Scammer takes $29K from local victim

Nassau County Police are investigating a Grand Larceny that occurred in Plainview on Thursday, February 23, at 9:30 am.

According to detectives, a 43-yearold female victim received a phone call from an unknown person claiming to be “Tracy Smith,” a representative from the Chase Bank Fraud Department. The victim was advised that there was fraudulent activity on her account and that she needed to wire $29,800 dollars from her account into a Bank of America account in order to rectify the fraudulent activity. The victim did wire the money, but felt she may have been a victim of fraud and called the Nassau County Police.

Detectives request that if anyone has information regarding the above crime or feel they may be a victim as well should call the Second Squad at 1-516573-6254 or call the Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS. All callers will remain anonymous.