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Mangalore: SMS and lose: Woman falls prey to lottery scam, poorer by Rs 3 lac

  •   Fri, Aug 02 2013 09:34:53 AM

Mangalore: SMS and lose: Woman falls prey to lottery scam, poorer by Rs 3 lac

Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore

Mangalore, Aug 2: Despite several reports in the media and warnings, cases of people falling prey to mobile lottery scams does not seem to have died down. As they say, as long as there are people to be fooled, there will be people who cheat!

In yet another incident, a woman from Kinnigoli realized that she was fooled by a lottery message after losing Rs 3 lac.

In this regard, the woman has filed a complaint with Mulky police.

"You mobile number has won 5 crore pounds. In order to avail the amount, kindly pay the custom clearance amount after which the money will be deposited to your account" was the message received by the woman.

Believing this, without informing anyone, the woman sent Rs 3,07,333 via Ikala branch of Karnataka Bank, Kinnigoli branch of Syndicate Bank, and SBI and Bank of Baroda.

It was only after she lost all money and got no response from the so-called lottery company that she realized that she had been fooled.

  

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  • ZAID, UDUPI

    Sun, Aug 04 2013

    MY SALUTE TO THAT LADY!!!

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  • venu , mangalore/bangalore

    Sat, Aug 03 2013

    anchina message barod andala yoga bodu!!!! congrats for getting the msg.

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  • lootera, bangalore

    Sat, Aug 03 2013

    Should get Bharathi Ratni award..:)
    Guys ensure there is no more than 10k rupees as bank balance in your wife's account. whenever required just transfer 5k:)

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  • Blaan Mendonca, USA

    Sat, Aug 03 2013

    "You mobile number has won 5 crore pounds. In order to avail the amount, kindly pay the custom clearance amount after which the money will be deposited to your account" was the message received by the woman.

    This Woman if she had little common sense in her brain could have told them by phone or by SMS to deduct the Custom Service Fees (3 Lac) from the Winning amount 5 Crore Pounds and to send the rest of the money to her Account. Isn't this a common sense or logic.
    but instead this women was overwhelmed with joy and excitement , and she tried to keep it secret and get the 5 Crore pounds by paying that 3 lac rupees to unknown strangers. She had lot of plans in her mind and she did not care to spend that small amount of 3 lac rupees to get that huge 5 crore pounds ( A Very Big Leap). She felt like she was walking on the Moon. She was living in the dark and climbing the Mount Everest in her dreams but never thought there is a steep slope on the other side of the Mountain. Now She needs help to pull her out of that steep. Please send helicopters. She did not want to share the information of the 5 Crore Winning, but she wants help from all the departments. She has realized her mistake that there are so many greedy people to extract money from the general public by showing the ultimate price

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  • Rudolf, Mangalore/Mumbai

    Sat, Aug 03 2013

    Bro, smart lady who thought she would become rich overnight without anybody's knowledge!! This is definitely surplus money in which she dared to remit more than 3 lacs to the fraudsters through various accounts without taking any of her near and dear ones into confidence!! God has given her so much but still greed for more more made her commit this folly!!

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  • ORLAND, MANGALORE/GULF

    Sat, Aug 03 2013

    I HAD NOTED THAT WOMAN SENT MONEY(NOT MAN) TO LOTTERY COMPANY SHE IS NOT GOT ANY REAL VALUE OF THE MONEY BECAUSE HER HUSBAND IS EARNING MONEY IN GULF AND SHE WANT BECOME RICH TONIGHT........JUST FUNNY

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  • Rita, Germany

    Sat, Aug 03 2013

    such lottery cheatings are everywhere.few People like this woman just thought why not some more crores to lacs.greediness ,without knowing how it Comes .at last lost everything .didnt even think a bit when sending moneythrough three Banks.nothing to comment.I too had a "Chance"to become rich.I replied to the Person who called said you can have the Money, I willdonate to you.she had the mouth I suppose couldnt Close a Moment didnt say anything and put off the fone later without a word.

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  • Golbert C Pinto, Mangalore/Muscat

    Sat, Aug 03 2013

    At least she should reveal the secret at her own bank officials before sending money.
    "The whole thing is that Baiyya, Sabse bada RUPPAYYA"!!!

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  • JN, Bejai

    Fri, Aug 02 2013

    Did she count how many zero's required for 5 crores pounds in rupees?
    Aunty nobody will give anything free in this world and now Mulky Police will not go to UK to fiund the lottery scammers so do not spend anymore in this issue...

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  • niameshkumacr, Mangalore

    Fri, Aug 02 2013

    the cheaters are not placed in UK. they are in New Delhi. If the police want they can easily catch them because now and then there are such messages and when we respond to their messages they even call us from Delhi. So please pressurize the police to investigate into the matter and stop this foolishness for ever...

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  • Sathish Shetty, Mangalore

    Fri, Aug 02 2013

    She will be relived by few more bucks to come out from this incident by reporting to station.

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  • Vincent Rodrigues, Katapadi/Bangalore

    Fri, Aug 02 2013

    Money really makes everbody mad.There are so many reports with regad to duping the public through bogus SMS.But still people are getting into this trap which nobody can help.I can only say it is unfotunate.Thanq.

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  • R.Bhandarkar, M'lore

    Fri, Aug 02 2013

    Kinnigoli Mein Aise'Kinni Kinni' Cheezen Hoti Hi Rahentee Hai..
    Kyonki Yahaan Ka 'Goli' Kinni Hai..
    (Kinni in Tulu means small or o.k.average)

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  • KRPrabhu, Mangalore/Bangalore

    Fri, Aug 02 2013

    Bhandarkarmam,
    Kinnigoli Mahalinga Bhattale vairi yek chand joke assa.Gottaski?

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  • charles, Karkala

    Fri, Aug 02 2013

    Bhandu Maam, Tumgele kavan vachun ekdham mazaa yethaa...!!!
    Prabhu Maam, Woh kassolo joke thomgelo ?? Paap Bayeleh hangah 3 lakh dharmak gelle nahinwe.....!!

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  • KRPrabhu, Mangalore/Bangalore

    Sat, Aug 03 2013

    Charles,Karkala
    Amgelo Kinnigoli Mahalinga Bhattu yek pati cherduv jayini monu doctorleg checkak gello kain.Check up poora korun doctor bhattalegi manolo...problem kassale malari thungele naav change kork padthale ...thumi Mahagoli Kinnilinga Bhat assathi!!!
    Ha..haa..haa....

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  • Lohith Pinto, Bajpe/Bangalore

    Fri, Aug 02 2013

    Custom clearance for Money?????????????? , Lady of Kinnigoli , Enchi na ye , eni ta kalod , onji , Cup aari korpujer darmog, eer 3 laksha korniya akleg . Mam first of all how many zeros in 5 Crore pounds and in which bank you will keep such a huge money. Come on people just barely such msgs or please do consult with few people before blindly doing something like this.

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  • shiv, kota dubai

    Fri, Aug 02 2013

    so far no comments seen " all coz of congress govt" thank god

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  • Melwin DSouza, Manglore Muscat

    Fri, Aug 02 2013

    The biggest stupid woman in and around Manglore, highly deserves award for the biggest fool.I dont think if so one can say better than this

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  • MANOJ, OMAN

    Fri, Aug 02 2013

    ATT MARAYA MOKLEG PANARE APUJA CUSTOM CLEARANCE KAAS DEDUCT MALTHUDU ORIDINA KADAPUDLE PANDH...

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  • A.M Shaikh, Dubai, Belapu, Kaup

    Fri, Aug 02 2013

    No sympathy and comment,
    LALACH BURI CHEEZ HAI,
    ATHI AASEY GATHI GEDU

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  • ummar, Udupi / Dubai,

    Fri, Aug 02 2013

    he he heeee silly woman

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  • Dr Madhyastha H, hungarcutta/japan

    Fri, Aug 02 2013

    It is shocking incident. This time it is women. I really wonder why bank people didnot verify the receving client. Or at least bank person should have asked the payee about the nature of money transfer. It is disgusting matter.I bilieve any tranfser more than 50K requires PAN CARD number. In this case what happened ?

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  • Mahesh S Kotian, MLR/SMG

    Fri, Aug 02 2013

    Suspect bank people are also involved in it.They might have siphoned off money to their account.Investigation should start from the bank

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  • Anand, Karkala

    Fri, Aug 02 2013

    Husband is in Gulf Country.....

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  • Nis, Mangalore

    Fri, Aug 02 2013

    I wonder still there s people in educational hubb mangalore who fall prey to ths kind of foolish, nowadays No 1 s ready to give us 10rs as credit for no reason, then y do u think unknown people will give you 5crore...

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  • CYRIL MASCARENHAS, KIREM/MIRA ROAD/DUBAI

    Fri, Aug 02 2013

    VERY STRANGE..!OUR KINNIGOLI WOMANS ARE VERY SMART..HOW COME THIS WOMAN FALLS PREY TO THIS SCAM..? CANT BELIEVE..!

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  • Aam Aadmi, Mumbai

    Fri, Aug 02 2013

    Some are over-smart may be. As in this case this lady must have thought, without informing any body, she will be ultra-rich overnight and rule Kinnigoli.

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  • A.M Shaikh, Dubai, Belapu, Kaup

    Fri, Aug 02 2013

    You are absolutely right Mr. Kejarival.

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  • Peter Lewis, Kalmady/k s a

    Fri, Aug 02 2013

    I also received this kind of messages many time in my home country. My reply to these messages are DISTRIBUTE THIS AMOUNT TO ORPHANED HOMES IN MIDDLE AFRICAN NATIONS!

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  • Edward C Maben, Mangalore/Bangalore

    Fri, Aug 02 2013

    DUMB WOMAN!!!!

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  • Charles D'Mello, Pangala

    Fri, Aug 02 2013

    When people are waiting for snatching money from others in this world, Which lottery company will give free money....!!!??? Common sense need to be used. We get such emails and SMS's and has to be ignored.

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  • Amin Bhoja, Patte / Riyadh

    Fri, Aug 02 2013

    A easy prey!!!One more fool joined the group.

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  • Das, Kudla

    Fri, Aug 02 2013

    Oh God again people are fooled. Why not police catch this organisation so that there wont be any people losing money

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  • Bharathesh Bangera, Mangalore

    Fri, Aug 02 2013

    There are 2 ways of looking at. First one, yes, it's clear mistake from the lady to fall in to such a silly scandle ( I say it as a scandle ). She should have verified with some one before transfering the amount. We alert so many people when they come to us asking on such mails or sms. Now, looking from other direction, how such a crime can be uted so easily. We have the account where the amount transfered with which we can track the branch of the account and in turn address of the account holder to whom amount is transfered. Check the documents which were provided while opening the account. I agree it could be false documents but definitely it can be tracked who was handling the account and other stuffs. Bank is also responsible partially to let such an account opened with false documents. Let the police break few such chains and stop innocent people fall in to such issues.

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  • Fredrick Correa, Pernal/Mumbai

    Fri, Aug 02 2013

    Bharathesh Bangera, Mangalore Very good comments. My only fear is what happens if the police and the bank officials are also involved?
    Another thought - One of the reasons why people do it quietly is that they do not want to share their "fortune" with others.

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  • audumber, Dubai

    Fri, Aug 02 2013

    This SMS Message is common now a days. Before sending money she should have been just thought of without buying any lottery how she will get the money freely!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • Pint, Mlore

    Fri, Aug 02 2013

    If You sincerely ask your wife for 1000 rupees you may get a
    NO NO, GO GO, OR PO PO
    BUT IF SUCH GOONS ASK IN THOUSANDS THEY WILL GIVE
    IN LAKHS.
    GODBLESS YOU !

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  • john, Udupi/Mumbai

    Fri, Aug 02 2013

    She got fooled due to lack of awareness.
    She got fooled because she wanted to enjoy the money all alone
    Before sending the amount if she would have taken guidance from someone she would have not been fooled.

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