Scammer Poses As Officer, Steals $8,000 Cash From Woman

The suspect, described as a light-complexioned man wearing a brown sweater, blue vest, gray pants, black sunglasses, and multicolored sneakers, fled on foot in an unknown direction, and no injuries were reported.

NYPD says the man then went to the woman’s home near Cropsey Avenue and 24 Avenue, where she handed him about $8,000 in cash believing the story.

Around 2:15 p.m. on April 8, a 92-year-old woman received a phone call from a man claiming to be a police employee, telling her her daughter had been hurt in a car crash and urgently needed about $150,000 for medical care.

Incident reported at Cropsey Ave & 24th Ave.

The suspect, described as a light-complexioned man wearing a brown sweater, blue vest, gray pants, black sunglasses, and multicolored sneakers, fled on foot in an unknown direction, and no injuries were reported.

NYPD says the man then went to the woman’s home near Cropsey Avenue and 24 Avenue, where she handed him about $8,000 in cash believing the story.

Around 2:15 p.m. on April 8, a 92-year-old woman received a phone call from a man claiming to be a police employee, telling her her daughter had been hurt in a car crash and urgently needed about $150,000 for medical care.

Incident reported at Cropsey Ave & 24th Ave.

The suspect, described as a light-complexioned man wearing a brown sweater, blue vest, gray pants, black sunglasses, and multicolored sneakers, fled on foot in an unknown direction, and no injuries were reported.

NYPD says the man then went to the woman’s home near Cropsey Avenue and 24 Avenue, where she handed him about $8,000 in cash believing the story.

Around 2:15 p.m. on April 8, a 92-year-old woman received a phone call from a man claiming to be a police employee, telling her her daughter had been hurt in a car crash and urgently needed about $150,000 for medical care.

Incident reported at Cropsey Ave & 24th Ave.

The suspect, described as a light-complexioned man wearing a brown sweater, blue vest, gray pants, black sunglasses, and multicolored sneakers, fled on foot in an unknown direction, and no injuries were reported.

NYPD says the man then went to the woman’s home near Cropsey Avenue and 24 Avenue, where she handed him about $8,000 in cash believing the story.

Around 2:15 p.m. on April 8, a 92-year-old woman received a phone call from a man claiming to be a police employee, telling her her daughter had been hurt in a car crash and urgently needed about $150,000 for medical care.

Incident reported at Cropsey Ave & 24th Ave.

The suspect, described as a light-complexioned man wearing a brown sweater, blue vest, gray pants, black sunglasses, and multicolored sneakers, fled on foot in an unknown direction, and no injuries were reported.

NYPD says the man then went to the woman’s home near Cropsey Avenue and 24 Avenue, where she handed him about $8,000 in cash believing the story.

Around 2:15 p.m. on April 8, a 92-year-old woman received a phone call from a man claiming to be a police employee, telling her her daughter had been hurt in a car crash and urgently needed about $150,000 for medical care.

Incident reported at Cropsey Ave & 24th Ave.