Recently, a local Brooklyn blog called the Bensonhurst Bean conducted some research regarding the lost and found operations that go on in the MTA. If someone has been on the MTA train, they have definitely heard the message on the train "to keep your belongings in plain sight."
Well, what happens if you by chance you lost a personal belongings? One would expect there to be no fee to find an item that belongs to them. But apparently, online searches direct MTA customers onto an official website called "lostpropertynyc.com," which demands personal information then generates a payment automatically from the given information. The website informs the reader that the MTA works hand in hand with them and that the process is completely legit.
Currently, the MTA Police Department has launched a criminal investigation into the website. They found that this website is also soliciting money from NYC taxi and airport customers.
Whoa, what a scheme.
For the original Bensonhurst Bean article click here
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