Leandria Williams Arrested After Trying To Cash In Fake $656 million Lottery Ticket

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Leandria Williams

An Elgin woman tried to cash in on the record $656 million Mega Millions jackpot with a ticket she bought online eight minutes after the winning numbers were drawn, officials said today.

Leandria Williams, 28, was initially charged with wire fraud last week for falsifying documents. She has now been charged with attempted theft and forgery, according to the Cook County sheriff's office.

An investigator from the Illinois Department of Lottery contacted the sheriff's office on April 4 after Williams came into the lottery claims office in Des Plaines and said she had a winning ticket for the Mega Millions jackpot drawn on March 30, officials said.

The ticket bore the winning numbers, but records showed only three Mega Millions winners and none of those tickets were from the Chicago area, officials said.

Lottery logs showed Williams' ticket was produced shortly after 10 p.m. on March 30, eight minutes after the winning numbers were drawn. Williams also produced an email receipt that was altered, officials said.Williams filled out the form and submitted her fraudulent documents, officials said.
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Officials said today that Williams' scam was the first of its kind in Illinois.

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Omg if it was that easy I think someone way before her wouldve done that
and they would have millions of winners each week

[Dakota Valkyrie]

She understand enough to alter the time on emails on her side but doesn't understand there are computers/people on the OTHER end?

Does that make her a half-wit?

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In her mugshot she looks like she's still struggling to comprehend how her flawless plan fell through.