Another DVD Scam Revealed
Another DVD Scam Revealed: " Another DVD Scam Revealed
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It was too good a deal to pass up: buy one DVD at full price and get five more for 49 cents each. So good in fact that two brothers answered the newspaper ad, not just once, or twice, but 675 times, using a different name with each order, according to US police.
'I wouldn't be surprised if someone manages to steal five or 10 CDs,' Det. Sgt. James Tilton, deputy commander of the Nassau's Crimes Against Property Squad, said of the relatively simple scam. 'But something of this magnitude ... '
Police estimate that brothers William Linsner, 29, of 72 Pond Rd. in Woodbury and George Linsner, 37, of 4327 223rd St., Bayside, bilked about 3,200 DVDs worth more than $60,000 from the music club which direct markets CDs, DVDs and videos.
The brothers then sold them on the Internet for $5 to $10 each, police said.
'Their motives were just monetary, for personal benefit,' Tilton said. "
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It was too good a deal to pass up: buy one DVD at full price and get five more for 49 cents each. So good in fact that two brothers answered the newspaper ad, not just once, or twice, but 675 times, using a different name with each order, according to US police.
'I wouldn't be surprised if someone manages to steal five or 10 CDs,' Det. Sgt. James Tilton, deputy commander of the Nassau's Crimes Against Property Squad, said of the relatively simple scam. 'But something of this magnitude ... '
Police estimate that brothers William Linsner, 29, of 72 Pond Rd. in Woodbury and George Linsner, 37, of 4327 223rd St., Bayside, bilked about 3,200 DVDs worth more than $60,000 from the music club which direct markets CDs, DVDs and videos.
The brothers then sold them on the Internet for $5 to $10 each, police said.
'Their motives were just monetary, for personal benefit,' Tilton said. "
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