Comments on: Great Jamaican Lottery Scam

By: Niles Nillington

Niles Nillington — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:28:10 +0000

I’ve been getting calls from 876 numbers.
I’ve never picked up the phone, since I googled the area code after the first call and it came up as Jamaica.
Yet, they persist in the hopes that perhaps I get frustrated enough to answer the call.

My advice is to install a call block application on your cell phone. Your phone won’t ring.
For home phone users: some Panasonic cordless phones/bases have Call Block functions.

It’s not ideal, but until phone companies start blocking incoming area codes for me, I’m not sure the alternative. Aside from changing my phone number.

Unfortunately, these scam artists could get sophisticated enough to start altering area codes, such that you’ll have no idea where the call is coming from. We’re not there yet, but just be careful what call you pick up.
If it’s not in your ‘Contact’ list or a number you recognize, don’t bother picking up. If it’s important, they will leave a message.

By: Unknown

Unknown — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 01:59:18 +0000

I doubt they have more morals than anyone else. I guess I deserve to be beaten too though, cuz I agree with Phil.

By: . Strow

. Strow — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 18:08:14 +0000

I was called on 92/2011 andthis was the first time I heard of this scam. It seems to me that this scam could not exist for so long without someone in the Janaican government being involved.

By: Ebby

Ebby — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 07:16:01 +0000

Eh u can’t send sum of de white man money 2 me. UNO nuh easy lol .

By: yardie

yardie — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 02:25:23 +0000

fuck motherfuckers talkng about a jungle america got the most scammers in the world check ur facts go claim ur money from murdock

By: dave

dave — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 18:19:14 +0000

yes, you are a filthy nigger.

By: T

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:16:15 +0000

Yeah you sound real smart. What? They don’t teach you how to spell down there? Idiot…

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 04:27:01 +0000

Be sure to block MoneyGram as well. They also use moneygram to receive money in Jamaica.

The only way to stop this completely is to sue Western Union and MoneyGram for allowing the money to freely be sent to Jamaica. The Jamaican police are too corrupt to stop this scamming.

By: Joyce Hunt

Joyce Hunt — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 20:43:59 +0000

My father has been caught up in this scam for months now and he truly believes hes gonna win. The hole family keeps telling him they’re not coming but he wont listen.They call all day on his home phone and his cell. Hes sent them over $30.000 dollars now. My mother and I had to freeze all his accounts and move his savings to another so he cant wast his retirement on these scammers anymore, but he still finds a way to keep sending the money.It’s like an addiction.I don’t know if they’re threatening him or why he keeps doing it, but its gotta stop.Me and my family don’t know what to do. We reported this to the local police but they said if he’s willingly giving up his money they cant do anything about it. Just this week we went to Western union and put a block on his name so he cant send anymore money. I pray this works. Isn’t there anything else to do to catch these fools? Its tearing my family apart. My mothers threatening divorce.:_(

By: nanbolo

nanbolo — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 04:26:54 +0000

It’s just a recycle thing guys, scammig is wrong but where did it start? well let me tell u, we were educated by our slave master, thinking we were animals now we are educated they just taking back what they think they were rob of. it’s not there fault ok it’s just how the system is setup they don’t know any better way to make money put yourself in there shoes. Life is just unbalance take the blame too guys. black and white (wrong and right) peace and love to u all