Scamming Seniors: How sharks in the water are targeting older Upper East & West Siders

Written by Megan Finnegan Bungeroth on March 14, 2012. Posted in Breaking News, Crime Watch OTDT, Crime Watch our town, Crime Watch West Side Spirit, Dwell OTDT, Family, Lifestyle, News & Features West Side Spirit, News OTDT, News Our Town, Seniors, West Side Spirit

New York is a city with a booming elderly population—there are over 3.4 million people over the age of 65 living here. With that aging population come the predators who single out older victims for their nefarious swindles. In an age of small-time Internet scams and big-time Ponzi schemes, everyone is a potential victim of
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Sweepstakes Scam

Written by admin on October 6, 2010. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, News & Features West Side Spirit

A man was able to dupe a 72-year-old Upper West Side woman out of $120,000. The woman, who lives on West 84th Street and West End Avenue, told police Sept. 29 that she got a phone call from a man who identified himself as Dennis Morris from PricewaterhouseCoopers. He told her in June that she
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Apartment Rental Scam

Written by admin on May 5, 2010. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, News & Features West Side Spirit

A man from England was bilked for $1,800 in an apartment rental scam. He told police May 1 that he wired the money to a Chase bank at 2022 Broadway and West 69th Street. The account belonged to a Julie Cooper. When he arrived at the building he thought he had just rented—57 W. 58th
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Taxi Debit Card Scam

Written by admin on February 26, 2010. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, News & Features West Side Spirit

A woman’s checking account was drained after she was tricked into giving up her debit card to a cab driver. The 31-year-old Upper West Side woman was riding in the taxi Feb. 18. When she reached the corner of West End Avenue and West 66th Street at 6:52 p.m., she tried to swipe her card
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BUSTED IN REFUND SCAM

Written by admin on November 6, 2008. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, News & Features West Side Spirit

On Oct. 18, an employee at Circuit City, at 1995 Broadway near West 68th Street, was arrested and charged with grand larceny for moving customer money to a personal bank account. Cops said that when customers would refund merchandise to the store, Luciano Santiago, 29, would refund the money back to his own personal bank
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SCAM MADE IN CHINA

Written by admin on October 9, 2008. Posted in Crime Watch West Side Spirit, News & Features West Side Spirit

A man contacted police on Sept. 24 when he discovered that he was bilked out of $1,400 he wired to China. The man, who lives in the West 90s, told police he received checks in the mail for $3,000 and an e-mail requesting him to execute the transfer, using the money from the checks. According
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