Elderly Neighbor gets Victimized in Her Home

According to a recent victim's neighbor on 18th and Morgan, an elderly woman went to her bank and withdrew money for her monthly bills. Not too long after she got home, the doorbell rang. It was two men from the electric company, or so she thought, checking out the electricity in the area. They showed her some type of an ID and being nervous about a possible electrical problem in the, she quickly let them in to check out her breaker box. One man went downstairs with her as the other one politely waited upstairs. Everything turned out all right and the two men went on their way. It wasn't until the next day when she looked for the envelope that she had put on her counter that she noticed the envelope and the money inside was missing. She had been scammed by people working our area looking for victims. It reminded me of a situation not too long ago were a woman noticed a car following her home from Pick & Save. She ended up driving past her house and in circles until the car stopped following her. Thankfully in both cases no one was hurt but it points out how alert we should be of our surroundings and the people in it. It doesn't take too much time and brains to figure out that an elderly person coming out of a bank or doing a transaction at Tri City inside Pick & Save is probably taking some money out and would be a ripe victim for these heartless people. Please pass this on or advise some of your elderly neighbors to be more alert when the go to the bank and withdraw money. I would rather see them a little nervous and watch out more than to go through the traumatic experience of being victimized in their own home. Thanks, Steve