GREENSBORO, NC — Not a day goes by without a call or email about a sweepstakes, a lottery complete with money orders and checks in the mail. Some of our viewers know it’s a scheme. Others are hoping the money is real and are asking us to check into it. ANYTIME a lottery or sweepstakes […]
In an unusual twist, a postal clerk tipped Inspector Bolz off to a victim being targeted by two rival groups of foreign lottery scammers. “He was standing in line at the Post Office ready to mail a package as one of these groups directed him when he received a phone call on his cell phone […]
Foreign lottery schemes continue to surface, keeping postal clerks and inspectors busy looking out for potential victims. An observant postal clerk helped a man who had rival con-artists scheming him for cash, and it’s a story that could help you or someone you know from falling for a similar scheme. “They are told they’ve won […]