PRESS RELEASE
DATE: January 14, 2013
CBI Case # 13-000021
LOCATION: Old Ocean City Road Berlin, MD
ACCUSED: Unidentified Suspects
NARRATIVE: In October of 2012 an elderly victim (whom wishes to remain anonymous) was contacted by a person claiming to be from American Sweepstakes Network and was calling to congratulate her on winning $2,500,000.00. The victim had not entered any contest and was surprised that she won. The suspect advised her to send $4,500.00 to insure the check would be sent to her residence. The next day he called back and asked her to get a “Moneypak” card with $1,000.00 on it. She then read him the numbers on the back of the card giving him access to the money. This continued from October 2012 until January 14, 2013 with the suspect each time claiming he was from (American Sweepstakes Network or American Cash Rewards Sweepstakes). The suspect would provide delays and reasons why the two and a half million had not been delivered. Each time the suspect would have the victim wire money or purchase “Moneypak” cards giving him or them access to the accounts. The victim had lost a total of $40,000.00 . She had accepted that she was probably never going to see the sweepstakes prize. She then requested they return all the monies she provided to them. They agreed but requested that she send them another $1,000.00 to insure that they would send the money. When she refused to send them any more monies she began to be threatened by the suspect(s) claiming that if she did not send more money that they would have the U.S. Marshall’s, and Homeland Security lock her up. This is when she contacted the authorities. Worcester County Bureau of Investigations was contacted Monday January 14, 2013 and asked to assist.
Worcester County Bureau of Investigations wants to warn citizens not to provide personal information over the phone or computer to someone you do not know. “If it sounds too good to be true it usually is.” If someone calls you and advises you that you won a sweepstakes this should be a warning that someone is about to scam you. Never wire any money or provide any account information to someone claiming that any amount is needed before obtaining your sweepstakes.
11 comments:
The Victim obviously had more money than brains
you cant fix stupid.
big dummy..
Really stupid.
The FBI and local authorities get calls every day from idiots just like this person.Lonely women are big time targets,but the calls and email correspondence originates in Africa.Our FBI has no authority there.They always want money to get back to the US & usually claim to be in the military.With high hopes they will meet the man of their dreams they send them their life savings.Duh.
Just a few months ago I wrote about my experience with someone who said I had won alot of money and I needed to tell them my social security number so they could send me the money.Thankfully, I had read articles about con artists and did not fall for it. Mr. Albero posted it here. I also contacted the authorities. There were some people who posted that anyone who fell for that was stupid. I say not stupid-naive and trusting. There are many good people like this person who believes everyone is like themselves. And this person is willing to reveal what happened to save others from the same outcome. I say...thank you, whoever you are, for caring for other people.
sometimes if something seems to good to true it is!
01-16-13
These are the same people that voted for OweBama and think they got a good deal! Multiply the $20.00 they lose EVERY WEEK in their paychecks and add that to the $40,000 lost in the scam!
I'm glad she's NOT managing my money!!!!
stupid!! i bet she was white
2:36-She had money did'nt she? Of course she was white.
she was scammed bye nigerian nappy heads
most likely.
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