Crime & Safety

Scammer Posed as US Navy Sailor Fighting in Syria

The fraud victim sent $8,000 to the scammer after meeting on Facebook.

A fraud victim sent a total of $8,000 to a person who claimed to be fighting a war in Syria with the U.S. Navy.

They began talking on Facebook in June, according to Elmhurst police, and the victim sent money thinking he or she was helping the person return home.

The victim sent money to locations in Ghana and New York between June 25 and Nov. 2.

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