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My Dad May have just one the lottery
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SO my dad got a check in the mail for 4450$ which was to cover his taxes for him supposidly winning the lottery about 1 year ago they supposedly new it was him bc he bought the winning ticket with his credit card, he supposidly won $250,000 the company was TelCo Inc. and it gave a number for an agent and everything, my dad called the police station to ask if there were any scams going aruond and they said no, so do you think its a scam or not?
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as long as you dont have to pay anything dont wory... also if its criminals hiding money, your bank insurance covers that.... id be stoked!
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if they want your credit card # then its a scam.
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They didnt ask for anything they just gave us a check but when i googled the company name nothing came up
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Easiest way to find out if it's legit, go to a bank and have them check it for you. Also, follow up with the police, possible the fbi. The fbi is always more helpful though.
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your dad got a check in the mail for 4grand for maybe winning the lottery so you came on ns to ask if its legit? hahah thats funny, and ill feel hella bad for you if its fake, but i doubt anyones gonna know. keep us posted tho. oh and where do you live?
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WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*****************************************************************************
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he doesn't know if he purchased a ticket? just go to a bank and ask them if it's real
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go to a bank, give them no info until you find out they're legit
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just try and cash it. to prevent getting hosed just don't give out ANY personal info to these people. props if he one. you're stoked.
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that would be pretty sick if he actuwlly did wini would be stoked
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uh you cant purchase lotto tickets on a credit card, just so you know
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^wrong, are you even old enough to purchase lottery tickets?^
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i like to be condescending for no reason because im a douchebag.
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Yea I am faggot, I'm 21. Here in Vermont you can't.
go die
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just pointing it out.. but twice in ONE thread is a lot.. its' he WON the lottery.
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They just won't understand.
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Yeah you can only get them in cash here too.
But if he won, force him to start a ski company with the money haha
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he said he would give me a G for ski gear this year but he told me not to get my hopes up
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does it say "this is not a real check. buy our stuff" on the back?
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Maybe he can use that money to send you too a school that teaches you to spell.
Anyways if it does turn out to be legit then congrats man, always nice to see when life gives someone a good hand~
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think your getting new ski gear soon if this is legit
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haha, "one". lol.
hopefully he gets some money. make sure he puts some money away for your college.
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Hey, I can check if it's legit for you. All I need to know is your credit card number, name on the card, expiration, and the three digit card security number.
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There are fake checks. When you deposit the money, it goes into your bank account. but once the bank figures out that its fake and it bounces, they will take the money out of your account. These are used in scams, mostly on craiglist and ebay, where they mail you a check, tell you they sent the wrong amount and ask for more money back, or say that a friend sent the money and you need to send some back to him.
Sometimes the victims can end up going to prison cause of this, even theough they had no idea of the scam.
If no one claims a lottery ticket, the company is not going to out of its way to find the winner. they dont want people to win...(at least in this case...theres no publicity to encourage others to buy lottery tickets here.)
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Good point, I didn't even think about that. I'd say its a scam
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Thats wicked news! I got my own bit of good luck last week. I was contacted by the prince of sudan, and he's getting chased out of his country and needs a way to get his fortune out. Anyways I emailed him my bank info so that he could deposit $25,000,000 and I get to keep half! So pumped right now.
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hahahahahahhahaha i love those emails
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Why would a lottery company want to cover the tax on your lottery winnings? That just seems... dumb. I can't really speak to it as we don't tax gambling winnings up here.
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I think before making an account on NS, people need to pass a basic spelling and vocabulary test.
One?
Really?
come on man
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Beer came spraying out of my mouth immediately after reading that. LOL
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thank you.. learn to spell ho
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i have never heard of any scammers giving people money.
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The amount your dad received for taxes is only 1.78% of the winnings. Tax on gambling or lottery winnings are WAY more than that. Unless he's receiving the tax reimbursement in payments, it doesn't make sense at all. Even besides that, they don't normally cover your taxes.
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So this won time I bought a scratch off, and one $50. A man standing near buy, told me that he wanted to bye it off me. He said that he had been playing it four 6 years, and had never one. He wanted to prove two his wife that he could win. So I said sure, and he gave me a $50. Turns out I read it wrong, and the guy one ended up with $100. I got screwed.
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both of you live in vermont. and me too
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Hahaha
I can't be sure but I take it you spelled all that shit wrong on purpose?
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damn your dad deserves to get scammed if he believes that crap.
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just go fir it,, see where it take you
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bank the cheque, spend it straight away on somthing sick, then if it was dodgy you got rid of it. id be stoked
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yeah in VT at least you cant on credit
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I can't believe multiple people in this thread said one instead of won
fuck NS has so many stupid people
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Pffft, says the man who spelt Skier wrong in his screen name, haha.
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yea... get your self some grammar lessons with your money
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Thats sick, find out the facts and take that money and run!!!!!
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If he did win he should send you to a better school.
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notice how i spell it correct in the paragraph but not in the heading, weird.
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