Cook County Sheriff Dart Warns of ‘Sweetheart Scams’ in Suburbs

by Gary Kopycinski on June 9, 2011

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CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)–June 9, 2011 —Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart is alerting senior citizens and their families of a roving suburban scam that finds middle-aged women earning the trust of vulnerable older men and then draining them of tens of thousands of dollars.