Here’s a little public service announcement: if someone tells you they just won the lottery but needs your help collecting the money, don’t hand them $20,000 in cash for nothing more than a promise that they’ll return.
Police in Newark have opened an investigation because a local woman learned that lesson the hard way. It all started on the afternoon of Feb. 28, when she was approached by a group of people in a vehicle who told her they just won $1 million through the lottery but there was a hangup and they needed her help.
The suspects told her that due to some procedural problem, they needed to provide $20,000 in cash in order to collect the $1 million in winnings, but that her generosity would be repaid to the tune of $500,000. The woman was apparently so eager she willingly got into their car, drove with them to a Wells Fargo bank in Newark and withdrew the cash, according to authorities.
The suspects then dropped her off at a nearby CVS and left her there with a promise to return with her half of the winnings. She waited, and waited, and waited, until eventually realizing they — and her money — were never coming back, authorities said.
Police have not announced any arrests.
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