Manhattan ? Manhattan police say an 84-year-old woman has been scammed out of $80,000 from a company claiming she had won a prize.

The Manhattan Mercury reports Doris Hofman was told by a company calling itself the Global International Sweepstakes and Lottery Co. that in order to get the prize, she needed to give the company money first.

Police Capt. Kurt Moldrup says Hofman gave the company $80,000 from June to December before realizing something was wrong.