1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (330+ words) A fraudster who stole millions of pounds from 115 victims in a scam targeting elderly people has been jailed for eight years and four months. Steven Long, of Mead Road, in Stowmarket, Suffolk, ran several businesses under the banner of the…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (286+ words) Published 11:20 am Thursday, July 23, 2026 The public is once again being reminded of a gold jewelry scam, after a 94-year-old in Hope was victimized. Cpl. Carmen Kiener, media relations officer for the Upper Fraser Valley Regional Detachment, said the suspected fraudster…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (206+ words) Police and elected officials issued an urgent public warning regarding a sophisticated gold bar scam. The scam impacts older adults in New York the most. About $3 million has recently been stolen. Scammers first reach out via computer pop-ups, phone calls,…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (260+ words) A North Texas man has now been arrested in an undercover sting where he allegedly attempted to defraud an elderly victim of $44,000. A recent undercover operation in Sulphur Springs led to the arrest of a McKinney man accused of targeting…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (415+ words) "They will keep the victims on the phone for hours." Detectives stopped a Suffolk County woman before she could complete a gold bar purchase meant for scammers — and the suspects were even monitoring the situation through her computer. Officials say…...

2+ mon, 20+ min ago   (276+ words) Scammers were secretly listening through the victim's computer as detectives intervened An elderly western Suffolk County woman was on the verge of converting approximately $140,000 of her savings into gold for scammers when two detectives arrived at her home and discovered…...

2+ mon, 16+ hour ago   (379+ words) July 13, 2026 / 5:52 PM EDT / CBS New York Authorities on Long Island are warning about a scheme in which victims are being urged to convert their savings into gold bars, then hand them over for "safekeeping." Suffolk County police stopped one incident…...

2+ mon, 12+ hour ago   (1632+ words) HAUPPAUGE, NY — An elderly Suffolk County woman was preparing to convert approximately $140,000 of her savings into gold for scammers when two detectives arrived at her home and discovered that the fraudsters were secretly listening to their conversation through her compromised…...

2+ mon, 15+ hour ago   (535+ words) Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney speaks during a news conference at the Dennison Building in Hauppauge on Monday, warning of a scam involving gold bars. Credit: Newsday/James Carbone When an elderly Suffolk County woman insisted on buying a…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (694+ words) An 84-year-old Washington resident handed about $420,000 in gold to a man waiting at the end of the resident’s driveway after a fake Microsoft alert turned into a government impersonation scam, deputies said. The case was part of a sharp run…...