Scammer promised victims $250 million in lottery winnings, but police say targets lost $80,000

A scammer deceived multiple victims by promising them a lottery prize totaling $250 million. To claim these winnings, the targets were instructed to send funds to cover associated taxes. However, police report that the victims did not receive any prize money and instead lost a total of $80,000. This fraudulent scheme relied on the promise of a massive payout to manipulate targets into sending their own money to the perpetrator under false pretenses.