Scam letter

[Team Sizoo]

Hi peeps,

My father in-law received this.... [URL=http://img217.imageshack.us/my.php?image=scamg.jpg][/URL]
and wont listen to me and the missus that its a scam.
Can some PH'ers back us up and confirm that its a scam as hes got a form filled out with his bank details ready to send.

[escargot]

For fks sake. Make him watch an episode of Phonejacker.

[TheEnd]

http://www.which.co.uk/advice/foreign-lottery-scam...

show him that

[SunderJimmy]

Get him sectioned before it's too late.


P.s. tell him that lotteries don't just go around awarding prizes to people that don't enter themselves.

[R1-Jay]

ask him if he can show you that ticket with that winning number on it

[Sheets Tabuer]

Tell him that the address shows up as a circle K supermarket

http://www.insiderpages.com/b/3718410124

[richyb]

Is anyone that daft???

[cazzer]

How old is he?
I suggest you start looking at power of attorny over his affairs.

[HOGEPH]

Why's the letter dated 24/03/2009? The yanks put the month first.

Just an observation.

[Jasandjules]

Ask him to just give you all the money in his account instead.

Of course it's a f***ng scam. IF it was genuine, why couldn't they just post a cheque - they have his address and name and know he has the "winning ticket"...

[AlexKP]

FFS.

"Congratulation!"

[Frederick]

Circle K said:

Store Detail

Intersection: NEC LAS VEGAS BLVD / SAHARA BLVD
Address: 2308 LAS VEGAS BLVD SOUTH
City: LAS VEGAS
State: NV
Phone: [phone]
Interstate: No
Facility Type: CONVENIENCE STORE
Gas: CK

Location Offering
Pay at the Pump
Beer/Wine
Check Cashing Center
Money Orders
Air and Water
ATM
Zaplink Kiosk
Western Union

yes, it's a blatant scam but something in my head goes ALARM ALARM WOOP WOOP WOOP ALARM ALARM whenever I see Western Union...

[Blib]

Tell him to send his details off to them.

That'll teach him never to do it again.

[Team Sizoo]

Blib said:

Tell him to send his details off to them.

That'll teach him never to do it again.

He was about to ffs, he had the full form completed bank details and all, im sitting here laughing and it feels bad. Hes got too much time on his hands as hes off work due to an accident and struggling to make ends meet.
Thanks for the replies guys!

[HOGEPH]

From the bottom of the letter,

"American Lotto Exchange staff has serviced lottery players since 1980

That'll be using the word in the horse breeding sense I suppose!

[Scraggles]

knew someone who did this, somehow his bank account changed from being flush to well overdrawn and lots of loans taken out in his name, told him about 419 scammers....

[Alex97]

Show him this thread?

[anonymous-user]

Tell him to claim you never know this might be the one not scam in the 100 billion out there...He has won the moneys congratulations.

Let the greed get the better of him, let the western society fixation on free money take him for a ride. Do what millions of other 'Winners' have done and pay the admin free... Then ask him to open his eyes...


Now I am just going outside to eat some st..

[SellerOfSin]

There is no American Lottery anything! It's state by state. This isn't even realistically fake. They might as well have drawn a US dollar with crayons and told him he'll get a million of them if he gives all his info. Oh my god, don't let him respond to that. That's playing Russian Roulette with a fully loaded weapon.

Edited by SellerOfSin on Monday 30th March 19:42

Edited by SellerOfSin on Monday 30th March 19:42

[Scraggles]

or put it simply

did the OP's father ever buy an american lottery ticket ?

when people buy tickets, they do not give their email address on the back, they simply pay the money and get a ticket

looks like the OP's dad has way too much cash