The NYPD is asking for the public\u2019s help identifying four people wanted in connection with an alleged lottery scam in Williamsburg that left a woman out thousands of dollars.<\/p>\n
According to police, the incident happened on Tuesday, May 19, in front of 700 Broadway.<\/p>\n
Investigators say a 56-year-old woman was approached by an unidentified man who claimed he had a winning lottery ticket but could not cash it because of his immigration status. Police say an unidentified woman and two additional men then joined the conversation.<\/p>\n
Authorities say the group convinced the victim to withdraw approximately $15,000 in cash and jewelry in exchange for a share of the supposed lottery winnings.<\/p>\n
Police say the victim later entered a gray Subaru Forester with the group and was dropped off at another location, where the suspects drove away with her property.<\/p>\n
The NYPD has previously warned the public about lottery-related scams, reminding New Yorkers to never give money, jewelry or other valuables to strangers in exchange for promised prize money.<\/p>\n
The first suspect is described as a man with a medium complexion, approximately 50 years old and of medium build. He was last seen wearing a navy blue shirt, blue pants and black shoes.<\/p>\n
The second suspect is described as a man with a medium build. No clothing description was immediately available.<\/p>\n
The third suspect is described as a woman with a slender build. She was last seen wearing a light-colored shirt, black pants, a black bucket hat and light-colored shoes.<\/p>\n
The fourth suspect is described as a man with a light complexion and slender build. He was last seen wearing a light-colored long-sleeved shirt, green pants, brown shoes and a dark-colored baseball hat.<\/p>\n
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD\u2019s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Tips can also be submitted online at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org<\/a> or by messaging @NYPDTips on X.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NYPD is asking for the public\u2019s help identifying four people wanted in connection with an alleged lottery…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261152,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-261151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261151"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261151\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}