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May 24, 2012
Swedish woman falls for internet lottery deception
Published: 30 Apr 09 09:45 CET | Double click on a word to get a translation
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/19168/20090430/
A 52-year-old Swedish woman has been left out of pocket after she was lured into handing over her cash to secure an imaginary lottery win.
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But first the woman was told she would have to open a bank account in the Netherlands to secure the money. For this there would be a fee and the unsuspecting woman duly paid up.
The requests continued and the woman was tricked into handing over a total of 460,000 kronor ($57,000), most of it bank loans, over a nine month period.
"I want to warn everyone of this type of fraud," Kjell Blomqvist at Sundsvall police told Dagbladet.
The woman received an email last summer that her email address had been entered into a lottery, and that she had won the jackpot.
After having set up the bank account the woman waited for her money to arrive.
But no funds were forthcoming and the 52-year-old then received a request for money to release a code from a consultant in the UK. The requests then continued for the next eight to nine months.
The woman was ultimately forced to borrow money from the bank in her vain bid to secure her lottery winnings.
"In the end she had paid some $56,450," Kjell Blomqvist said.
Sundsvall police believe that the woman has a marginal chance of recovering any of her money.
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Secondly, I am content with what I get and not greedy to look for what you did not sow.
Beware
I am amazed how stupid some people are.
So you can stuff that 'I am not not greedy, reap what you sow' smug attempt at moral wisdom.
Christ, show a little sympathy you ass.
I sure don't. A 52-year old falling for this kind of scam definitely should be filed under "stupid".
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I got an email from these guys today. I asked them to give me an address so I could come pick up my check, and the dummy actually sent this. What kind of idiot thinks I can pick up a check at a PO Box that isn't mine?
Someone know the lady? Or just want to get back at these scammers in general? Here's where he picks up his mail. Go get em, tiger!
In fact i'll go one step further... To the people who lost their life savings investing in Bernie Madoff deserve it!... dont come crying to everyone now. He was offering unrealistic returns and it was clearly too good to be true. You were fuelled by greed and gambled your life savings on a ponzi scheme and lost it all.. your fault!
We should have no tolerance or sympathy for stupidity.