NEW YORK (WCBS 880) — Police are investigating two scams after detectives intercepted cash that had been shipped by victims in Oklahoma and Maryland to addresses on Long Island.
In the first case, police said a 77-year-old woman from Bixby, Oklahoma was contacted on March 15 by a man claiming her grandson had been arrested for running a red light in Kansas City, Kansas.
The woman was then told to mail $4,000 cash to an address in Huntington Station to pay the bail.
In a separate case, a 66-year-old man from Maryland received an email saying his computer had been infected with a virus and that tech support had accessed his computer and mistakenly refunded him $16,750.
The man was told the money needed to be paid back, and he shipped the cash to an address in Mastic Beach on March 15, police said.
In both cases, detectives with the Suffolk County Police Department's Financial Crimes Unit were notified and the money was intercepted before it could be delivered to the intended destinations.
Detectives are asking anyone who believes they may be a victim of a scam or anyone who has information about a scam to call the Financial Crimes Unit at 631-852-6821.
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