{"id":5453,"date":"2026-02-20T09:07:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T09:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/?p=5453"},"modified":"2026-02-20T09:07:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T09:07:49","slug":"elderly-victim-massive-theft-oral-durloo-and-brandon-nairne-linked-to-250000-pch-prize-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/scam\/elderly-victim-massive-theft-oral-durloo-and-brandon-nairne-linked-to-250000-pch-prize-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"Elderly Victim, Massive Theft: Oral Durloo and Brandon Nairne Linked to $250,000 PCH Prize Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I am a 92-year-old Long Island man<\/strong>, and I was targeted in a calculated, heartless scheme that cost me $250,000 \u2014 all because I was made to believe I had won an $18 million Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In December 2025, I received a phone call from someone claiming to represent Publishers Clearing House. The caller told me I had won an unbelievable $18 million prize. There was only one \u201ccondition,\u201d they said \u2014 I had to pay taxes and fees upfront before I could collect my winnings. I hesitated. Something didn\u2019t feel right. But the caller assured me that an official \u201crepresentative\u201d would come to my home with paperwork to make everything legitimate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those so-called representatives turned out to be Oral Durloo<\/strong>, 31, of Brooklyn, and Brandon Nairne<\/strong>, 31, of Queens. They showed up pretending to make the prize official. Instead, they drove me to my bank, where I withdrew a cashier\u2019s check for $250,000 and handed it directly to them. They took my money under false promises, exploiting my trust and my age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It didn\u2019t take long for me to realize I had been deceived. There was no $18 million prize. There was no Publishers Clearing House representative. There were only two con artists who deliberately targeted a senior citizen for a massive payout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I reported the crime to Suffolk County police. Authorities arrested Oral Durloo<\/strong> and Brandon Nairne<\/strong> on charges of grand larceny. Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney made it clear that criminals who prey on seniors will not be tolerated and will be held accountable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A judge released both men on their own recognizance because the charges were non-bail eligible under New York law. However, Oral Durloo<\/strong> remains in custody due to an extraditable warrant out of Connecticut on unrelated charges. He is scheduled to return to court on Feb. 17, while Brandon Nairne<\/strong> is due back on Feb. 18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This wasn\u2019t just a phone scam. It was a deliberate attack on a vulnerable senior citizen. They promised me fortune. Instead, they stole my security and my peace of mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am a 92-year-old Long Island man, and I was targeted in a calculated, heartless scheme that cost me $250,000 \u2014 all because I was made to believe I had won an $18 million Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes. In December 2025, I received a phone call from someone claiming to represent Publishers Clearing House. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[205,239,126,15,115],"tags":[157,108,109,43,47],"class_list":["post-5453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-impersonation-scam","category-lottery-scam","category-male-scammer","category-scam","category-scammer","tag-male-scammer","tag-phone-scam","tag-scam","tag-scammers","tag-scams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5453"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5455,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5453\/revisions\/5455"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ripandscam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}