A person allegedly stole 1000’s of {dollars} from two individuals who lent him their telephone after he instructed them a pretend sob story about being locked out if his condominium, police stated.
The scammer struck simply after midnight on Jan. 14, in accordance to police. He allegedly went up to a 21-year-old man and a 20-year-old girl on Christopher Road in Greenwich Village and requested if he may use a cellphone after he obtained locked out of his house.
He then requested to use a cash switch account on the sufferer’s telephone in or to pay for a locksmith, in trade for money. The suspect proceeded to take greater than $5,700 from the sufferer’s account and ship it to an unknown checking account, police stated, earlier than operating off south on Seventh Avenue.
The suspect is alleged to be between 25-30 years outdated, 5’10” tall and about 180-200 kilos. He was final seen carrying a inexperienced jacket with orange letters, in addition to black and orange sneakers.