About 3 or 4 years ago he left the country very fast. They shut the store down and left the USA so fast and left everything behind. Everything in the store I mean everything. And one day he sent me an email and we started to chat. I a
Jun 26, 2012, 3:00 pm - rgse90 - Lottery News

Lottery scams hard to resist for someNews Story
What if you got home today and found a letter in your mailbox telling you that you won thousands of dollars in a Canadian lottery? It sounds like great news, but it's actually a scam that's costing Americans millions of dollars every year. Too Good To Be True This is the scam we get the most calls and e-mails about. And it's very convincing because the letter comes with a check that looks real. So a Pennsylvania TV news crew went to Canada to find out how the scam works and where you
Jun 27, 2007, 10:46 pm - Todd - Lottery News

retailers that have no morals and will switch out winning tickets for non winning tickets
Listen I have a friend who is from India. He owned a store here in Queens. He was a very nice guy or so I thought. We became friends over the years. About 3 or 4 years ago he left the country very fast. They shut the store down and left the USA so fast and left everything behind. Everything in the store I mean everything. And one day he sent me an email and we started to chat. I acted like I knew nothing but I had heard rumours about something to do with lottery tickets etc. So we started to
Jun 16, 2012, 2:25 pm - rgse90 - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

watch out for NYS retailers Some are scamming you big time
Listen I have a friend who is from India. He owned a store here in Queens. He was a very nice guy or so I thought. We became friends over the years. About 3 or 4 years ago he left the country very fast. They shut the store down and left the USA so fast and left everything behind. Everything in the store I mean everything. And one day he sent me an email and we started to chat. I acted like I knew nothing but I had heard rumours about something to do with lottery tickets etc. So we started to
Jun 16, 2012, 12:40 am - rgse90 - Lottery Discussion Forum

you win the jackpot. how far away are you moving?Reply
I'm going to play Devil's Advocate and say that the correlation between the fake long lost sister trying to scam for insurance money and winning the lottery and moving away is the fact that if someone can try to fake family relations for an insurance scam the same person could try to scam for lottery money by faking family relations which is why moving to an undisclosed location after winning the lottery is needed.
Feb 26, 2026, 1:45 am - Lotto Motto - Lottery Discussion Forum

Would u pay for lottery numbers if its guaranteed for u to get numbersReply
I will show u first before u pay me no scam heree
Jan 21, 2026, 9:54 am - Warbarks - Lottery Discussion Forum

$1.7 BILLION: Will Powerball create a Christmas billionaire?Reply
It's only a scam when you're not the one holding the winning ticket.
Dec 25, 2025, 7:36 am - johnnyBlaze - Lottery News

New Jersey couple wins $3 million lottery prize six months after winning $1 millionReply
NJlottery scratch offs are a scam, they go to the same areas most the time.
Nov 22, 2025, 7:52 am - ZeroCool - Lottery News

Private SelectionReply
Well, what else would I say besides scam alert! in a thread that is... a scam?
Jul 18, 2025, 12:01 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery Discussion Forum