This week on the perfect scam.

We felt that this crime was particularly noteworthy and deserving of focused attention by the federal government because of the emotional trauma that was being

inflicted on these victims. You know, the victims in this case were people like you and me and what these fraudsters were doing was striking at

emotional pressure points and so as part of our, we try to look at why and how these particular fraudsters are reaching

out to particular victims.

Welcome back to the perfect scam. I'm your host Bob Sullivan.

When we last left FBI agent Brady Finta, he was looking at video provided by Susan Donald,

video of a messenger who had arrived at her home in San Diego

who came to pick up $9,000 she said was intended to help bail Susan's grandson out of jail.

The caller had said the teenager had been in a car accident that injured a pedestrian

and he was in a lot of trouble.

So, Susan scrambled to get 9,000. and he was in a lot of trouble.

So Susan scrambled to get $9,000 in cash,

but realized soon after she handed over the envelope with the cash

that the messenger was really a criminal and she shared the video evidence she had with law

enforcement. Her family also contacted a local TV station which aired a story about the

scam and it turned out Susan wasn't alone.

We first alerted you to this scam targeting grandparents on Tuesday since then

several more local victims have come forward calling News A telling us that they too gave thousands of dollars to this same woman caught on security video.

In this clip you can video.

In this clip you can briefly hear the messenger respond to Susan after she gives the criminal the

$9,000.

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