Grandma tricks alleged scammer into coming to her house where police pounce, make arrest

WATCH: Grandma tricks alleged scammer into coming to her house where Long Island police pounce, make arrest

SEAFORD, N.Y. -- Elderly Americans lose billions of dollars each year in targeted scams, but one New York grandmother decided to turn the tables on an unsuspecting fraudster.

"I knew he was a real scammer ... I just knew he wasn't going to scam me," the former 911 dispatcher said."He started calling me grandma, and I don't have a grandson who drives, so I knew it was a scam," Jean told WCBS. Meanwhile, Jean contacted police, and officers told her to play along with the scam. Soon after, a fake"bail bondsman" told her that he was in the neighborhood and could stop by her home to pick up the cash.

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