They then persuade them that they have won a lottery and need to send a fee to process their winnings.
Whether won in a lottery, earned in a paycheck or accrued in a 401(k) account, a dollar is supposed to be a dollar.
The residents had been sent letters saying they had won a Spanish lottery but needed to disclose bank account information to claim their prize.
In downtown Los Angeles, 17, 500 fans who won free tickets in a lottery, filled the Staples Center, while about 50, 000 more fans crowded the streets outside the venue.
In the UK, Richard Branson won a libel case against the head of the company running the National Lottery over a bribe he said he was offered.
The scam begins with a phone call that informs the target that he has won millions in an international lottery, but he needs to wire a payment to cover taxes.
Each cashed a ticket in the I Won The Derby lottery, but that's about it.
The Wall Street Journal recently reported on a botched State Department lottery in which some 22, 000 foreign applicants were informed that they had won a chance for a U.S. resident visa only to have it later retracted due to a computer glitch.
They initially won an order from a probate judge in September to freeze the lottery check, asserting his widow tried to cash it.
"We saw that last year, when Fernando (Alonso) won, and we know that the unpredictable weather can make it a lottery for everyone, " added Button.
Now, just a few weeks before I visited that auto plant, 14 of its employees won the lottery.
"I felt like I won the lottery when I got accepted, " says Mr. Chakra, who manages a large group of software developers and has more than 55 patents.
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