--- title: "SCARS™ Scam News: American Romance Scammers Arrested" canonical: https://romancescamsnow.com/scarsrsn-scam-news-american-romance-scammers-arrested/ type: post author: "SCARS Institute Editorial Team" published: 2018-12-12 modified: 2022-03-24 summary: "SCARS™ Scam News: American Romance Scammers Arrested Duo Used Online Dating Site In $20,000 Romance Scam, Teaneck N.J. Police Charge Dating can be hard enough without worry of being scammed out of thousands of dollars. A pair of New York…" organization: "SCARS Institute - Encyclopedia of Scans - World's #1 Anti-Scam Website - Romance Scams NOW" organization_url: https://romancescamsnow.com/ llms: https://romancescamsnow.com/llms.txt --- # SCARS™ Scam News: American Romance Scammers Arrested # SCARS™ Scam News: American Romance Scammers Arrested ## Duo Used Online Dating Site In $20,000 Romance Scam, Teaneck N.J. Police Charge Lashard Duren, at left, and Katherine Rodriguez ### Dating can be hard enough without worry of being scammed out of thousands of dollars. A pair of New York residents allegedly added that concern to people in Teaneck by using the online dating site Plenty of Fish to steal $20,000, police said on Monday. Lashard Duren, 35, of Mount Vernon, New York posed as a manager of Chase Bank on his profile and talked up his job through messages with women, according to Teaneck police. Eventually he'd agree to meet the victim and convince them to open an account, at times promising them a job too. In the encounter, Duren would come up with an excuse why they couldn't go inside the bank, but Katherine Rodriguez, 36, of the Bronx, then would pose as a teller and take it from there, police stated. Rodriguez would meet victims in the parking lot dressed as a teller and go into their car to fill out paperwork while taking $5,000 cash for an alleged deposit, according to police. The victims would then think they were at last going inside the bank to meet Duren, but he and Rodriguez would have already made their escape, police said. [Read more and watch](https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/crime/2018/12/10/duo-used-online-dating-site-20-000-teaneck-nj-scam-police-charge/2271794002/)video click here » ** SCARS™ Team** **A SCARS Division** **Miami Florida U.S.A.** ### END --- - - - ## Tell us about your experiences with Romance Scammers in our [Scams Discussion Forum on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/groups/SCARS.Avoidance.Information.Public.Group/) » --- - - - ### FAQ: How Do You Properly Report Scammers? It is essential that law enforcement knows about scams & scammers, even though there is nothing (in most cases) that they can do. **Always report scams involving money lost or where you received money to:** 1. **Local Police** - ask them to take an "informational" police report - say you need it for your insurance 2. Your **National Police or FBI** ([www.IC3.gov](http://www.IC3.gov)) 3. The **SCARS|CDN™ Cybercriminal Data Network - Worldwide Reporting Network** [HERE](https://www.romancescamsnow.com/how-to-report-scammers-fraudsters/) or on [www.Anyscam.com](http://www.Anyscam.com) This helps your government understand the problem, and allows law enforcement to add scammers on watch lists worldwide. --- - - - Visit our **NEW** Main SCARS Facebook page for much more information about scams and online crime: [www.facebook.com/SCARS.News.And.Information](http://www.facebook.com/SCARS.News.And.Information) To learn more about SCARS visit [www.AgainstScams.org](http://www.AgainstScams.org) ## Please be sure to report all scammers [HERE](https://www.romancescamsnow.com/how-to-report-scammers-fraudsters/) or on [www.Anyscam.com](http://www.Anyscam.com) All original content is Copyright © 1991 - 2018 SCARS All Rights Reserved Worldwide & Webwide - RSN/Romance Scams Now & SCARS/Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams are all trademarks of Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Incorporated (formerly the Society of Citizens Against Romance Scams) **Legal Notices: ** All original content is Copyright © 1991 - 2018 SCARS All Rights Reserved Worldwide & Webwide. Third-party copyrights acknowledge. SCARS, RSN, Romance Scams Now, SCARS|GLOBAL, SCARS, Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams, Society of Citizens Against Romance Scams, SCARS|ANYSCAM, Project Anyscam, Anyscam, SCARS|GOFCH, GOFCH, SCARS|CHINA, SCARS|CDN, SCARS Cybercriminal Data Network, Cobalt Alert, Scam Victims Support Group, are all trademarks of Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Incorporated. Contact the law firm for the Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Incorporated by email at legal@AgainstScams.org