Back in the news - the Jamaica Lotto Scam

[malaise]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/02/jamaica-lottery-scam-violence-corruption-crime
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Shirley thought she had made a new friend. The elderly Maine resident would don a dress and jewels and wait at the back door for the charming young Jamaican man she had met over the phone.

The couple had developed a long-distance relationship after he called to say she had won $24m US and a new car in a lottery. He appeared untroubled by Shirley’s dementia and asked for a picture of her.

But he never appeared. Instead, he harassed Shirley and her family with hundreds, perhaps thousands, of phone calls in a complicated scam that eventually led her to lose more than $200,000 and her home.

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I still don't get why people fall for this crap - many of whom never bought a lotto ticket.
Still the lonely and vulnerable are robbed over and over

[Adrahil]

1. Sorry to see someone get cheated, but...

We have a con man in the White House now. People WANT to believe.

[malaise]

2. Good point

The gullible are ahem...gullible. That said I have lots of sympathy for lonely vulnerable old people.