Almost scammed
Telemarketers scam some locals with fake prize

Sarah Curley of Sanders, Ariz. was nearly scammmed by someone in Jamaica befor a clerk at the the Western Union store in Navajo, Ariz. alerted her. A con artist has been targeting Navajo Cellular One customers. — © 2010 Gallup Independent / Brian Leddy

By Elizabeth Hardin-Burrola
Independent correspondent

NAVAJO, Ariz. — Attention all phone users, especially those with CellularOne service on the Navajo Nation.

If you receive a call saying you’ve won a huge cash prize or a luxury car — but you have to pay a few hundred bucks to collect the prize — don’t believe it. The only thing you’re about to get is ripped-off by a phony telephone sweepstakes scam...

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