A Jackpot Crackpot
Monday, May 12th, 2008 • Filed under Forgery, Fraud
The level of some people’s intelligence astounds me, but the only thing that astounds me more is the intelligence people have when it comes to how low they think other people’s intelligence is as well. Don’t drag us down to your evolutionary level.
According to the AP, a man tried to pass off a fake winning lottery ticket to the state’s lottery commission.
Yeah, cashing in a fake ticket to the place that actually prints the real tickets. Lucy and Ethel could have come up with a better plan.
He apparently tried to cash it at two other places before he went to the commission and they both turned him away with the ticket still clutched in his hand. The police took it, of course, as evidence.
The man tried to alert the ticket so it looked like he won $7,000. Just $7K? If you’re going to forge a lottery ticket and (and we’re not recommending that you do, you know who you are), at least go for broke. Claim the winning ticket gives you the $1 million prize, a new Ferrari, the Vice Presidency. Hell, it worked for Dick Cheney.
liberal nazi says: July 31st, 2008 at 8:38 am
man, all of the hate filled allusions to the vast right wing conspiracy.
dottie says: August 4th, 2008 at 10:52 am
this is weird y r criminals sooooo dumb ive been reading stories in magz and one said some guy was stealing food at the grocery store and put two live lobsters and a crab in his undies how STUPID.
Kshaky says: November 8th, 2008 at 9:41 pm
I’ve got crabs in my underpants . . . and ‘Stupid’ wasn’t a word that my doctor used on the prescription!
memomash says: January 12th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
what the heck is with that guy
Soleil Lune says: July 23rd, 2009 at 5:12 am
y r sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo many criminals soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo dumb!
Wes says: August 15th, 2009 at 3:46 am
How can anyone “alert the ticket”?
tateshi says: December 2nd, 2009 at 3:45 pm
is 7000 worth the bother or are they that poor?
Jimmy says: December 28th, 2009 at 10:53 pm
The real criminals are not those who are idiots and get caught for stupid things. The real criminals are those who actions are legal but are fraudulent nonetheless. The evil people who are responsible for paying the congress’ (no not the taxpayer, but the the lobbyists) well in order to convince them to pass laws which will benefit their profit margins. The private sector is a beautiful thing when honesty is a value. But believe it or not (even with the corruption) it is better than government control. History proves it. Democracy always fails, a Republic (upon which the U.S. was founded) is the only solution.
Leif says: January 26th, 2010 at 8:07 pm
Actually if he had the right idea. If your going to forge a lottery ticket don’t forge the grand prize one. That would bring far too much attention to yourself. If you go for a smaller prize you might get away with it because there would be less people interested.
dannia says: February 1st, 2010 at 2:22 pm
Jimmy I believe you to be wrong those same republicans who increase taxes cut benefits an think total power is how to run a country democracey means emmancipation now those iddiots arent justified 4 what they did but 1 can understand y they did it life itself is gettin harder an jobs are hard to find that is their only means of survival f ur republic can do better than try to b that 1 that does f not shut up this isnt about government its about the law
Mikhail says: March 29th, 2010 at 3:44 am
Dannia, law and Government are two tightly connected things. And I’d recommend staying out of a political debate when all you can bring to the table is a bunch of chatspeak.
As for this story, all I can say is: “Why?” He’d have had better luck trying to sell the ticket to someone…