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Stamford police are warning residents, particularly the elderly, to beware of a scam in which men pose as water company workers, then one man distracts homeowners in the basement or kitchen while the other searches bedrooms for cash and jewelry.
Sunil Kumar Chandra, an onion exporter from Thane, received an email from one Rama Idris, a Nigerian national that she wanted to build a church in India from the huge fortune her husband had left her. She asked Chandra to help her by being a member of the trust.