Rock Hill woman scammed of $645 in phony lottery phone scam, police say

A Rock Hill woman is out $645 after a lottery phone scam, police said.

The woman told police that she received a call Thursday from a man who told her she won a lottery grand prize, but needed to send $645 through Western Union to Florida to claim her prize.

The woman sent the money, but said the person who called her now is not taking her calls, a police report states.

She told officers that she knows now that “she was scammed out of the money” and wanted documentation, the report states.

This story was originally published March 13, 2017 at 2:39 PM with the headline "Rock Hill woman scammed of $645 in phony lottery phone scam, police say."