It starts with a postcard, a phone call -- maybe even an email -- telling you you've just won millions in a foreign lottery. It's a scam that's went underground for a while, but lately has made a comeback -- in a big way.
"This one here is from the Euro lottery," said Daniel Dujardin.
Dujardin, 70, says it was a postcard that first hooked him in.
"'You're eligible for certain amount, thousands of millions of dollars.'"
But of course, there was a catch.
"Oh, they want money up front either for taxes ... or insurance was one of them," Dujardin said.
So he sent in the cash, more than $1,500. He never saw his promised winnings, but that didn't stop him from trying again and again.
"About $50 a month over about a period of three years," he said.
In all, he estimates he's lost $5,000 to foreign lottery scams."
Asked why he did it, Dujardin replied, "Greed. Just plain greed."
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