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Last Laugh! Police Had to Convince Lottery Winner it was Real

Reuters News Wire (reuters@telecom-digest.org)
Wed, 21 Dec 2005 13:06:50 -0600

A lottery company had to call the police to convince an elderly German
woman that she had hit the jackpot, police said Tuesday.

"The woman had quite a sizeable win but was worried that she was
having her leg pulled," said Joachim Gerhardt, a police inspector in
the eastern German city of Gera. "After all, " he noted, "the
Americans send us so much spam garbage in email each day, who knows
what to believe on the internet any more. I was not sure of it myself
until I checked with the ISP of the sender and also the company which
sent her the email. They both assured me it was quite up and up. Then
I sent another inspector to see her and discuss it.

"We were fortunately able to convince her so she could celebrate her
good fortune," he said, adding that the woman would probably receive
her winnings before Christmas.

Copyright 2005 Reuters Limited.

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