The woman told the cab driver she was heading to the bank to take out $25,000 that she owed to the IRS, police said.
Police in Northern California are crediting a cab driver with helping save a 92-year-old woman from becoming the victim of a scam that would have cost her tens of thousands of dollars.
Singh thought the story sounded suspicious and told the woman it might be a scam, but she didn’t believe him, according to investigators.that his suspicions were further raised during the incident, which took place about two weeks ago, when the woman informed him that someone she didn’t know had called her and asked her for the money.
The woman still didn’t believe that she was being swindled, but after Singh pleaded with her to reconsider, she agreed to stop at the Roseville Police Station with him, police said.
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