By Monty Siekerman
Ada Police Officer Penny Keller-Clark speaks at Vancrest on Wednesday afternoon during the monthly Cookies with a Cop session.

She described lottery and sweepstakes scams. This was first in a series of three talks she will present at the nursing home. In the future, she will describe grandparent scams and home improvement scams.

On Wednesday, she said that lottery scams cost Americans more than $100 million a year. She told the audience that you don’t have to pay to win a prize.

She said the elderly are targeted for several reasons: they are trusting, some may want to reduce their savings, some are independent and isolated.