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'Don't Fall For It,' Hackettstown Police Warn After Elderly Woman Scammed Out Of $2.2K 'Don't Fall For It,' Hackettstown Police Warn After Elderly Woman Scammed Out Of $2.2K
'Don't Fall For It,' Hackettstown Police Warn After Elderly Woman Scammed Out Of $2.2K Hackettstown police are warning the public of scammers after an elderly woman apparently lost more than $2,000 to one. The 82-year-old victim got an email that she believed was from Apple Inc., in reference to a charge on her account from a game she purchased Sept. 2, local police said. The victim never purchased a game, so she called the company and spoke to a woman regarding the alleged charge. The woman instructed the victim to go to a nearby store and purchase Apple gift cards, while remaining on the phone.  And so, the victim left for the store. When she got there, there weren't…

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by Cecilia Levine