Caller said he was Frank Goodman, attorney from NY. We had won $500,000.00 but had to send $3,000.00 to Phillipines to get the money. Gave us names of bank (not real), the people to deliver the $, phone number for gaming commision to verify (phone sex # when looked up on internet)

Dear God
Help me.  Any advice?

My victim was called by a Julia Goodman who claimed to work for the Goodman Law firm out of New York City. She was told she had won $500,000 in an international lottery. My victim an elderly lady sent $28,921 to the Phillipines because she believed she won the lotto.

Another number associated with this call was 866-505-8225.

My name is Peter J. Goodman. I am a principal of the The Goodman Law Firm in New York. I have recently learned that someone is using the name of my firm to defraud victims out of money. The Goodman Law Firm is in no way associated with this practice nor do we do any lottery work or practice outside the New York area. If you are not already a client and are contacted by anyone claiming to be from my office asking for money, please contact your local authorities to report the claim. You may also contact my office at 718-934-8811 to confirm that the attempt to collect money was fraudulent.