ICYMI: Man Tried To Steal Over $19K From Elderly Man Through Scam

In case you missed it, here's a story that appeared last week in the Lindenhurst Patch:

COPIAGUE, NY — A cashier at a Copiague business was arrested on Friday from trying to steal over $19,000 from an 89-year-old Mississippi man in a scam, according to Suffolk police. The 89-year-old man received a call from someone claiming to be an Amazon employee who tried to convince him that thousands of dollars had been inadvertently refunded to his account from Amazon, police said.

The man was asked to send $19,650 to a business believed to be Amazon on Sunrise Highway in Copiague, police said. After sending the cash, Suffolk County police were called and they intercepted the money before it reached its destination.

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