New City, NY, – County Executive Ed Day and Director of Purchasing Paul Brennan announced that the County’s Purchasing Division has identified a scam in which fraudulent purchase orders are being sent to businesses, which appear to come from government agencies. Scammers are utilizing look-a-like email addresses to make it appear that pricing is being […]
PEARL RIVER, NY February 26, 2013 — O&R has issued a warning to the public about a new phony bill payment scheme in which imposters pose as utility company representatives and call customers demanding immediate payment for what they fraudulently claim are delinquent electric and gas bills. Unsuspecting utility customers across the nation, most recently […]
On July 27 at 7:45 p.m., young Kengsley Angrand of the middle-class Queens neighborhood Cambria Heights made a fateful decision. Angrand approached the clerk at Best Buy located at the Palisades Mall in West Nyack and presented a Visa gift card to pay for two Apple iPads valued at $1,119.89. Angrand left the store with […]