{"id":19398,"date":"2013-11-13T12:01:22","date_gmt":"2013-11-13T17:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=19398"},"modified":"2013-11-13T12:01:22","modified_gmt":"2013-11-13T17:01:22","slug":"police-mega-millions-co-amounts-to-mega-rip-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=19398","title":{"rendered":"Police: Mega Millions Co. amounts to mega rip-off"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"><em><strong>Lottery scam has surfaced in area, authorities say<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/homeCar1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-19399\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" alt=\"homeCar1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/homeCar1-300x268.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/homeCar1-300x268.png 300w, https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/homeCar1-111x100.png 111w, https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/homeCar1-280x250.png 280w, https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/homeCar1.png 319w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Westtown-East Goshen Regional Police Department wants to caution residents about a recent phone scam that has occurred at two different East Goshen Township homes over the past week.<\/p>\n<p>On Nov. 5, a resident living in the 1100 block of Lincoln Drive in East Goshen Township contacted police about a suspicious call received earlier in the day from a male who reported that he was calling from the Mega Millions Company and that the victim won $2,000,000,\u00a0 police said. To claim the money, the victim needed to go to the Rite Aid and purchase a pre-paid money card, police said.<\/p>\n<p>On Nov. 8, a resident living in the 200 block of Cedar Ridge Road in East Goshen Township contacted police about a similar scam involving calls from a male allegedly representing Mega Millions Company, police said.\u00a0 The victim in this case reported that from September to November, he received a series of calls about a $3,800,000 winning ticket and the fees that would have to be paid before the money would be released.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Over this time period, the victim was directed to wire money to an individual in Jamaica via Western Union and to purchase Green Dot cards at a local pharmacy; once the victim purchased these Green Dot cards, the caller received the card numbers to access the money loaded on them, police said, resulting in a loss to the victim of about $8,000.<\/p>\n<p>These two cases are under investigation by the Criminal Investigation Division, and police are urging residents not to fall for this scam.\u00a0 Residents winning a lottery should be in possession of a ticket with winning numbers and are urged to contact local police if they receive calls similar to these.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lottery scam has surfaced in area, authorities say The Westtown-East Goshen Regional Police Department wants to caution residents about a recent phone scam that has occurred at two different East Goshen Township homes over the past week. 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