ROCHESTER: An 87-year-old Rochester woman was scammed out of US$18,000 (RM85,158) with a common scam that had a not-so common twist.

According to a Rochester Police report, the woman received a phone call Thursday morning, Feb 22, from someone claiming to be her son, who lives in Colorado. The man told her he had been in a car crash, wasn't hurt but was in jail and needed money for bail. He gave her a phone number, which was reportedly for an attorney she could call.