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said it did little to stop the scammers from phoning residents in North and South Dakota.
• "We unsealed the indictment (Tuesday) in order to be able to again warn people that if someone contacts you over the telephone telling you that you have won a lottery that you did not enter, hang up the telephone because it's a scam," said Timothy Purdon, U.S. attorney from North Dakota.
• The Jamaican and U.S. governments set up a task force in 2009 in an attempt to derail lottery schemes. Authorities said last year that at least 30,000 calls from Jamaica were being made every day trying to defraud U.S. citizens.
• The original indictment listed as victims an 83-year-old North Dakota woman who sent seven separate checks for nearly $158,000 after she was promised $19 million in winnings, and a South Dakota man who sent a $14,000 cashier's check after he was promised $3.5 million and a 2012 Mercedes.
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• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Severe thunderstorms in the Black Hills Tuesday afternoon spawned a tornado 3 miles northwest of Silver City but no damage or injuries have been reported.
• The National Weather Service in Rapid City says an employee in the Black Hills National Forest spotted the funnel cloud touch ground about 1:15 p.m. MDT.
• The storm system also has produced hail up to the size of golf balls near Keystone, Hill City, Pactola Reservoir and Sheridan Lake.
• The weather service says a severe thunderstorm was moving south from the Custer State Park Game Lodge south at about 15 mph Tuesday afternoon.
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