Don't feed strangers
Just some advice from Burbank Police Sgt. Matthew Ferguson.
According to the public information officer, back on 3/19 Monday, a woman in her 40s driving a dark van pulled up to the home of an elderly couple on the 2500 block of N. Parish Place. The woman met the 87-year-old husband and his wife, 84, at the door and said she was hungry.
The man let her in house to make a sandwich, but just when she was allowed in, two other women -- one in her 20s and the other in her 50s -- came out of hiding and followed. According to Ferguson, the first woman chatted with the couple in the kitchen, and out of sight from her cohorts. The trio left after a sandwich.
About three hours later, the couple got a call from their credit card company reporting suspicious activity -- about $1,400 worth of charges racked-up from three locations in the city. That's when they noticed their credit and ATM cards were missing. The thieves also tried and failed to withdraw money from the ATM.
Ferguson said it's a classic scam that often victimizes seniors: "They're often trusting. ... Don't let strangers into your house."