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California man loses $9,000 in lottery scamNews Story
Sunnyvale police are looking for two men suspected of concocting a lottery scam to steal thousands of dollars from a Sunnyvale man.According to police, the pair approached a 44-year-old man in the parking lot of the Costco at 150 Lawrence Station Road around 10:30 a.m. on Dec. 10. They told the man they had a winning lottery ticket but needed to put forward a deposit in order to claim their winnings, Lt. Marty Dale said.The suspects told the man they couldn't pay the deposit because they were no
Jan 12, 2006, 8:00 am - Todd - Lottery News

The Princess Di lotto con
PRINCESS DIANA never lost her capacity to smile, laugh and inspire others, the email reads.And she has left you $3 million. To collect your winnings from a lotto set up by her estate, you are asked to please provide your name, address and employment details.Do so, and you are likely to end up the victim of fraud, warns the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.The Princess Di lotto con was the runner-up in the commission's annual Pie in the Sky Awards, recognising outrageous financi
Jan 10, 2006, 6:36 pm - goldrush - Lottery Discussion Forum

Scam website
Hello all, For the purpose of being a help to all here, not free advertising, I want to inform everyone that TheL-O-TTER.com is a complete scam. If you have given thought to using them, do not. I will be honest, I have used them and they do not pay winnings. In addition, they try to overcharge you many times for the same bet . They will not correct the problems and I had to involve my CC company to dispute the charges. What can I say, I like to experience things for myself but I share the resu
Nov 30, 2005, 10:05 am - acronym007 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Who and How do you Invest your WinningsReply
Owning domain names are a scam now? None of the big sales were EVER forfieted. Business.com, Beer.com, Men.com, great single word domain names with huge value. How can the court take these names? They can't because they are generic names and you cannot lay claim to a generic name with a Trademark. Domain names are an excellent choice for investment, they are just a vaild an option like all other that should be researched with care. Show me one scam out of those domain names I posted and those so
Oct 31, 2005, 8:22 pm - acronym007 - Lottery Discussion Forum

Gail Howard's Wheel Wins In New YorkReply
Quote: Originally posted by Maverick on February 19, 2005I purchased two of Gail Howard's products recently and she has my email. I didn't get an email about Irwin B. either, and her site has no notice of Irwin B. She also would have definately replied back to my email about it. The only Irwin B. that showed up in my searches is an Irwin B. in Brooklyn, NY (physician). I could be wrong, but maybe somehow it was a scam mail.Hey Maverick, This was not scam mail from Gail Howard. She is an honest l
Feb 20, 2005, 10:51 pm - hosni - Pick 5 Forum

Texas Couple Loses $14,000 In Lottery ScamNews Story
The Upshur County Sheriff's Department is the last place Thomas McRee, 77, expected to be Monday morning after Christmas. He was there to sort out the mess that has cost him more than all of his life savings.It all began last month with a letter to his wife, Barbara, from an Australian lottery company. It said they were the lucky winners of the Oz 6/45 lottery. Their share of the winnings: $800,000.Oz sent the McRees a check for more than $14,000 and then asked the couple to send almost that f
Dec 28, 2004, 9:45 am - Todd - Lottery News

Hoosier Lottery asks State Police to join scam probeNews Story
Hoosier Lottery officials Friday asked the Indiana State Police to help investigate their agency after a scandal over a rigged $1 million scratch-off game.Lottery Director Jack Ross said police will review and authenticate an internal investigation the agency is making following the controversy, which was uncovered earlier this week. I want to make sure the people of Indiana have confidence in the Hoosier Lottery, Ross said.Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi already is investigating the scam
Nov 13, 2004, 10:52 pm - Todd - Lottery News

“Foreign Lotteries: The Games You Can’t
color=#800080Foreign Lotteries: The Games You Cant Win.Cross-border fraud is a serious problem and it appears to be growing. For example, consumers in the U.S. and other countries lose billions of dollars each year to telemarketers operating from boiler rooms across the border who pitch bogus products, services and investments. They also lose money to Internet scam artists who operate anonymously from places outside the U.S. The most common cross-border frauds pushed by telemarketers, spam ema
Aug 18, 2004, 7:22 am - teaparty - Lottery Discussion Forum

Miami Police Search For Pair In Alleged Lotto ScamNews Story
Man, Woman Robbed Victim Of $11,000Miami Police said a Latino couple approached a woman on Feb. 4, telling her they needed her help to cash a winning lottery ticket valued at $425,000. The man and woman told the woman they would pay her a percentage of the loot, in exchange for a fee of $11,000.The following week, on Feb. 10, the woman gave the men the $11,000, and the three drove to a pharmacy in North Miami, where the woman left the cash in her car and walked inside the drugstore. The woma
Mar 17, 2004, 5:19 am - Todd - Lottery News

Foreign Lottery Scams Making Big ComebackNews Story
It starts with a postcard, a phone call -- maybe even an email -- telling you you've just won millions in a foreign lottery. It's a scam that's went underground for a while, but lately has made a comeback -- in a big way. This one here is from the Euro lottery, said Daniel Dujardin.Dujardin, 70, says it was a postcard that first hooked him in. 'You're eligible for certain amount, thousands of millions of dollars.' But of course, there was a catch. Oh, they want money up front either for taxe
Mar 17, 2004, 5:06 am - Todd - Lottery News