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Jamaica-based lottery scam hits West Virginia
By Staff reports
Source: Sunday Gazette
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The Better Business Bureau is warning West Virginians about a scam that asks callers to fork over money in exchange for a supposed $117 million lottery prize.
Bureau investigator Erica Phelps said in a statement that consumers have received calls from a person identifying himself as a Better Business Bureau employee and who is listed at a Jamaican phone number. Consumers are told they've won a multimillion-dollar MGM raffle lottery and are instructed to call an 876 phone number listed in Kingston to speak with a "Wayne Kennedy," she said.
They're then asked to buy a Green Dot MoneyPak, a prepaid debit card, worth $499 at a local Walmart to collect the supposed winnings.
Phelps said MoneyPak cards are commonly used in foreign lottery scams and warned people that "you can't win a lottery you never entered."
Read the rest of the story here: Sunday Gazette
Jamaica-based lottery scam hits West Virginia
By Staff reports
Source: Sunday Gazette
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The Better Business Bureau is warning West Virginians about a scam that asks callers to fork over money in exchange for a supposed $117 million lottery prize.
Bureau investigator Erica Phelps said in a statement that consumers have received calls from a person identifying himself as a Better Business Bureau employee and who is listed at a Jamaican phone number. Consumers are told they've won a multimillion-dollar MGM raffle lottery and are instructed to call an 876 phone number listed in Kingston to speak with a "Wayne Kennedy," she said.
They're then asked to buy a Green Dot MoneyPak, a prepaid debit card, worth $499 at a local Walmart to collect the supposed winnings.
Phelps said MoneyPak cards are commonly used in foreign lottery scams and warned people that "you can't win a lottery you never entered."
Read the rest of the story here: Sunday Gazette
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