By Stephen T. Watson
NEWS STAFF REPORTER
04/17/09
Three people used charm, lies and threats to persuade an elderly Buffalo woman to give them more than $100,000 before they were arrested this week, according to Buffalo police.
Possibly as far back as 2002, the three became acquainted with the victim and came up with a variety of reasons why she needed to give them thousands of dollars at a time from her bank account.
Their hard-luck tales turned to threats of violence if the flow of money stopped, and the scheme ended only after Erie County Adult Protective Services alerted police.
Senior citizens who don’t have anyone checking in on their living conditions, their health and their finances face the greatest risk of abuse, said Wiktorski-Reynolds, who spoke generally and not about this case.
Scam artists and other abusers make themselves indispensable to elderly victims, who might need help or feel lonely, she said.
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