New York Brothers Charged in $5M Lottery Scam

[vta]

Originally Posted by Dallas

I used to loadmaster on 747's while growing up for Everygreen Intl Airlines. I would fly to JFK 3-4x each and every week from Anchorage. Beautiful city but the populace there is just bad bad bad. I am certain not all are cockroaches as you say here Wini but it seems the bad farrrr outweigh any good there. This is only from my experience being in the city. People are just rude-crude and appear to just want to get one over on the average joe.

Its like everywhere you go they hate each other. Odd!

I am no fan of NYC and don't miss anything about it.

Syracuse huh? Never been there. I do like NY the state. Pretty place.

I don't think New Yorkers are much different than the average person who when put in the same sort of situation would basically act the same. Force people to crowd together and they become anti-social almost in self defense of having to interact with someone they think might either victimize them or ask them for something.

New Yorkers are generally indifferent, - almost to an appalling degree, - more so than criminal. I've watched crowds step over a person on the stairs of Penn Station after she'd wiped out. I'm sure after the first wave the rest may have just taken her for homeless, but it was pretty interesting to watch. (She managed to get up before I got there.) Nobody asked if she was ok or offered her a hand.

Of course opportunists use the sheer human numbers and anonymity of everything to their best advantage. I'd imagine being an NY Police Officer is one of the hardest jobs in the nation.

[Dallas]

Originally Posted by vta

I don't think New Yorkers are much different than the average person who when put in the same sort of situation would basically act the same. Force people to crowd together and they become anti-social almost in self defense of having to interact with someone they think might either victimize them or ask them for something.

New Yorkers are generally indifferent, - almost to an appalling degree, - more so than criminal. I've watched crowds step over a person on the stairs of Penn Station after she'd wiped out. I'm sure after the first wave the rest may have just taken her for homeless, but it was pretty interesting to watch. (She managed to get up before I got there.) Nobody asked if she was ok or offered her a hand.

Of course opportunists use the sheer human numbers and anonymity of everything to their best advantage. I'd imagine being an NY Police Officer is one of the hardest jobs in the nation.

You are probably correct here VTA. I probably should not have generalized so much. Its just me reflecting back on my experience in the city and just watching people while visiting. Odd habit of mine is just sitting down in a large public venue and just checking out people coming and going and the interaction between everyone.

Most likely correct about the NYC police officer job. That has to be intense.

[Sarge]

Originally Posted by Dallas

Seriously? Low of a thing to do? You are talking about New York City. The sludge in that town is second to none. I can't understand anyone wanting to live in that putrid element. Most of the people there are a bunch of cockroaches.

No thanks and I am not surprised at this story.

Since when is Syracuse in New York City?????

[Sam I Am]

Originally Posted by Sarge

Since when is Syracuse in New York City?????

I think he is just talking about the scumbags from Utica.

Either that or just knowing that I live in the NYC area.

[DallasCowpoke]

Dateline, 20/20 or both did segments on this very thing. They did the hidden-camera sting deal and it was shocking how about 1 in every 5-6 stores/clerks did this to ppl.

One dumb-A, even denied it was him, or that he'd done it, as they're showing him the video right in the store, 15-mins after he did it!

[TheDallasDon]

So did the store owner know it was worth 5million when he made the trade?

If so that makes him just as guilty IMO, tried to get a scam himself but as always to good to be true is well......usually to good to be true.

[Sarge]

Originally Posted by Sam I Am

I think he is just talking about the scumbags from Utica.

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Now this, I don't much disagree with.