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Senior Alert
Wichita Police Looking
for Woman Who Scammed Elderly Man
Dec. 14 – Police in
Wichita, Kansas, are looking for a Good Samaritan and a woman they
suspect took $7,340 in cash from an 81-year-old man in a scam that began
around Dec. 6, according to a report in the Wichita Eagle.
The Good Samaritan found
the elderly man wandering around and took him to the 2300 block of North
Somerset, where the man said he lived. Apparently, the man was confused
about an old address and actually lives in the 2000 block of North
Porter. That person might have seen or heard something that could lead
police to the woman who apparently stole from the man, but the Good
Samaritan has disappeared, too.
It appears the senior
man has lost some short-term memory. The concerned resident found the
gray-haired man in the cold Saturday, wandering around 21st and Amidon.
At the man's home,
police found no food, and from conditions inside they could tell he
"probably was not taking care of himself very well," Wichita police
Detective Brad Bryant, who specializes in financial crimes, told
reporter Tim Potter.
In addition to the
person who helped the man, police want to talk to anyone who saw a woman
around his home or taking him to the Intrust Bank on the southwest
corner of 21st and Amidon. She has been described as probably under 30,
with light skin. She could be Hispanic. She may go by "Liz." She may
drive a white foreign car.
Police are asking anyone
with information that might lead to the suspect or the concerned citizen
to call detectives at 316-268-4172 or 316-268-4193.
Such a case "probably
happens more than we realize," Bryant told Potter.
"We have traveling teams
of con men who come through... on a regular basis." He estimates at
least one such group hits the city each week.
"A lot of the victims
don't know they've been scammed until after the fact," he said.
Lack of reporting
compounds the problem. Police estimate that, at most, only one in 10
scams against the elderly gets reported.
For the complete story
from the Wichita Eagle on Kansas.com –
Click Here
Reach
Tim Potter at 316-268-6684 or
tpotter@wichitaeagle.com.
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