Fake Sweepstakes Pile up in Gwinnett
Weird Police Stories: Strange crime stories in Northeast Georgia, as reported by local Patch sites.
Click on the links below for more on each story 1. In these economic times, who doesn’t dream of hearing, “You’ve won the Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes?” A Stone Mountain-area woman heard those words, but there was a catch. She was told by a male phone-caller that a camera crew was on its way with the check, and all she needed to do to prepare for the big moment was to purchase $200 in prepaid cards to cover taxes and other costs. She obliged, and was called later by the man asking for more money. The camera crew never arrived. 2. More fake sweepstakes news: A man who recently moved to Snellville after being scammed out of $20,000 in New York because he supposedly won multiple sweepstakes told police the man who tricked him keeps …
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