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Christine –

Victim Location 76148

Total money lost $1,450

Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes

they called and said I had an unclaimed package at the Houston Bush Airport and that I would need to pay $1250.00 to deliver my winnings then they had me pay more for taxes then they said they could give me special assistance when I could not come up with any more Monies so they were having another elderly man who they were scamming send me money and then I was to wire this money to other people

Kurt –

Victim Location 53205

Total money lost $875

Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes

I received a call from Kenneth of USA Today (imposter) saying that I had won millions of dollars. He had me talk to Brian, who said I needed to wire $875 through Western Union for processing. I did and then I got a call from Jamie from the IRS saying that I had to pay $248 in taxes in order to get the prize. At that point I became suspicious and called the BBB. I was given the number to Western Union’s Fraud Hotline.

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