80-year-old swindled in lottery fraud
p2pnet news view | Off Topic:- At the beginning of the year p2pnet pretended to have been sucked in by Nigeria-based 419 scammer Caroline (right).
After we revealed our identity, she said she’d close us down unless we pulled “the story of Caroline and her picture from your false assertions”.
But her threats notwithstanding, we’re still here and, presumably, she’s still out there scamming people.
So no harm done to us, but the same can’t be said for an 80-year-old man in Sweden who believed he’d struck it rich when an email told him he was the winner in a lottery.
But instead, he was swindled out of his life savings of £450,000 ($715,000), says The Local, going on:
“The email instructed the man to send money abroad in order to collect his prize. He transferred funds on several occasions to a bank account in England, according to local media. In total, the octogenarian parted with 800,000 kronor ($110,000).”
But when he asked his daughter for a loan in order to transfer even more, “she reported the incident to the police,” says the story.
Needless to say, the only winner is the lottery crook.
Most successful Nigeria 419 scams depend on people whose greed overcomes their commonsense.
But this old gentleman innocently thought he’d won a prize.
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win ~ Mahatma Gandhi
close us down – 419 scammer threatens p2pnet, March 27, 2009
sucked in – p2pnet talks to 419 scammer Caroline, March 26, 2009
The Local – 80-year-old swindled in internet lottery fraud, December 30, 2009
January, 2010
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December 30th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
oh well, at his age it was a close step to the grave anyways
December 30th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
You save money on Kleenex!! LOL
December 30th, 2009 at 11:36 pm
Was this a “MICROSOFT PRIZE DRAW” thing? I’ve had dozens of those, and they do look a little more ocnvincing than the average 419.
December 31st, 2009 at 4:07 am
What a Putz !!!
The ole’ duffer fell for the ole’ confidence man trick.
For a mere tenth for what was the ole’ POOP was ripped off for even I could have given the ole’ fart a good deal on the brooklyn bridge…….
When are people ever going to learn ?
There is an old saying there is never such a thing as SOMETHING FOR NOTHING.
You could get shot and die for less than seperating a fool from his money……..
Just ask Bernie Madoff.
January 1st, 2010 at 8:15 pm
Golden rule in any situation is never to expect something for nothing, break that rule at your peril.
Its a great pity this old gentleman had to find out the hard way how callous these parasitical scum are.