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A Santa Ana woman got swindled out of $6K by lottery ticket scammers

On March 27, 2024, Suspect 1 and Suspect 2 entered the Ross Store located at 2200 E. 17th St., according to the Santa Ana Police Department.

The male suspect approached the victim and informed her that he had a winning jackpot lottery ticket but needed her help because he was from Argentina and did not possess an ID.

Meanwhile, the female suspect acted as a bystander and offered to help the male suspect. The male suspect made a phone call to an unknown person on speakerphone who stated it was a winning ticket for $15 million, but to redeem the ticket, $30,000 had to be presented to cover taxes and fees.

The male suspect offered the victim $50,000 if she would help him. The victim agreed, and both suspects escorted her to her home with Suspect 3 posing as an Uber driver. The victim gave the suspects $6,600, and they left her residence.

Anyone with information on the identity of the suspects is asked to contact Detective S. Lim at (714) 245-8417 or slim@santa-ana.org.

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Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.
Art Pedroza

Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

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  • Wait a minute, just hold on. He said he won 15 million dollars but only offered her $50,000? He would have needed to offer me at least, bare minimum.. 1.5 million. My heart really goes out to this woman. Glad she didn't have more than the $6.6 thousand. I can't stand scammers. They're, imo, the most low life scum bags on this planet.

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