Clerk Tells Man His $600 Lotto Ticket Is Worth $5, Has No Idea He’s an Undercover Cop

Clerk Tells Man His $600 Lotto Ticket Is Worth $5, Has No Idea He’s an Undercover Cop
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Choosing the winning numbers in a lottery can be hard without the prospect of a scam waiting for you when you cash in your win.

A greedy 42-year-old store clerk named Crystelle Yvette Baton, who worked in a Winn-Dixie liquors store in Fort Myers, Florida, planned to keep some lottery winnings for herself. She tried to use a trick to take earnings from the winning ticket but ended up choosing the wrong customer to try it out on, and this eventually backfired on her.

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