Anniston man falls victim to phone scam

An 83-year-old Anniston man reported to police Friday that someone allegedly representing a bank in Hong Kong called him at home, telling him he’d won $500,000. The victim was told all he needed to do to collect his winnings was pay taxes on the prize money.  From March 4 to April 4 the man sent the suspect $35,680. The victim called police to report that he never got his prize money and the suspect stopped returning his calls.