80-year-old Huntsville woman with cancer scammed out of hundreds of dollars
Fake Publishers Clearing House scam impacting local family By Caroline Klapp | April 1, 2021 at 10:27 PM CDT - Updated April 2 at 5:07 PM
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - A Huntsville woman is now out hundreds of dollars. The caller said she had won $1.5 million, but had to send some payments for verification first. (Source: WAFF)
Why? She fell victim to a phone scam. But she’s by far not the first.
Victoria Martin tells us it started with a phone call about a week ago.
The caller claimed he was with Publishers Clearing House and she had won $1.5 million, but there was a catch, to claim her prize, she had to pay up.