A 65-year-old North Amityville woman received an alert on her computer telling her to contact Apple Support. She called the number and she was informed her bank accounts had been hacked and there was a $12,000 charge. To halt the reported withdrawal and fix the supposed hack, she agreed to meet a courier at her home and provided a $17,000 payment on April 23rd.
The victim then received a call purportedly from Apple Support on April 26th seeking an additional $10,000. The woman then called the police.
Suffolk County Police Financial Crimes Unit detectives responded to the woman’s house and intercepted the second exchange with a courier at around 1pm on Friday, April 26th.
The courier, Vikram Kumar, was not the same courier as the one on April 23th. Detectives charged Kumar, 26, of Queens, with attempted grand larceny. He is scheduled to appear in court in Central Islip on a later date. Detectives believe this is a coordinated scam involving multiple people.
Anyone who believes they are a victim of the scam is asked to contact Financial Crimes at (631) 852-6821.
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