Elderly women from Indiana County duped in sweepstakes scam

State police at Indiana are investigating an incident of theft by deception after an elderly woman from White lost money she thought she was sending to insure a large cash prize.

Eleanor Blair, 93, told police someone called her and told her she won $350,000 in a sweepstakes, but she needed to wire $2,800 to cover insurance costs. Blair wired the money in May, but did not receive her prize.