03-15-2015, 02:56 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-15-2015, 03:14 PM by Westenders.)
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I wasn't at aiming that at anyone in particular just a general point about what i have read . I'm not doubting personal accounts either .
The lottery scam involves a person in Jamaica calling north American residents and telling them that they have won a large cash prize but in order to collect the money they have to first send x$ to them via Western Union
As WU tracks a payments to frequent recipients the scammers use different people to collect the fee and pay them a small cut. This process has been huge.
Obviously the prize winners don't receive a penny hence the scam..
What has been happening recently is that money sent to jamaica is now screened, so the scammers are using jamaican connections living in the us...who are paid to collect the prize money over there via WU still, then they are paid bring it to jamaica ...these collectors sometimes keep the money ....putting their families at risk who are still living in Jamaica
It is a big money scam, and is widespread ..don't think for one minute that the authorities are not involved and they obv get a cut too.
It has died down though hence my earlier post linking the rise in street crime to the decline in scamming opportunities.
Someone also mentioned earlier that the new road to negril years ago opened up criminal opportunities. The new road brought more tourists....jamaicans used bush mostly anyway.
Also if you look at the real history of negril, and some of the founders....you would be interested to see how they set up their lives and businesses anyway... People who are now slick, legit people. Some of you older heads are probably familiar with those runnings..
To me what is happening now, has always happened...just different vehicles used for getting the dough...
I wasn't at aiming that at anyone in particular just a general point about what i have read . I'm not doubting personal accounts either .
The lottery scam involves a person in Jamaica calling north American residents and telling them that they have won a large cash prize but in order to collect the money they have to first send x$ to them via Western Union
As WU tracks a payments to frequent recipients the scammers use different people to collect the fee and pay them a small cut. This process has been huge.
Obviously the prize winners don't receive a penny hence the scam..
What has been happening recently is that money sent to jamaica is now screened, so the scammers are using jamaican connections living in the us...who are paid to collect the prize money over there via WU still, then they are paid bring it to jamaica ...these collectors sometimes keep the money ....putting their families at risk who are still living in Jamaica
It is a big money scam, and is widespread ..don't think for one minute that the authorities are not involved and they obv get a cut too.
It has died down though hence my earlier post linking the rise in street crime to the decline in scamming opportunities.
Someone also mentioned earlier that the new road to negril years ago opened up criminal opportunities. The new road brought more tourists....jamaicans used bush mostly anyway.
Also if you look at the real history of negril, and some of the founders....you would be interested to see how they set up their lives and businesses anyway... People who are now slick, legit people. Some of you older heads are probably familiar with those runnings..
To me what is happening now, has always happened...just different vehicles used for getting the dough...