Staten Island couple scammed out of $140K down payment for house by phony email: Sources

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A married couple from Staten Island was swindled out of a $140,000 down payment on a home earlier this year in a scam that began with an email, according to sources.

A husband and wife were in the process of buying a home and had agreed to make the required down payment when they allegedly were conned in May, according to an investigation led by the Richmond County District Attorney’s Office…

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