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MichMan

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2. How do you win something you didn't enter?

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat May 13, 2017, 09:06 AM

May 2017

I understand that they prey on seniors, but don't people ever question how they won a lottery or sweepstakes that they never entered?

My wife works at a bank and ever now and then someone is in trying to withdraw money to send for these kind of scams. When the bank tells them it is a scam, the people sometimes get angry that their good fortune is being questioned.

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Fort Mill man was told he won $50M; now, he says hes out $739K [View all] TexasTowelie May 2017 OP

of course, these assholes prey on the older and most vulnerable, not that much different than what still_one May 2017 #1

How do you win something you didn't enter? MichMan May 2017 #2