Posted on: April 24, 2023 04:58 PM

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Multiple victims fell for scams in Long Island

The biggest one is $500,000 from one victim.

On April 6 around 9am, a female, 69, received a call claiming to be an Apple employee and that her computer had been compromised in Farmingdale.

The subject instructed the victim that she needed to withdraw all of her money from her bank account and travel to Connecticut to transfer it into multiple crypto currency accounts in order to keep it all safe. The victim was informed by her bank that she was scammed.

On April 14 around 10am, an 84 year old female was scammed of $9,800 after receiving a call of her grandson being arrested and needing bail money in Bethpage. A short time later, the victim received another phone call instructing her to go outside her residence to a parked silver SUV. A male Asian, in his mid-40s was waiting and took the victims money and fled the scene.

On April 13 around 9am in Seaford, a male, 67 received a message from Facebook of a government program he could be eligible for. The victim made several transactions, amounting to several thousand before realizing he was being scammed.

On April 19 around 12pm in Merrick, a victim was contacted by an unknown phone number and a male suspect stated he was from PSEG Utility company. The suspect told the victim that the account was two months late on payments. He instructed the victim to Zelle a total of $2,998.13 to an unknown phone number from her Bank of America account. The victim complied, then became suspicious and contacted Police. Investigation is ongoing.

The Nassau County Police Department urges the community to be on alert and to remind vulnerable family members, friends and neighbors about potential scams or frauds.