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A Con to Watch Out For. Case Study in New York: Con Man is Conned by Cops; Caught After Forging $30,000 in Lottery Ticket Scam.

Here’s a scam you should watch for.

It happened last year and the con man was sentenced in December.

Queens, New York District Attorney Richard A. Brown and New York Lottery Director Gordon Medenica nabbed a Far Rockaway man who defrauded several individuals around the state out of large sums of money by creating phony winning scratch off tickets for New York State Lottery games.

What this creep did is cut and pasted winning numbers on losing tickets and then selling them for half the value of the supposed winning tickets – which usually had a winning prize of between $10,000 and $30,000 a ticket.

He has pleaded guilty in the case.

“The defendant has pleaded guilty to having gained the trust of strangers and offering them a way to double their money quickly on a seemingly lucrative financial offer that invariably turned out to be too good to be true,” said District Attorney Brown.

“The defendant’s scheme was nothing more than a variation on a classic con game. People should always be suspicious of any financial scheme that requires them to turn over their money to a complete stranger on short notice.”

New York Lottery Director Gordon Medenica said, “It’s important to take this opportunity to remind everyone of the simple steps that can be taken to protect yourself: sign your ticket, use Lottery Ticket Checkers to see if you’ve won, and always get a validated receipt when cashing a winning ticket. New Yorkers have a well-earned reputation for skepticism, so if something seems too good to be true, it probably is.”

The District Attorney identified the defendant as Alvin Summers, 37, of 79-28 Gouveneur Avenue in the Far Rockaway section of Queens.

GAMES WE PLAY:

No big winners in this past week’s Mega Millions and Powerball games. Both jackpots are topping the $90 million mark.

Good luck to all of us.