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$10,000 Elder Scam: Sting Operation Nabs Swindler Red-Handed on Long Island $10,000 Elder Scam: Sting Operation Nabs Swindler Red-Handed on Long Island
$10,000 Elder Scam: Sting Operation Nabs Swindler Red-Handed on Long Island Police apprehended two people involved with an alleged elder scam after the victim, a 79-year-old Long Island woman, alerted a local officer to her suspicious conversations with the scammer. The woman was on the phone with the alleged con artist when she flagged down a Suffolk County Police Officer on Friday, April 14, according to the department. She told the officer, identified as Sergeant Christopher Racioppo, that she was speaking with a man who had sent her an email the night before about what appeared to be a fraudulent PayPal charge on her account. The man allegedly told her to t…

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