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Alert Issued For Fraudsters Posing As Con Ed Employees In Westchester
Although the holiday season may be over, police in Westchester are warning local residents to be wary as opportunistic fraudsters have been making the rounds posing as Con Edison employees. The Eastchester Police Department issued an alert this week cautioning that scammers have been pretending to be Con Ed employees, utilizing a myriad of scams to take advantage of area customers. Investigators said that the latest scam involves smart meters, which were introduced to New York in 2017. Police said that customers should be aware that Con Edison does not require a deposit for the installatio…
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
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: IRS Imposters Convice Victims To Buy Bitcoins
As tax season heats up, phone scammers posing as members of the IRS are fooling people into buying – and then giving them – bitcoins. Don’t fall for it, police urge. Soon after bodegas in New York City began installing bitcoin ATMs, thieves launched the phone scam. The scammers call unwitting victims, tell them that “fraudulent activities” have been detected and that the IRS will cancel their Social Security numbers if they don’t transfer the money using a bitcoin machine, Wayne Police Detective Capt. Laurence W. Martin said Friday. They also tell the victim to text photos of both the fron…
Armonk, NY
Police & Fire
Westchester Business Owner Targeted During National Bomb Threat Scare, Police Say
A Westchester business was one of the hundreds targeted nationwide last week as part of a bitcoin bomb threat scheme that made the rounds through email. On Thursday, Dec. 13, law enforcement officials investigated hundreds of bomb threats that targeted schools and businesses nationwide, including several in New York and Connecticut. Officers from the Scarsdale Police Department were dispatched to Fox Meadow Road on the day of the bomb threats, where a victim reported that she had received an email to her “Songs for Seeds” business account. Police said that in the email, the suspect stated …
Darien, CT
Police & Fire
Info Released On Darien Victim Of Nationwide Bitcoin Bomb Threat Hoax
A Darien wine shop was one of the thousands of businesses last week that received a bomb threat email that asks for Bitcoin currency. The incident took place around 1:36 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13, when SipStirs, at 1053 Post Road, notified Darien Police they had received an email, said Darien Police. The complainant informed officers that he received an email from an unknown party indicating that an explosive device had been secreted at that address. The email stated that unless the recipient transferred $20,000 in Bitcoin currency to an account, the explosive would be detonated. Th…
Newtown, CT
Police & Fire
Sandy Hook Elementary Receives Bomb Threat On 6th Anniversary Of Massacre
Sandy Hook Elementary School students were sent home Friday morning after the school received a bomb threat on the sixth anniversary of a mass shooting that left 20 first-graders and six educators dead. School personnel reported the threat to Newtown Police around 9 a.m. Friday, said Lt. Aaron Bahamonde. Police went to Sandy Hook School to investigate the threat and it is currently being investigated by members of the Newtown Police Department, he said. "The school was safely and orderly evacuated for precautionary reasons and so that a thorough sweep of the school could be performed," Ba…
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Bitcoin Bomb Threat: Obsolete Compound 'Hidden Anywhere' Would 'Wound People If It Detonates'
UPDATE: Whoever emailed tens of thousands of threats to schools, hospitals, universities, media organizations, businesses and public agencies nationwide on Thursday vowed to use an outdated explosive compound that is "impossible to damage the building structure" but would leave "wounded people if it detonates," Daily Voice has learned. Buildings were evacuated and searches were conducted at hundreds of locations from coast to coast before local and federal authorities deemed the threats bogus. Although they weren't all identical, many of the emails appeared to come from Moscow and bore simi…
White Plains, NY
News
Hundreds Of Bomb Threats Sent To Schools, Businesses In Area, Nation
Fear and panic spread across the country on Thursday, as a bomb threat asking for thousands of dollars in bitcoin payment made the rounds through a series of emails. Law enforcement officials are investigating hundreds of bomb threats that targeted schools and businesses nationwide on Thursday, Dec. 13, including several in New York and Connecticut. According to reports, multiple Hudson Valley businesses were targeted and those threats were also deemed not credible. “Please be advised - there is an email being circulated containing a bomb threat asking for bitcoin payment. While this email…
Fairfield, CT
Police & Fire
Bomb Threats Reported At 2 Fair Lawn Schools, Maywood Store
A string of bomb threats across the country were being investigated Thursday by law enforcement agencies. Among them were threats to two Fair Lawn schools and a Maywood furniture store, local police said. Threats to both Memorial Middle School and Radburn Elementary School were dismissed early and Maywood Furniture were deemed not credible, authorities said. “The mass robo-email threats were sent all across the country this afternoon to schools, businesses, and government offices,” Fair Lawn Police Chief Glenn Cauwels said. “The threats stem from an unknown writer’s demand for bitcoin in …
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
'Digital Blackmail': FBI Hunts Iranian Duo Named In $30M International 'Ransomware' Plot
Two Iranian men were being sought by the FBI for what one official called “21st-century digital blackmail” that netted them more than $6 million while racking up over $30 million in losses to hospitals, municipalities and public agencies across North America. Faramarz Shahi Savandi, 34, and Mohammad Mehdi Shah Mansouri, 27, operated an international computer hacking and extortion racket for more than 2½ years, a grand jury indictment unsealed Wednesday morning in U.S. District Court in Newark charges. Working from inside Iran, Savandi and Mansouri authored “SamSam Ransomware” that was “capa…
New Canaan, CT
Police & Fire
Hiding Something From Your Spouse? Don't Fall For This Scam
Are you hiding something from your spouse? If so, don't fall for a generic form blackmail letter going out to residents in New Canaan, elsewhere in Fairfield County and across the region. A Daily Voice reader received one and shared it with us. The letter, which was addressed by name to the recipient, is pretty threatening in the way the blackmailer gets right to the point about anything salacious or even illegal the person may have done in the past and is hiding. "I'm going to cut to the chase," it begins. "I know about the secret you are keeping from your wife and every…
