Suffolk woman says she was bilked out of $15,000 cash in text scam
Suffolk police say its financial crimes unit is investigating the incident.
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A Port Jefferson Station woman says scammers bilked her out of $15,000.
Lucille Daileader, 78, says she received a text last month from someone claiming they were from Apple and that she was getting fraudulent charges on her Apple Pay account.
She says then she got a phone call, saying she needed to transfer her savings from her bank to a new account to avoid any further charges. That’s when she went to her bank, withdrew $15,000 and handed it over to a man in a car who came to her home.
“The more people I talk to – this is happening so often now to seniors in particular,” Daileader told News 12. “I thought I was smart enough, but I wasn’t, and I just want to let other people know that this can happen to you."
Suffolk police say its financial crimes unit is investigating the incident.
