Authorities in Orlando, Fla., are warning residents of a lotto scam Wednesday after a woman was tricked out of $8,000, according to Local 6 News.

Police said Rosaura Ortiz was approached by a Hispanic man and woman while she was putting bags into her car at Crystal Lake and Curry Ford Road.

Ortiz said the man advised her that he just won $182,000 from playing Florida Lotto and that he would give her the winning ticket if she was able to come up with $20,000 cash.

The woman then went to Wachovia Bank and withdrew $8,000. The man then allegedly told the woman that he would put money and the Lotto ticket into her purse. When she agreed, the suspect placed an envelope supposedly holding the $8,000 and the Lotto ticket into her purse.

Later, Ortiz said that the man asked her to buy some aspirin in a Publix on Curryford Road for his wife while they went to Washington Mutual Bank. When Ortiz exited Publix, the man and woman had vanished with her money.

When Ortiz checked the envelope in her purse, she found it contained nothing but newspaper clippings cut into dollar-sized pieces.

Ortiz said the man was 35-40 years old, heavy set and wearing a yellow plaid shirt. The woman was described as being the same approximate age with black hair and wearing a gray dress. No other information was available.

Police have obtained surveillance video from Wachovia Bank.

If you have any information concerning this crime, you are urged to call the Orlando Police Department.

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