91-year-old woman foils a 9,000 euro phone scam and hands the criminal over to the police

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phone scam and handed the criminal to the police.

The elderly woman, resident in the province of Como, was contacted by telephone by a woman who, with the excuse of helping her son with Covid and hospitalized to continue the treatment, asked her to pay 9 thousand euros.

When the scammer showed up at the door of the woman's home to collect the money, she found police officers waiting for her.

The episode, reported by the Province of Como, is told by a family member of the lady who, while maintaining anonymity, reports the incident to help other elderly people to defend themselves. 

"Fortunately I was at home when the call came - explains the relative, who filed a complaint for the incident - A voice, on the other end of the handset, reported that the son was seriously ill with Covid, hospitalized in Valduce hospital , and which required a series of expensive injections to be saved. "

The old woman immediately realized that she was facing an attempted scam and, with the help of her relative, she called the police, setting off the trap.