Good Samaritan Rescues Elderly Woman from Bitcoin Scammer -- Caught on Bodycam

This video gave me goosebumps.  God bless the lady who called in.  And I wanted to hug the cop who was viscerally angered, who took his oath seriously, who stepped up and took action for a vulnerable person.  I award him a donut <3

This video shows an elderly woman at a convenience store, pumping hundred-dollar bills into a Bitcoin machine.  Someone has her on FaceTime, walking her step-by-step through the process.  The woman appears to be in his total control.  A concerned bystander, who self-identifies as a survivor of identity theft, calls the police.  She's watched the woman insert thousands of dollars.  And she's still going at it.

When the officer arrives, the elderly woman doesn't want to give him the phone.  "I'm in danger," she protests.  "You're not in danger," he assures her.  If the guy on the other end of that call wasn't in India, he would be in danger.  This cop would break his face.

The scammer claims to be customer service with the bank, and orders the cop to give the phone back to "the customer."  The cop directs him to call his dispatch office if he's with the bank.  He won't be giving the phone back to the customer.  The scammer shouts for the woman to click "send.  "CLICK SEND!!"  OMG he's wasted hours and now he'll get nothing at all.  So sad for him.  The cop instructs the lady:  Don't click anything.

God bless this cop for actually giving a shit.  Every once in a while I see somebody taking their oath seriously.  It makes a huge difference for me.