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NY Woman Wires $49K To Scammer Posing As Microsoft Employee NY Woman Wires $49K To Scammer Posing As Microsoft Employee
NY Woman Wires $49K To Scammer Posing As Microsoft Employee A New York woman was scammed out of tens of thousands of dollars over the phone. The 85-year-old Long Island resident, of North Hills, was using her computer when she received a prompt to call a phone number, according to Nassau County Police. A man on the other end claimed to be a Microsoft employee and instructed her to go to her bank and transfer $49,000 to another bank account, which she did.  Once the transfer was complete, the man then instructed the victim to send him a copy of her driver’s license and the bank receipt for the transfer, police said. Nassau County Police said …

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by Michael Mashburn
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ESPN Commentator's NY Home Destroyed In Fire, Report Says ESPN Commentator's NY Home Destroyed In Fire, Report Says
ESPN Commentator's NY Home Destroyed In Fire, Report Says The suburban New York home of ESPN commentator Mike Breen was destroyed in a fire over the weekend, according to a report from TMZ. Emergency responders on Long Island rushed to the scene of the blaze in North Hills at about 4 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 25, the Nassau County Police Department previously reported. TMZ reported that Manhasset-Lakeville Fire Department received reports from Breen's neighbors about the fire. No one was in the residence at the time. "Numerous hand lines as well as 2 ladder pipes and a deck gun were used to battle the fire," the Manhasset-Lakeville Fire De…

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by Nicole Valinote
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Driver, Passenger Killed In Single-Vehicle Long Island Expressway Crash Driver, Passenger Killed In Single-Vehicle Long Island Expressway Crash
Driver, Passenger Killed In Single-Vehicle Long Island Expressway Crash Click here for a new, updated story: Long Island Expressway Fully Reopens Hours After Double-Fatal Crash A stretch of the Long Island Expressway was closed for hours following a double-fatal pre-dawn crash. A box truck was traveling eastbound on the roadway near Exit 36, between New Hyde Park Road and Searingtown Road, in North Hills, just after 5 a.m. Monday, April 5 when it left the roadway and struck the overpass for Shelter Rock Road, Nassau County Police said. The driver and sole passenger of the box truck, both men, were pronounced deceased at the scene by a Nassau County Polic…

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by Joe Lombardi