🚨 A NJ man allegedly convinced a Michigan woman she won $5.5M in a sweepstakes
🚨 She sent Donald Johnson Jr. $200K in taxes to receive her ‘winnings’
🚨 The payments were sent to several different addresses
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP (Morris) — A Morris County man is charged with scamming a Michigan woman out of over $200,000 after convincing her she won $5.5 million in the Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes.
Michigan State Police said Donald Johnson, 56, of Washington Township (Morris) called the 72-year-old woman who lives in Van Buren, Michigan, and told her she had won the nationwide sweepstakes. Before collecting her “winnings,” Johnson told the woman she had to pay the taxes.
The woman mailed Johnson the money to Johnson at multiple addresses, including $90,000 to Johnson, police said…