December 4, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 9 Wyckoff Kids give back Second grade students in Ms. Hoover’s class at St. Elizabeth School in Wyckoff organized a food collection to restock the Little Sister’s of the Poor’s Food Pantry. (Photo courtesy of Victoria Hoover.) Apartment lease scam is reported A Wyckoff woman reported that she had been scammed out of $4,100 in an online apartment lease scam. “She wanted to save $100 in Realtor’s fees and it cost her $4,100,” said Wyckoff Police Chief Benjamin Fox. According to Chief Fox, the victim said she had been searching for an apartment for her daughter and had made an inquiry about a particular location. She received mul- tiple contacts from Realtors. She also received one contact from an individual who claimed to be the landlord of the apartment in question. The purported landlord told her she could save the Realtor’s fees by dealing directly with him. They struck a deal in which she was to wire $4,100 to his bank account. However, she became suspicious when the individual contacted her a second time and requested that more money be sent to an account in the Philippines. Patrolman Kyle Ferreira investigated the woman’s com- plaint. As in most cases in which money is wired outside the country, recovery of the money is extremely unlikely, police sources said. Chief Fox said scams like this are common and resi- dents should not wire money anywhere if they are not sure exactly who is making the request. J. KOSTER