Police in upper Bucks County say an 80-year-old woman was scammed out of money last December via someone who called and told her she had won the famous Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes.
In fact, state police at Dublin said, the Kintnersville resident was being deceived as part of a con job.
In a March 25 news release, police said the woman–believing she had won a cash prize in the sweepstakes–proceeded to send “multiple cashier’s checks to secure the prize money.”
Police did not disclose how much money the victim lost to the scam, but said their investigation into it is ongoing.