BPD Community Alert: Police Seek Help Identifying Suspects in Fraudulent Scheme in South Boston
The Boston Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying three suspects wanted in connection with multiple recent fraudulent schemes in Boston.
On Saturday, September 13, 2025, at about 3:37 PM, officers responded to a report at Walgreens, 710 East Broadway Street. The victim reported being approached by three males who claimed they were collecting donations. During the encounter, the suspects forcibly took her phone and bank card, using them to withdraw thousands of dollars before fleeing the area.
Later the same day, at about 12:53 PM, a second victim reported being targeted in the parking lot of Whole Foods at 348 Harrison Avenue. In this incident, the suspects again posed as individuals seeking donations and manipulated the victim’s phone and credit card to authorize fraudulent transactions before leaving in a gray sedan.
A third victim reported a similar encounter at the Walgreens on East Broadway, during which the suspects took her phone and card and charged thousands of dollars without her consent.
The suspects are described as three Black males, approximately 30 to 40 years of age. One suspect was observed with the word “RED” tattooed above his left eyebrow.
Detectives assigned to Districts C-6 and D-4 are actively reviewing the facts and circumstances surrounding these incidents. Anyone with information is strongly urged to contact District C-6 Detectives at (617) 343-4742 or District D-4 Detectives at (617) 343-5619
Community members wishing to provide information anonymously may do so via the CrimeStoppers Tip Line:
By Phone: 1-800-494-TIPS
By Text: Text the word “TIP” to CRIME (27463)
Online: Submit a tip via Boston Police CrimeStoppers
Photos and videos related to this investigation may also be submitted anonymously. The Boston Police Department will strictly safeguard the identities of those who wish to provide information confidentially.
Maureen Dahill is the founder of Caught in Media. Once a longtime wardrobe and prop stylist for brands such as Rue La La, TJ Max & Hasbro, she is a devoted lover of vintage clothing, Martini Mondays, Castle Island, AND a 4th generation South Boston native. Mother of three, married to Peter G.
This would never happen if Southie was still Southie with real men!! Everyone knew you don’t come into Southie and pull any crap or else you catch a beating. Southie will never be the once great place it was. Southie guys would never allow this to happen!! If it did happen it would never happen again after that. If this is progress forget it!!!
Southie guys pulled scams on other southie residents all the time in the past. Stop crying ,and spend your time and energy worring about whatever suburb you moved to because the city got to scary for you.
Love,
a real South Bostonian
Name ONE SCAM that “Southie guys pulled on other Southie residents”…
I’ll wait…,. (While you go watch ‘The Departed’ (AGAIN).
In the 80’s my grandparents life long residents of South Boston hired some of their”friends” sons who were “down on their luck” to do some handy man work . They stole my bike from the basement of the house, half assed the work so bad that my grandparents had to pay some one else to come fix it. Never saw my bike or the money they paid those Southie guys again
My neighbor used to go down to Osco’s and Flanagan’s and “can” for teams ,and chartable organizations that did not exist
Pretty sure all the kids who overdosed down the lower end in the 90’s got scammed by their southie drug dealers
Shall I go on…
This one was too good not to post
“The priest at St. Brigid’s parish, the Rev. John Culloty, was at a loss as he began the funeral Mass for Kevin Cunningham. Kevin’s older brother, Christopher, is in jail, charged with robbing Father Culloty at gunpoint last year of the church bingo receipts.” https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/17/us/for-old-south-boston-despair-replaces-hope.html
It is very unfortunate that young people move from the suburbs to the city. They trust strangers and to be completely honest lack street smarts.
The pieces of crap come in and take advantage of them. Before they know it they are either scammed or robbed.