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Israeli Lottery Scam Artists Arrested: They Cheated New Yorkers Out of $2 Million

October 1st, 2008 · No Comments · Cheating, Lottery, Lump Sum, Opinion, Random Facts, Scams, Stories

A criminal ring located in Tel Aviv that targeted U.S. senior citizens in a telemarketing lottery scam was broken up last Friday by Israeli police, assisted by U.S. agents, reported the Jerusalem Post newspaper.
According to police records, the Israelis conned mainly New York seniors out of more than $2 million.
The crooks worked out of a [...]

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Lotto Scams - Lose Your Money (Part 2)

June 29th, 2007 · No Comments · Lottery, Scams

Here is another scam that has victimised countless unwary people. Let’s call them direct mailings.  Instead of utilising the Internet and e-mail, these con artists make use of the more traditional postal mail, probably in the hopes that this method would seem more real.  So what happens?
First you receive an interesting bit of mail through [...]

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Lotto Scams – Lose Your Money

June 28th, 2007 · No Comments · Lottery, Scams

Scams abound all around us.  They range from the simple to the complex yet they are all the same – they aim to fool someone and get money off of them.  In the world of lotto, there are many scams that may just part you with your hard earned savings.  So if you are a [...]

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