A Washington County woman says she lost more than $40,000 in a long-running sweepstakes scam that police now believe may have evolved into a money laundering operation. Seventy-eight-year-old Joyce Hennick says it started with a phone call telling her she had won five-point-five-million-dollars plus a Mercedes and an F-150, but in order to get the money and prizes, she had to pay all the taxes and fees up front. Police say the demands continued for more than two years, with dozens of phone calls every day. scammers convinced Hennick to open multiple bank accounts and send money in various ways, and at one point, police say, cash even started arriving in her mailbox hidden inside magazines, leading them to believe it had also turned into a money laundering scheme as well. Police say arrests in scams like these are rare, but they say Hennick kept detailed records so they’re hopeful that will be helpful.