Louie Campbell Frankie Frye: Powerball 'winners' come clean after prank

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Two Indiana men, Louie Campbell and Frankie Frye, created a stir on Thursday when they posted this photoshopped "winning" lottery ticket on their Facebook page.
Photographer: Courtesy: WFIE
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Posted: 12/03/2012

(WFIE) Two Indiana men created a stir on Thursday when they posted this photoshopped "winning" lottery ticket on their Facebook page.

When Louie Campbell and Frankie Frye started getting calls from national talk show producers they decided to come clean.

They are NOT the million dollar winner from Vincennes.
 
Louie said they photoshopped their ticket numbers to play a prank on friends and family. He says the joke went "too far."
   
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