Search for suspects who scammed elderly Queens woman out of $10K

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Thursday, September 8, 2016
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QUEENS (WABC) -- Police in Queens are searching for a couple of scam artists who targeted an elderly woman on the street.

Police released images of one of the two women they're searching for.

They say the suspects stopped a 90-year-old woman on a street corner and asked her if she lost a wallet.

The suspects then drove the woman to her home, where they stole an envelope with $10,000 cash.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

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