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Single mom duped by fake lottery ticket
Topic Started: Dec 23 2007, 03:13 PM (167 Views)
musicasacra
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HOLY CARP!!!
Single Mom Duped by Fake Lottery Ticket

Dec 23, 1:48 PM (ET)

NAPLES, Fla. (AP) - When single mother Mary Ann Shaffer scratched a lottery ticket last week, she thought Christmas had come early.

The ticket indicated she was a $25,000 winner.

"I said, 'Oh my God, it's a miracle," Shaffer told the Naples Daily News.

She looked on the back to find a telephone number to claim her winnings.

Elation quickly turned to sadness as she realized the ticket, given to her by a customer at her concession stand, was fake.

"Claim forms supplied by Santa Claus. All winning tickets must be validated by the tooth fairy and conform to her game rules ... All winners are losers and must have an excellent sense of humor," the ticket read.

"How can anyone be so mean around Christmas time?" said Bear Terstegge, a Naples Beach Patrol officer who examined the ticket.

Word about the fake ticket spread quickly around the Naples pier where Shaffer sells hot dogs and water.

"It touched everybody's heart," Terstegge said.

In the past few days, Shaffer, who has two young children, has received cards, gift certificates and hefty tips. One regular brought presents for her kids.

And she's even received a few lottery tickets - real ones.
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ivorythumper
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Bear Terstegge, a Naples Beach Patrol officer


Now that's the name of a southern cop!
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Kincaid
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Them practical jokes is real funny.
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Daniel
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She called the police? :rolleyes:
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Kincaid
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Now that's funny!
Kincaid - disgusted Republican Partisan since 2006.
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