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Woman falls victim to Jamaican lottery scam

by TONYA MOSLEY / KING 5 News

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Posted on July 8, 2010 at 5:48 PM

A Marysville woman fell victim to the Jamaican lottery scam and was taken for nearly $38,000. But thanks to police, some of her money has been recovered.

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chowderchops said on July 15, 2010 at 9:02 AM

And in other news: A area man fell victim to a sidewalk sketch artist who used the red ball under the cup trick and was taken for nearly $5. But thanks to police, some of his money has been recovered.

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rnl52 said on July 14, 2010 at 12:57 PM

You can't fix stupid.

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crazytrain247 said on July 14, 2010 at 11:07 AM

liberterius, i dont always agree with you, but 2 things, you make me laugh and you do have a VERY sick mind. lol

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pete33 said on July 12, 2010 at 9:53 PM

HOW THE HELL IN GOD'S NAME CAN SHE BE TAKEN FOR $38K THINKING THAT SHE WON THE LOTTERY? WHAT A FOOL. THAT IS LIKE SOMEBODY COMING TO BY DOOR, A COMPLETE STRANGER AND THEM SAYING, "I DONT KNOW YOU BUT GIVE ME 38K AND I'LL SEND YOU A CHECK FOR A MILLION NEXT WEEK." DAH!!!

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liberterius said on July 11, 2010 at 4:15 PM

Umm, get a real job ny_nicmc, otherwise shut the heck up, you're a crook and worthless individual just like the scammers so shut up.

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ny_nicmc said on July 11, 2010 at 7:02 AM

I think it is sick that you all are making fun of this woman. I work for a company that has a money wiring service and I have seen this scam. Yes we have all seen it in the news as well... but like Mary said, you get wrapped up in it. I would hope that none of my parents and grandparents would fall for this, but I still talk with all of them about it. The last customer that I had that was being scammed supposedly won a car, he was to send money for tax, license and then when they didn't produce the car he was told he had to send money for them to store the car one more week. Then the scammers switched the story to pretend they were the FBI, they had him believing that he was helping the FBI catch these guys... I was like really? You think the FBI would make you use your own money for this? I encouraged him to go the police and stopped sending money for him, but there are plenty of places that wire money:(

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jonjuan said on July 9, 2010 at 4:39 PM

LOL she knew better but greed got her.

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liberterius said on July 9, 2010 at 12:41 PM

Haa haaa, here's the next phone call she'll be getting "ring ring, Hello Mary, this is detective so-and-so with the Marysville Police department and I'm happy to inform you we will be able to recover the remaining amount of the money you were cheated out of, but we need you to send us a check for $1500 in order to secure your funds.:" Haa haahaa, I have a sick mind.

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denkoko said on July 9, 2010 at 12:39 PM

Since she fell for this OBVIOUS SCAMM maybe she needs a FULLTIME care giver.

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liberterius said on July 9, 2010 at 12:04 PM

Haaa haaa haaa, what's her phone number I need to give her a call!

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dede1978 said on July 9, 2010 at 8:04 AM

I have to agree with my2boys109, haven't we heard enough about these scams???? If you have to pay to get it, IT'S A SCAM!!!!!!!!!! So as awful as it sounds, she deserves to have lost something. I think she's learned her lesson. I learned mine, from everyone else this has happened to, I pay attention to the news.

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daisydog said on July 9, 2010 at 6:23 AM

I agree, what a crappy write up.... From the healradnet.com site MARYSVILLE — A 73-year-old woman recently lost more than $36,000 in a sweepstakes scam. The Marysville Police Department recovered $11,000 of her money through an investigation and returned it to her Thursday. The woman was initially contacted by a man six weeks ago, Sgt. Deryck McLeod said. The man told her she was the winner of a Reader’s Digest sweepstakes and she needed to send in money before she could collect her $2 million prize. She sent in $1,700 but was told during another phone call with the man that it wasn’t enough. She sent several checks for $5,000 apiece. The woman, who lives in Marysville, does not want to be identified. She does want others to know about the scam so they do not become victims themselves. The scam was run by crooks in Jamaica.

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pooledvn said on July 8, 2010 at 11:12 PM

Shes the con. now dont get me wrong. but she is. how could you take the winnings of a lottery game you never played. she has never been to jamaica, never played the game. so how and why take something that doesnt belong to you, if this in fact was real. thats against the law in the united states to take property thats doesnt belong to you. so figure this one out. who really is the con

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my2boys109 said on July 8, 2010 at 9:04 PM

HOW COULD ANYONE BE SO STUPID , THIS IS THE OLDEST TRICK ...

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mmfeelgood said on July 8, 2010 at 7:29 PM

gee, do ya think you could give just a few more details?

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robsow said on July 8, 2010 at 7:12 PM

Wow, sure would be nice to know how the scam works and how they convince people to give up that much money.

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