This week on the perfect scam.

I almost felt like I was hypnotized and I would do anything he said.

And I see this text and it says give me a call when you're free but make sure no one's with you.

The FBI believes that behind every 12,000 dollar victim is a million dollar case.

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

Today's story is really charming. It's basically a movie script.

It's about 96 year old Mary.

She's a young 96, will say.

She still drives, on the road and on the golf course.

She's enjoying her active life, but that's not the movie.

Mary has two sisters.

She's the oldest, you might have guessed.

Well, all three of them are widows, two of them recently,

and they decided this fall, they wanted to go on vacation

together in California Mary's niece who was also named Mary and I promise I'll try to make sure this isn't confusing.

Well Mary the niece volunteers to be their driver and chaperone as the three sisters go

gallivanting around Southern California

enjoying some very fine wine along the way.

So that's the backdrop.

But only a few days before Mary gets on that plane

from Virginia to California,

there's a mysterious phone call from a man who says he's a federal

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