Three men scam victim out of 1000 dollars in Jersey City, Jersey City NJ
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FraudThree men approached a victim near Washington Boulevard claiming to collect donations for a deceased coach and scammed the victim out of $1,000. Police are canvassing the area for camera footage to investigate.
Audio|Heard on: Jersey City Police
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04:59
Transcript:
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Based to the PC, if you want to canvass the Target parking lot area,
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two days ago,
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stopped four males with basketball holders asking for donation for their school and their coach that just passed away.
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Maybe there's a good way to start.
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He's four.
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Four.
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For the next thing, you fly over to 100 Montgomery Street, it's 100 Montgomery Street.
00:37
Just check the location for a public argument on the outside, three males.
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And apparently one of them is with a three-year-old.
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Once again, it's just a verbal argument on the outside, 100,
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Montgomery.
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You do well.
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You do it.
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I see.
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Okay.
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Yeah.
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Okay. All right. All right. All right. All right. All right. One of the five minutes in the past.
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Um, six and am scams.
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You can sell.
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$1,000.
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Three mail, uh, description is tall black.
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One of them right, black, one of the past in the clinic.
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Great. Step up.
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Back.
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East Sarge.
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East Sergeant.
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Sirgeon, uh...
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Certifying near Washington Boulevard.
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It's going to be for a scam $1,000.
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I have the description of two of the juveniles,
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or two males rather,
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and uh,
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same with multiple scams that are taking place in the East.
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To me ID?
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Child 2. Child 2.
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Uh, can you call me at (number withheld), please?
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Okay.
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Yeah, West 1, we off at the West.
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I have to dock my camera, the types of footage.
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Do you need this?
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No, not their partner.
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We're going to go to the special location which will stand in a spot that fit to be done.
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All right, if we could reach you footage tonight,
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let me know, if not,
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document the location of the cameras in your report.
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NG special, let's give the NDC a heads up on this.
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Detective Sargent, Channel 3, Detective Sargent, Channel 3.
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Thank you, Sergeant.
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Thank you, Sergeant.
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Good evening, notifying your near Washington Boulevard is going to be for a caller, a victim, saying that there were three juveniles that approached her.
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Speaking about a coach passing away,
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she was then scammed for $1,000, which is the males, I should say,
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three males,
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galled themselves $1,000,
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and we'll lastly have her running north down on Washington Boulevard.
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The victim is unsure if she can ID because she was not paying close attention.
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Genus is going to campus from the area looking for cameras.
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Okay, this is like tomorrow coming over the statement.
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Okay, too.
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Yeah.
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Go.
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We're going to know that this campus here.
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However, we don't know if cameras belong to, they belong to a group.
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See that, uh, do we know if the victim's alone leave the statement at the time?
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Yes, sir, yeah, that's correction.
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She could be transported to the East, I don't know for the East Executive.
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Receive that.
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I got that.
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Do we know what platform is used to transfer the money?
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The money was transferred the money was transferred VEZL utilizing for Bank of America.
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Yeah, we'll be camping around the hall.
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