Incident Reports: Woman Scammed Out of $1,400

Crimes and suspicious incidents recently reported to the Southampton Town Police Department.

Grand Larceny

• A Flanders resident reported to police on May 8 that someone withdrew $1,476 from his Chase Bank account. The withdrawal was noted as a “foreign exchange.”  Police are investigating.

• A Flanders resident told police on May 20 that he was almost the victim of a work from home scam. A caller told him to mail a check for $1,400 to make $1,890. When the caller attempted to cash the check, however, the bank, Capital One in Hampton Bays, recognized it was a scam and did not cash the check.

Burglary

•  A Flanders resident told police on May 25, that when she took her dog for a walk around the block someone entered her home took her iPhone, valued at $200.

Identity Theft

• A Flanders resident told police on May 21 that she was the victim of a phone scam in which a man called her and told her that she won the lottery, but needed to purchase a Walmart gift card and send it to the caller. She sent the card, valued at $305, but never received the $2.5 million she was promised.