Florida Woman is out $5,000 in Lottery Scam

This poor trusting woman was approached by a pregnant woman and her friend claiming they had a winning Mega Millions lottery ticket that they could not cash. They told the woman that if she gave them $5,000 they would find someone to cash it and give her $30,000 in return. Instead of the money she got newspapers and rocks. Although I don't think the victim was smart in trusting strangers, I still feel badly that she got swindled out of $5,000. Here's the story reported by WFTV.

Victim Scammed Of $5K By Pregnant Woman

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Orlando police told WFTV they're seeing new cases of one of the oldest tricks in the book: lottery scams. WFTV talked to one victim who said she was swindled by a pregnant woman.

"I feel ashamed of myself, I’m sorry," victim Genoveva Rosario said.

Genoveva Rosario lost $5,000 to a lottery scam. She was shopping at K-mart Wednesday when a pregnant woman and her friend approached her saying they had a winning Mega Millions ticket but couldn't cash it because they were illegal.

"I tried to help them, they asked me for help, especially the pregnant one," Rosario said.

The women told Rosairo if she gave them $5,000, they would pay someone to cash the ticket. They would split the winnings and give her $30,000. They convinced her to go to her bank and withdraw the cash.

The suspects told Rosairo to meet them at a shopping plaza so she could sign some papers,but when she got there she realized something wasn't right and asked for her money back. Instead, she got paper and rocks. The thieves put rocks and newspaper in the shape of money in a Fed Ex bag and took off.

“Why did you take them to your bank and take that money out?” WFTV reporter Vanessa Welch asked Rosario.

"It's stupid, stupid. I don’t trust my instincts, just stupid," she answered. Read the full story...