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'Coordinated Scam': Police Intercept Monetary Exchange Targeting North Amityville Woman 'Coordinated Scam': Police Intercept Monetary Exchange Targeting North Amityville Woman
'Coordinated Scam': Police Intercept Monetary Exchange Targeting North Amityville Woman A suspect has been nabbed in connection with a computer scam that defrauded a Long Island woman of thousands of dollars.  Detectives said they believe it's a coordinated scheme involving multiple people. According to Suffolk County Police, a 65-year-old North Amityville resident received an alert on her computer informing her to contact Apple Support.  The woman called the number and was informed that her bank accounts had been hacked, and she had been charged $12,000.  To halt the reported withdrawal and fix the purported hack, she agreed to meet a courier a…

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by Joe Lombardi