Two Men Traded a ‘Winning’ Lottery Ticket for Her $5,000 Jewelry, Then Vanished at a Pharmacy

Two men are being sought in New York after police say they convinced a 69-year-old woman to exchange about $5,000 worth of jewelry for a supposed winning lottery ticket, then disappeared while she was inside a pharmacy.

The woman was walking on 78th Street in Woodhaven, Queens, at around 10:50 a.m. on August 8 when two men approached her after arriving in a light gray BMW SUV.

Police say the strangers told her they possessed a winning lottery ticket but could not collect the prize because of their immigration status. They persuaded her to give them her jewelry in exchange for the ticket…

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