FEATURE ARTICLE: Scammers now accepting Green Dot MoneyPaks
Dinah Keck didn’t realize the caller was a crook. The caller told the 70-year old, who lives near Ann Arbor, Mich., that she had won $3.5 million dollars in a lottery.
All she had to do was pay $3,500 to cover administrative fees and taxes and the check would be on its way. Those payments would be made via Green Dot MoneyPaks – $1,300 upfront and then $200 a month.
Keck went to the store, bought the MoneyPaks and gave the “award company” the PIN codes to access $1,500.
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