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PayPal Scam Defrauds Over $40K From Long Island Woman: Police PayPal Scam Defrauds Over $40K From Long Island Woman: Police
PayPal Scam Defrauds Over $40K From Long Island Woman: Police A Long Island woman lost tens of thousands in a scam involving a fake PayPal scam and US government agents, police said. On Thursday, July 13, a Manhasset woman received an email from what she believed was PayPal, according to Nassau County Police. The email claimed the woman had a fraudulent payment on her PayPal account, and gave her a number to call. When she called the false PayPal number, they told her that she owed $39,000. She was told to withdraw the money and that a representative from the US Department of Justice would come to her home to pick it up. The victim complied an…

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