2 SOUGHT IN SCAM USING LOTTERY TICKET.Byline: Michael Coit Daily News Staff Writer Oxnard police are seeking a couple suspected of stealing $15,000 from a 72-year-old woman by selling her a bogus bo·gus adj. Counterfeit or fake; not genuine: bogus money; bogus tasks. [From obsolete bogus, a device for making counterfeit money. winning lottery lottery, scheme for distributing prizes by lot or other method of chance selection to persons who have paid for the opportunity to win. The term is not applicable when lots are drawn without payment by the interested parties to determine some matter, e.g. ticket. The victim, who was not identified by police, told investigators the woman and man approached as she left her car in a supermarket parking lot at Fifth Street and Ventura Road about 12:30 p.m. Monday. The victim said the woman claimed to have a winning $80,000 lottery ticket that she couldn't redeem redeem v. to buy back, as when an owner who had mortgaged his/her real property pays off the debt. The term also refers to paying the amount due and all charges after a foreclosure (due to failure to make payments when due) has begun. because she was from Panama and in this country illegally, said Cmdr. Charles Hookstra. The man translated for the woman in English and the victim agreed to buy the ticket for $15,000. The victim withdrew the money from her bank account and returned to the parking lot. After giving the money to the couple, the victim said she went into the market to purchase an item for the woman. When the victim returned, the couple had left, Hookstra said. Police said the woman is described as Latina, 5-feet-3-inches tall, weighing 120 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes Brown Eyes (브라운 아이즈) was a Korean musical duo, specializing in ballads. Although both members have powerful voices, they were initially disregarded because of their physical looks. . The man is described as Latino, 5-5, 150 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. The couple is wanted on suspicion of grand theft. This is the only recent report of such a scam (SCSI Configured AutoMatically) A subset of Plug and Play that allows SCSI IDs to be changed by software rather than by flipping switches or changing jumpers. Both the SCSI host adapter and peripheral must support SCAM. See SCSI. in Oxnard, but police want area residents to be aware of Monday's incident, Hookstra said. |
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