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Fake Apartment Listing Scam: Police Search For Long Island Man Responsible Fake Apartment Listing Scam: Police Search For Long Island Man Responsible
Fake Apartment Listing Scam: Police Search For Long Island Man Responsible Police are asking for the community’s help locating and identifying a man who they say stole several thousand dollars from Long Island families by running a fake apartment listing scheme. According to the Suffolk County Police Department, a man put up flyers in a Medford laundromat advertising an apartment for rent located on Sipp Avenue. The man did not own the apartment, police claim, but two families paid the scammer several thousands of dollars on Tuesday, March 14. Detectives believe that the scammer may have been working with another man and woman, and that he drove a dark-colored…

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by Sophie Grieser
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Don't Fall For It: Rental Scams Targeting Long Island Residents; Suspects Sought Don't Fall For It: Rental Scams Targeting Long Island Residents; Suspects Sought
Don't Fall For It: Rental Scams Targeting Long Island Residents; Suspects Sought Police are warning house hunters to be on the lookout for scammers who are targeting would-be renters on Long Island. The warning comes after Suffolk County Police learned of two rental scams that occurred in Medford in March 2023. It started when a man hung up a flyer advertising a Medford home for rent at the Laundry Kingdom, located on Medford Avenue, on March 12, police said. Two potential renters responded to the ad and later met a woman claiming to be a real estate agent. Both victims gave the woman a cash deposit in exchange for a key, however the keys did not work on the home, lo…

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by Michael Mashburn