Sweepstakes Scam

| 02 Mar 2015 | 04:42

    a man was able to dupe a 72-year-old upper west side woman out of $120,000. the woman, who lives on west 84th street and west end avenue, told police sept. 29 that she got a phone call from a man who identified himself as dennis morris from pricewaterhousecoopers. he told her in june that she won $750,000. in order to get the prize money, he then told her, she had to pay for the transfer. the woman told police she sent the $120,000 to the man through western union.