{"id":992317,"date":"2026-08-10T04:17:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T04:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/992317\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T04:17:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T04:17:23","slug":"swindlers-con-nyc-woman-out-of-5k-worth-of-jewelry-by-trading-the-bling-for-a-winning-lottery-ticket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/992317\/","title":{"rendered":"Swindlers con NYC woman out of $5K worth of jewelry — by trading the bling for a ‘winning’ lottery ticket"},"content":{"rendered":"

A woman in Queens was conned out of $5,000 worth of jewelry after two men who claimed they couldn\u2019t collect a lottery jackpot because of their immigration status offered to trade their \u201cwinning\u201d ticket for her bling, police said.<\/p>\n

Cops said the 69-year-old woman was approached by the two grifters after they rolled up on her in their gray BMW around 10:50 a.m. Saturday in front of\u00a0 86-75 78 St. in Woodhaven.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cops said the 69-year-old woman was approached by the two cons after they rolled up on her in their gray BMW around 10:50 a.m. in front of\u00a0 86-75 78 St. in Woodhaven.\u00a0 NYPD<\/p>\n

The pair of fraudsters got out of the car and began to tell the woman that they\u2019d been lucky enough to have a winning lottery ticket with them \u2013 but were unable to collect the prize because of their immigration status, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t immediately clear how much they told the woman the jackpot was.<\/p>\n

The pair of fraudsters got out of the car and began to tell the woman that they\u2019d been lucky enough to have a winning lottery ticket with them \u2013 but were unable to collect the prize because of their immigration status, police said.\u00a0 NYPD<\/p>\n

The scamsters then convinced the woman to trade her bling \u2013 which cops said was worth around $5,000 \u2013 in return for the ticket, according to police.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Authorities said that after getting the woman to hand over her jewels under false pretenses, the thieves then asked her if she could buy pain medication for them at a nearby pharmacy.<\/p>\n

When the lady entered the store to get the duo the meds, they disappeared with the loot, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Authorities released images of the suspects, with one of the swindlers seen wearing a white shirt, khaki pants and a newsboy cap. The other is seen in an all-black outfit, including a black baseball cap.<\/p>\n

The NYPD asking for the public\u2019s assistance in identifying the scammers. NYPD<\/p>\n

One of the fraudsters seen in footage released by the NYPD. NYPD<\/p>\n

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/<\/a>, on X @NYPDTips.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A woman in Queens was conned out of $5,000 worth of jewelry after two men who claimed they…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":992318,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,4219,6501,7276,6411,5248,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,5257,4413,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969],"class_list":["post-992317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-america","tag-crime","tag-immigrants","tag-jewelry","tag-lottery","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nypd","tag-queens","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-us-news","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117069286489569367","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/992317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=992317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/992317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/992318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=992317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=992317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=992317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}