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Resident urges Tompkins County action after elderly residents hit by scams
Summary
During public comment at the May 27 Public Safety Committee meeting, Ithaca resident Zach Wynne described multiple local incidents of text‑message and door‑to‑door scams targeting older adults and asked the county to increase public education and law‑enforcement coordination.
An Ithaca resident told the Tompkins County Public Safety Committee on May 27 that several older residents have recently lost bank funds to text‑message and online scams, and he urged the county to expand public education and investigative coordination.
Zach Wynne said two elderly people he knows had credit cards and bank accounts drained after scams; he also described incidents in which older…
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