Email Scam Works Again

A woman was bilked out of thousands when she fell for an email scam. The 82-year-old woman, who lives on East 75th Street between First and Second avenues, received an email from a friend claiming he lost his wallet. He asked the woman to send him $2,500 via Western Union, then another transaction for $2,000. After sending the money to the United Kingdom, she realized the email was a hoax and reported it to police March 31. On March 2, a 66-year-old Upper West Side woman fell for a similar scam, losing $3,195.

Subletting Scam

A man was scammed out of thousands of dollars when he paid to sublet an apartment on East 72nd Street and East End Avenue. On Oct. 14, the 29-year-old Connecticut man paid $4,000 to sublet the apartment. Cops said when he called the building’s management, he was told there was no sublet agreement. Police arrested building tenant Alexandra Paszowski, 33, and charged her with grand larceny.

Pharmacy Scam

A pharmacy technician at Duane Reade was arrested on June 3 for bilking the store out of $67,621, starting in July 2008. Police said that Kavita Bharath, 24, would create a new prescription, sell it and then later refund the money from a drug clerk’s register into a Bank of America account. Bharath, a three-year employee of the 1498 York Ave. store, at East 80th Street, was arrested and charged with grand larceny.