Police Investigate Lottery Scam
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
Police are investigating a possible scam involving a Canadian lottery.
A rural Warsaw woman contacted the Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department Saturday after she wired more than $2,800 to a location in Montreal.
The woman told police a man called her residence and said she won $100,000 in the Canadian lottery and, to claim her prize, she had to send cash to cover the amount of taxes on her winnings. This took place Friday.
After sending the money via Western Union, she thought the call may not have been legitimate and contacted authorities. She has not received any money from the source of her alleged winnings.
Police have gotten telephone calls from people victimized by similar scams in the past and warn residents not to send money or provide credit card or bank account numbers to anyone via telephone.
If such a call is received, a name and telephone number should be obtained so that the possible victim can call the person back.
Also, such calls can be verified through local police departments, which routinely receive complaints regarding fraud, and loss of money to a scam can be avoided. [[In-content Ad]]
Police are investigating a possible scam involving a Canadian lottery.
A rural Warsaw woman contacted the Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department Saturday after she wired more than $2,800 to a location in Montreal.
The woman told police a man called her residence and said she won $100,000 in the Canadian lottery and, to claim her prize, she had to send cash to cover the amount of taxes on her winnings. This took place Friday.
After sending the money via Western Union, she thought the call may not have been legitimate and contacted authorities. She has not received any money from the source of her alleged winnings.
Police have gotten telephone calls from people victimized by similar scams in the past and warn residents not to send money or provide credit card or bank account numbers to anyone via telephone.
If such a call is received, a name and telephone number should be obtained so that the possible victim can call the person back.
Also, such calls can be verified through local police departments, which routinely receive complaints regarding fraud, and loss of money to a scam can be avoided. [[In-content Ad]]