Phone Hostage Scam Hits Blue Point

A slew of fake ransom phone threats is prompting police to warn residents against such scams to avoid being conned out of cash.

Four separate Blue Point residents received a call between June 18 and June 28 from someone reportedly holding a relative hostage and demanding a cash ransom for a safe return, according to police reports.

The calls were made to homes on Blue Point Avenue, Willyn Road and two on Rogers Sreet.

 One caller demanded a $1,000 in cash for the release of a woman’s husband, another called claimed to have both a family’s son and husband as hostages and the other two calls claimed to have a male relative in custody. In two of the reports the caller was identified as an Hispanic male, according to the reports.

Suffolk Police told Patch that such calls aren’t new and law enforcement has consistently issued advisories and more than a few reminders about such scans in which a caller demands money be wired in order to release the hostages.