I Just Won a Jack Pot in the 649 Lottery!!!!!

[Fudd]

A couple of weeks ago I get this phone call. The caller on the other end tells me his name is Stephen something. He tells me he has been going through garbage bins near places were they sell lottery tickets and checking if anybody has thrown away a winning ticket. He says he found one and when he checked it he discovered that it was a winning ticket for $20000. But he also tells me that the ticket had my name and phone number on it and he could not claim the prize. So in short, if I give him a finders fee of $1000 he will return the ticket.

One major problem, I haven't bought a lotter ticket in years....
Can't believe anybody would think this con would work....

 

[Randy Whorewald]

fUDD - THAT'S my ticket!! I used your name so my SO wouldn't find out if I won. Pay the guy $1,000 for me and you & I can split the balance.

 

[LittleAsianGuy]

I would not pay him a dime till i get paid out by the lotto corp. I had this woman who called me a few months ago. Claiming she was with the vancouver police and asked if my alarm is workin and have i renewed my alarm permit. I'll be careful if i where u

A couple of weeks ago I get this phone call. The caller on the other end tells me his name is Stephen something. He tells me he has been going through garbage bins near places were they sell lottery tickets and checking if anybody has thrown away a winning ticket. He says he found one and when he checked it he discovered that it was a winning ticket for $20000. But he also tells me that the ticket had my name and phone number on it and he could not claim the prize. So in short, if I give him a finders fee of $1000 he will return the ticket.

One major problem, I haven't bought a lotter ticket in years....
Can't believe anybody would think this con would work....

 

[LittleAsianGuy]

I would not pay him a dime till i get paid out by the lotto corp. I had this woman who called me a few months ago. Claiming she was with the vancouver police and asked if my alarm is workin and have i renewed my alarm permit. Next thing i know my neighbors had the same thing happen to them and their homes broken into.

A couple of weeks ago I get this phone call. The caller on the other end tells me his name is Stephen something. He tells me he has been going through garbage bins near places were they sell lottery tickets and checking if anybody has thrown away a winning ticket. He says he found one and when he checked it he discovered that it was a winning ticket for $20000. But he also tells me that the ticket had my name and phone number on it and he could not claim the prize. So in short, if I give him a finders fee of $1000 he will return the ticket.

One major problem, I haven't bought a lotter ticket in years....
Can't believe anybody would think this con would work....

 

[Randy Whorewald]

LAG - you posted same thing twice.

 

[IQof10]

Can't believe anybody would think this con would work....

But if you're an 80 year old grandma you'd be off to the bank right now. Sad

 

[Fudd]

Hopefully the police will catch up with this jerk before he victimizes any body.

Yup, this guys probably pulled something like this in the past and there's probably several people who fallen for it.

 

[LargeLips]

Hopefully the police will catch up with this jerk before he victimizes any body.

Yup, this guys probably pulled something like this in the past and there's probably several people who fallen for it.

Here is a link that might help:

http://www.phonebusters.com/

 

[Enchanted One]

Lag

I would not pay him a dime till i get paid out by the lotto corp. I had this woman who called me a few months ago. Claiming she was with the vancouver police and asked if my alarm is workin and have i renewed my alarm permit. Next thing i know my neighbors had the same thing happen to them and their homes broken into.

I hope you brought this scam to the Vancouver Police's attention. Give them
a heads up so they can warn others as well. Quite recently a home was
broken into by an individual who claimed he was working for Hydro.
Very authentic looking letterhead & business card too. Hydro didn't know
about this incident until it was reported on a news channel.

I never answer unfamiliar numbers on my landline for this reason - too
many people out there eager to dip their hands in your wallet.

 

[wilde]

I'd hate to say it but anyone who falls for this 6/49 scam almost deserved to be scammed. Greed gets you every time.


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[LittleAsianGuy]

Ya i told the Vancouver Police about the phone call reguarding my alarm permit. They told me the police dept never made any calls reguarding the alarm permits and will check out this situation.

 

[LittleAsianGuy]

When this lady who called claiming to be the vancouver police dept i told her i dont give out personal info. Also, said to her i dont trust people over the phone.

 

[Rod Steel]

I'd hate to say it but anyone who falls for this 6/49 scam almost deserved to be scammed. Greed gets you every time.


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There are a lot of seniors out there who need to be protected from this type of scam as they could easily be persuaded to open their doors / wallets / purses to some of these types of scammers.

There are stories in the news quite regularly about seniors being taken in because they trusted someone like this.

If you were 75 yrs old, on a meager pension and someone gave you the hope that you had won $20 grand, you'd likely fall for it too.

 

[citylover]

Hahahah, tell him to come on over...

Then have a few of the boyz waitin...

naaaahhh, just hook him up w/ them Nigerian guys, tell'em all your moneys tied up in freeing up that general's bank account & he should invest his $1000 finder's fee there w/ some more cash

 

[wilde]

If you were 75 yrs old, on a meager pension and someone gave you the hope that you had won $20 grand, you'd likely fall for it too.

Don't know about you but me, I don't think so buddy. I come from the school of *if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is*.


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[bigben]

Here in Winnipeg, they would have asked him to drop his finder fee to $750.

(Winnipeg joke, 'cause we're so cheap here...)