Tamarac Man Loses $7,000 In Lottery Scam

TAMARAC (Florida) -- A 73-year-old Tamarac man was coaxed out of $7,000 in a lottery scam, according to a Broward Sheriff's Office news release.

BSO detectives said Carlos Guerrero was shopping at Bravo Supermarket in Sunrise last Friday, when a man who identified himself as Angel and claimed to have won the lottery approached him.

Angel showed Guerrero the so-called winning ticket, but said he couldn’t cash in on his winnings because he was in the country illegally.

Angel proceeded to tell Guerrero that he had contacted lottery officials and was told he had to give them $30,000 in order to collect his prize.

Angel then told Guerrero that if helped with some money he would share the lottery winnings with him.

Guerrero said that he rode with the two men in a black sedan to a Bank of America in Tamarac and withdrew $7,000 cash.

Anyone with information is asked to call BSO Economic Crime Detective John Murray at (954) 321-4255 or Broward Crime Stoppers at (954) 493-8477.

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