Distraction THEFT Targets Elderly: 84-Year-Old California Woman Robbed

[CBSNEWS] His mother and a friend were sitting outside their apartment when a gray SUV pulled up in front of the driveway. A woman in a white shirt approached the women and handed a necklace over to them.

“My mom said, ‘No. I already have one necklace. I don’t need it anymore,” Ld told CBSLA.  According to his mother, the woman said that she was selling the necklace for $200. “The moment they realize there is a good catch here, they put the other necklace around my mom’s neck, left the one that is fake and took the real one,” he said.

Just moments later, another women and a child exit the same SUV. The boys goes off to the side and can be seen in the video taking his shirt off, while the second woman can be seen greeting the two elderly women by taking a hand and putting it on her forehead. 

• CBSLA