The Rising Tide of Unlucky Winners

Swindles using fake prize lotteries are flourishing. So why are the perpetrators still not being rounded up by the police?

January 15, 2002

Amixture of shock and happiness filled the family of Alma in Puri, Mojokerto, East Java. On Monday last week, the youngest daughter of the family, Lutvia Yuniar, who is only in year five of primary school, was reported to have won the prize of a Honda Astrea Supra X motorcycle. The big win purportedly came from the ‘Grab Some Zest For Life’ celebration, held in the name of PT Coca-Cola Amatil Indonesia.

Via a letter that advised of t

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