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With promise of $1.5m prize, scam artist bilks woman out of nearly $28,000News Story
Vivian Murphy thought back to that heart-stopping moment when the voice on the phone proclaimed her the winner of a $1.5 million sweepstakes prize. For decades, Murphy, 85, had been a huge fan of Publishers Clearing House, the peddler of magazine subscriptions and household items widely known for TV commercials of winners dissolving into happy tears when presented with a gargantuan check. She entered nearly every drawing in the company's 50-year history, during which lucky winners have receiv
May 15, 2018, 8:12 am - Todd - Lottery News

Scratchs Off Is A Rip Off Stop Throwing Your Money Away.
I AM CERTIFIED TO SAY THAT I HAVE BOUGHT MULTIPLE BOOKS JUST TO SEE IF THERE IS A BIG WINNER SOMEWHERE. NOPE NO BIG WINNER HERE, ALL I GET IS 40-60% OF MY MONEY BACK. Math is too hard.... If I spend $500 on a whole book. I only get back $250. That is confirmed by many people, so expect you get 50% back. WOW I bought a whole book like 10 times and I can't even get a big winner? SCAM Lottery is a tax on stupid people, well the scratch offs. Jackpot games are not a scam
Jul 9, 2018, 9:33 pm - rosumary - Instant ("Scratch-Off") Games Forum

NY man sentenced to 4+ years in prison for lottery scam targeting elderlyNews Story
A New York man who ran a bogus lottery scam, in which elderly people were told they won millions but would have to pay taxes in advance to receive a payout, has been sentenced to more than four years in federal prison and ordered to repay more than $733,000. Wilder Vladimir Merelan, 29, of West Hempsted, New York, was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison by Judge Mark L. Wolf in U.S. District Court in Boston, according to the U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz's office. Wolf also ordered him to p
Aug 11, 2016, 2:13 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Oklahoma Lottery warns about Powerball scam spreading through FacebookNews Story
The Oklahoma Lottery Commission is warning the public of a new scam that is affecting Facebook users nationwide. The Oklahoma Lottery says there is a post circulating on Facebook that allows users to click on a link taking them to a website claiming the Powerball is giving away $1 million jackpot instantly. The website address reportedly includes various misspellings of Powerball, including Powerbooll and Pawerball. Officials say there is also a letter circulating with a fake offer fro
Oct 22, 2015, 12:34 pm - Todd - Lottery News

ALL STATES Straight Run..Good LuckReply
AND THAT IS WHAT IT IS DESIGNED TO DO... THOSE HIGHLY ILLEGAL TEST DRAWS!!!!!! 50 Years ago we shot men off this planet and sent them to the moon...landed them there...blasted off the moon and came back to earth..but we cant build a little box that blows air around to draw ONE BALL OR BUILD a BIG BUBBLEGUM BALL MACHINE to roll out 5 balls for Powerball or Megamillions.. either it is a SCAM or we have the sorriest engineers the United States has ever produced... NOW SIN
Sep 18, 2015, 12:57 pm - lotterybraker - Pick 3 Forum

Jamaican lottery scam investigation leads to MississippiNews Story
A Jamaican national was arrested in Gulfport, Mississippi, Monday for his role in an alleged Jamaican lottery scam. Damion Aljunior Hill, 33, is in America on a work visa, but now faces two counts of wire fraud. Investigators with the Attorney General's Office Consumer Protection Division said the two alleged victims were told that they had won the lottery, but were required to pay taxes before the award could be made. Monies were then wired to Jamaica. The victims said they received numer
Jun 17, 2013, 9:01 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Reliable online website for <snip>Reply
The person who posted this is lying. They are not from Canada. In fact, they are one of the people who runs a sleazy online lottery service out of South America. They slipped a word in there a couple times that is a keyword from their web site, I guess hoping that search spiders would think it's an important word because it appears on Lottery Post. Even though the person's account has bee suspended, I am leaving this post on here as an example and a warning: any post like this is almost al
Aug 4, 2008, 4:38 pm - Todd - Lottery Discussion Forum

Lottery scams hard to resist for someReply
If I won money and drove to the Lottery Office, I certainly would expect to complete paperwork, show ID and have the 25% tax deducted. In Ohio and in most states when you win $600 up to $5000, any lottery terminal agent can validate the ticket, fill out a form, and give you a voucher that you take to a designated bank for payment. Taxes are not deducted. The bank charges a $10 processing fee and that's what I meant about the Teller having no common sense because she wanted the 10 bucks befo
Jun 29, 2007, 8:24 am - Stack47 - Lottery News

Man accused of scam wins $2,100 on lottery TV showNews Story
A man awaiting trial on charges accusing him of bilking $135,000 from three people in a home-repair scam won $2,100 on the Ohio Lottery's television game show. Timothy Snyder, 44, of St. Louisville, had a winning scratch-off ticket that earned him an appearance on Make Me Famous, Make Me Rich, which aired Saturday night. There are no laws or rules that prevented Snyder from appearing on the show, lottery officials said. Snyder is scheduled for trial May 29 in Licking County Common
Apr 2, 2007, 12:54 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Elderly S.F. man loses $10,000 in lottery scamNews Story
Police are asking for the public's help in their investigation of a lottery scam after a 75-year-old San Francisco man was swindled out of $10,000. According to San Francisco police, the victim received a letter in the mail last week from Global Investment Securities World Trust Services telling him he had won $82,459.61 in the Canadian lottery. The letter included a false notarized letter listing the man's name, address and the amount he had supposedly won and a bogus receipt purporting t
Sep 18, 2006, 11:18 pm - Todd - Lottery News