Men Scammed Elderly Woman Out of $37K By Telling Her Loved One Needed Bail Money: Police

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What to Know

  • Two men scammed an elderly woman out of more than $37,300 after telling her a loved one had been arrested and needed bail money

  • A man met the woman at her apartment after calling her and got an unspecified amount of cash from her

  • Over the next two days, a man collected an additional $37,300 in funds from the woman, police said

Two men scammed an elderly woman out of more than $37,300 after telling her a loved one had been arrested and needed bail money, the NYPD said.

The 89-year-old Upper East Side woman got a call from a man she didn’t know on July 20, telling her a loved one had been arrested in Florida, police said.

A man met the woman at her apartment later that day and got an unspecified amount of cash from her, the NYPD said.

A man went to her apartment again the next day and the day after and collected an additional $37,300 in funds, according to police.

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Police are now searching for two men in connection with the scam.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS.





Source : Nbcnewyork