Jamaican lottery scammer Roshard Carty urged a 73-year-old American woman to sell her house and send him the proceeds after she complained in early 2021 that she had run out of money paying the endless “taxes and fees” she believed were required to claim a supposed US$22-million jackpot.

To persuade her further, 34-year-old Carty, who was living in Manchester at the time, told the retiree – whom he frequently addressed as ‘Hun’, ‘Honey’, or ‘Love’ – that he would “give her one of his houses”, according to a plea agreement he signed and court records filed in the United States (US).

In April 2021, the woman, whose identity was not disclosed by American authorities, sold her house in Washington and deposited US$448,000 into her bank account before sending the cash to Carty.