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Sweepstakes, lottery scams cost Americans more than $100M in 2017

A new study reveals sweepstakes, lottery and prize scams cost Americans millions of dollars each year. The Better Business Bureau calls these schemes some of the "most serious and pervasive frauds operating today." In the past three years, the group says more than 460,000 Americans have reported losing more than $330 million. CBS News correspondent Anna Werner reports.
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