Cook County Sheriff Warns of Lottery Scam Targeting Elderly
Elderly victims cleaned out of $170,000 collectively in south suburbs from UK lottery scam.
If you didn't buy a lotto ticket in the United Kingdom lottery but are getting badgered with emails and phone calls that you're a winner, contact your local police department immediately. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart warns residents not to be fooled by recent scams where "winners" are being told they are entitled to a large lottery cash prize without ever having purchased a ticket. During the last six months, an 80-year-old victim lost $90,000 and a 74-year-old victim lost $82,000 in the lottery scam. Both victims are from the south suburbs. Scammers have been contacting victims, mostly senior citizens, by phone, fax, email and letter—telling them about their “jackpot.” The sheriff’s office says that some of these letters include phony …
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