Crime & Safety
Scam Alert: Italian Jacket Version
Sucked into conversation and then suckered out of $1,000

NEW CITY, NY — Not all scams come in over the phone or in your email. This one was close up and personal.
The Clarkstown police posted the victim's story on Facebook. A Congers resident, he was walking into the Costco in Nanuet when the whole thing went down:
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