A 73-year-old grandmother lured an alleged scammer to her home in Long Island, New York, where he was pounced on by police and arrested.
Quick-thinking Jean, a former 911 dispatcher, turned the tables after receiving a phone call Thursday from someone claiming to be her grandson asking for $8,000 bail money following a DUI arrest.
“I knew he was a real scammer. I just knew he wasn’t going to scam me,” she told CBS New York.
The giveaway? Jean does not have a grandson who drives.
Jean told the alleged scammers (she later talked with another man claiming to be her grandson’s lawyer) that she had the cash good to go. She filled an envelope with paper towels and called police.
When the man showed up at her house, she handed over the “money” and officers detained him on her lawn. The arrest was recorded on her doorbell camera. Watch the video here:
“I figured, he’s not going to fall for that,” said Jean. “Well, he fell for that hook, line and sinker.”
Police charged Joshua Estrella Gomez, 28, with attempted grand larceny. He will appear in court on Feb. 3.
