http://www.timesargus.com/article/20130505/BUSINESS03/705059890/1006/BUSINESS <br /><br />Muriel Sedergren said she’d receive three or four calls a week but knew enough never to bite on the caller’s news that she had won a big lottery prize. <br /><br />“My first question is ‘what’s this going to cost me?’” Sedergren said. <br /><br />She said the next sound was the click of the caller hanging up. <br /><br />View Related Forum: <br />http://www.topix.com/forum/business/TQTP857OUOSOBGHUT <br /><br />Unlike Sedergren, however, many Vermonters, especially seniors, fall prey to lottery and other scams, and wind up losing hundreds or even thousands of dollars. <br /><br />The attorney general’s office and its Consumer Assistance Program, along with the University of Vermont, logged more than 1,700 scam complaints last year. <br /><br />Also Read: http://abneyandassocia.livejournal.com/ and http://blogrr.net/tag/abney+associates/
