Posted Feb. 23, 2012, at 4:29 p.m.
Last modified Feb. 23, 2012, at 5:09 p.m.
Last modified Feb. 23, 2012, at 5:09 p.m.
ALFRED, Maine — An elderly Arundel woman was isolated
from family members and robbed of nearly $80,000 during months of
manipulation by callers claiming she had won a Jamaican lottery,
according to the York County Sheriff’s Office.
The Sheriff’s Office released a five-page description of the scam Thursday detailing a chain of events in which the victim skeptically fielded the first calls, then over time allowed the fraudulent lottery officials to alienate family members and even change her phone number in order to make her dependent on them for emotional support, all the while promising they would deliver a new car and check for $2.5 million if she would just pay a few more processing fees. And then a few more.
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The Sheriff’s Office released a five-page description of the scam Thursday detailing a chain of events in which the victim skeptically fielded the first calls, then over time allowed the fraudulent lottery officials to alienate family members and even change her phone number in order to make her dependent on them for emotional support, all the while promising they would deliver a new car and check for $2.5 million if she would just pay a few more processing fees. And then a few more.
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