# Woohoo, I just won $300,000 and a new Tesla **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 7, 2026, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-just-won-300-000-and-a-new-tesla/1026421 "2026-01-07T05:39:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 11
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2026, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-just-won-300-000-and-a-new-tesla/1026421/11 "2026-01-07T14:26:54Z")
It’s ironic that adding an EXTRA, very large prize doesn’t seem to dissuade scammees, but instead is more likely to suck them in. Yes, I am well aware that this is one way for the crooks to filter out the skeptics, but still seems kaa kaa koo koo to me that making it LESS plausible draws in MORE fish. Annnnd it isn’t like these fraudulent offers haven’t filtered down through all of society by this point. An older thread where the senior citizen in question had been fully hooked, lined, and sinkered, which I periodically read just to blow my mind that someone could be so thoroughly suckered in that he had successfully gaslighted himself into believing that every element (the fake law firms, banks, lottery ticket, and even yes “girlfriend”) was authentic, to the extent that he was apparently convinced that he had met her and known her in person here in the States and that it really was his rightful inheritance he was trying to get: > [@Unwittingly dragged into the middle of a scam. Yipe!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unwittingly-dragged-into-the-middle-of-a-scam-yipe/478505): > > Okay, not the middle of a scam, but the periphery – a very awkward position either way. Sorry in advance for the length… I live in an apartment building. A neighbor on my floor, whom I know enough only to say ‘hi’ and ‘how are you’ to now and then, got into the elevator with me and after a little chatting, suddenly asked me if I had a computer. I said yes – I assumed he was gonna ask for recommendations for purchasing one. How wrong I was! He asked if he could come over and use it to send a… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woohoo-i-just-won-300-000-and-a-new-tesla/1026421)._