Thats awful. Where I live In the UK there's so many scam phonecalls that go around and the elderly are normally the targets. I ignore calls like that but I can understand how people fall for It as sometimes when people are put on the spot like that, they panic.

It's so sad that this Is how some people choose to live their lives, scamming people out of their hard earned money rather than going and getting an honest job.

Atleast you managed to sort It out pal.