Search
Advertisement

Featured Slideshows

Openly Gay Celebrities More
| Digg | Facebook | E-mail | Print
Jun 13, 2008 8:04 am US/Eastern

Police Foil Brooklyn iPhone Scam

NEW YORK (AP) ― It's hard to find a popular item like an iPhone at a discount, but at least a dozen people spotted a great deal on Craigslist. But, instead of walking away with a new gadget, they were robbed at gunpoint when they showed up to get the phone.

Police say four men were responsible for carrying out a violent, bait and switch scam. The scam that took advantage of the trust factor involved in using the popular networking website, Craigslist.

Detectives say a dozen people responded to an ad featuring an iPhone for sale in Brooklyn.

The prospective buyers who arranged to meet the suspects on a Flatbush street corner to pick up their iPhone wound up staring down the barrel of a loaded gun.

In all, police say the victims were robbed of thousands of dollars in cash and valuables.

In order to bust the robbery ring, undercover officers set up a fake buy and slapped handcuffs on these accused high tech criminals.

(© 2008 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

WCBSTV.com's Most Popular Pages

From Our Partners

Video

You need the latest Flash player to view video content.
Click here to download.

Click here to bypass this detection if you already have the latest Flash Player.

Technology

Top News Stories

Advertisement

© MMVIII, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.