A taxi driver saved an elderly woman from being scammed out of $25,000

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When a rider told California cab driver Rajbir Singh she was about to withdraw $25,000 to settle a debt with the IRS, he pleaded with the woman to reconsider, saying he thought this could be a scam.

Rajbir Singh picked up a 92-year-old woman in Roseville, California, two weeks ago. When he started chatting with her, Singh said she told him she was about to withdraw the money to settle a debt with the IRS.He pleaded with the woman to reconsider, saying he thought this could be a scam. Singh even detoured to a police station to help convince his passenger not to withdraw her money."I am an honest guy, and these are old people.

Despite that, Singh said the woman still didn't believe him, so he came up with another idea."Raj pleaded with the woman to reconsider so they agreed to stop by the Roseville Police Station to ask an officer," the police department said in a post on Facebook.Singh spoke with an officer in the station, who then spoke with the woman, police said.The conversation with the officer worked, and the woman believed she was being scammed.A Michigan man found $43,000 in a secondhand couch.

 

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Man one of those poor elder people who are scammed by fear. God bless them.

👏🏼 Rajbir is a good human.

People who are dumb enough to fall for these scams almost deserve it, imo (and before you attack me, know that my own mom fell for one and I still said it).

It’s great that he stopped her, but I have to wonder what would possess someone to just fork over that kind of cash without at least checking it out first.

Well done sir! Nice to see someone with integrity and honesty. The world needs people like you 🤗🤗🤗

What a nice guy.

tes bbha

God did it.

Well done sir, well done!

Where is the story of Philip Haney?

What a great guy.

Ooh nice!

In short only an immigrant would have done that.... Ur welcome white people

😇👍😇

I guess luck was on her side that day.

Good people in the world!

good job sir!

Ask them to tell you who you are before giving them any info. Social security office should have all your info, their would be no reason to ask for it

Imagine being that dumb... lol

Y'all been posting this multiple times a day for a week...

Be careful

MJCalderinCAP God bless him. How do people fall for this. IRS NEVER calls You. Dream on. Don’t I wish.

Thank you so much for helping her ! The foreigner (Turkish) that conned me online, was a pro..He had to have I-Tune Cards sent, at $500.00 a clip..I figured it out just before I had sent $2,000.00..That person should be rotting in one of his homeland's finest TURKISH prisons !

to save on overhead the IRS has started working out of an internet cafe in Lagos Nigeria and now accepts payment via western union to our agent Sammy Goodwill Oboka .

🎸

Nice going.

Wow, she needs somebody to handle her money, Trump is out there stealing money ...

Wow, the hypocrisy of BIASED and andersoncooper was clearly on display when hypocrite andersoncooper of propaganda show AC360 cursed by saying bullshit on air. Yet when realDonaldTrump said it he was widely criticized. The media hypocrisy continue to create division.

I'm so happy that she met him....crisis averted

You are awesome Mr.Singh!!

Good job sir!

A $50 gift card!?!?!? Lmaoooooooooooo

Now does Uber provide that kind of service?

.

Kitboga 👀

Great.. Respect to a Good Samaritan.. an Indian American with excellent values

He seemed like a nice guy, who didn't want to see a person victimized. He wasn't looking to get paid for doing the right thing by helping someone; he seemed to appreciate the $50 gift card.

🙏🙏

He was not only a great taxi driver, he was a great human being. Well done. Now, if only he can start teaching our politicians a thing or two !!!!

we need more stories like this reported

...reminds me of a story I once saw. DashCam Confessionals Uber WakeUp IRSScam

You can't even withdraw that much money without the fraud department getting involved.

If more people actually took the time to help innocent vulnerable people instead of not saying anything while possibly profiting from the exploitation and potential harm that could happen to both elderly and people of any age what a wonderful world we would live in

Rush Limbaugh is now required to give his presidential trinket of freedom to this man.

These people just send their money to televangelists. It's the same scam.

People that old should have somebody else name on their account and need two signature after 500 dollars.

How nice - still decent people in this world!

$50 gift card reward People of Roseville need to step up. Y’all can do something nice for this guy

A home health aide in our apartment complex saved a woman's life after some scammers insisted on taking her with them in their van to withdraw money. The manager and our maintainance man were able to stop it.

If she was paying cash, why didn't the police set up a sting ?

Good people still exist in this world.

Saw this just the other day on nowthisnews Good job by all involved! I know its easy to say 'how do people fall for this' but some do & if we keep a sharp eye/ear out maybe we can help them before its too late 👍

Kitboga

アメリカでも振り込め詐欺?的な犯罪があるんですね。 タクシー運転手さん。good jobです。

Wow! Seniors are scammed every day. We all need to be diligent. This man did an amazing thing - seriously! There is good in this world.

Good man.. we need more like him.

That is awesome

GavinNewsom AGBecerra there needs to be a special task force for these sorts of cybercrimes its a huge problem.

RealAlisonPoole More news like this please

Hero.

How ironic. A Muslim (or at least Non-Christian) gets praised by white Christians for protecting a white Christian from more likely another white Christian.

Wonderful story - nice to know there are still some decent, honest people around !

The Uber driver would have asked for a 50/50 split if the scam for providing transport

Just a hero right there.

I'm happy that he helped another person from being scammed. And a lot of that internet and phone bullshit comes from overseas ... like the Soviet Union and Virus China.

His cousins in India must be upset... that’s a huge payday they missed

Good job!

Thank you You are real Hero.

A beacon of light in a world of plight!

Wow.

👍👍

IRS is a scam. paying taxes so that 🍊💩 can squander it on 🏌️and his demon spawn.

Fine job Mr. Singh 🙌🏼

Kudos!

This is amazing. Of course in many European countries this wouldn't happen because they've been able to stop cold calling. I've now lived in Ireland for over a decade and received maybe two fishy calls/sales calls. Regulation works.

Inside life. Indeed these kind still exist.

The dictator Paul Biya is decimating the populations of North West and South West of Cameroon, there is going on a real genocide. Please HELP US.😭

The dictator Paul Biya is decimating the populations of North West and South West of Cameroon, there is going on a real genocide. Please HELP US.😭

The dictator Paul Biya is decimating the populations of North West and South West of Cameroon, there is going on a real genocide. Please HELP US.😭

The scammer is now looking for him

Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger scams Seniors & Disabled out of homes with Hud paperwork & Court ordered restitution (18USC1509) & Governor, AG, LAPD, DOJ, President don’t stop her illegal activity Others tell about her acts yet County Counsel & DA covers her fraud

She wan carry the $25k go grave 🤔🤔! Pay reparations 😂😂 cause I know it was defo a Nigerians doing.

Such a heroic cab driver.

😂😂😂😂😂😂👍👍👍👍👍👍

There are still heroes and good Samaritans... such a great person to take the time to help a vulnerable woman. Kudos to him.

Uber driver never would’ve.

Good man.

Good guy

Was it an Indian cab driver? Because ALL of the scam calls I get are from Indians. So maybe he's familiar with the rampant scammer practice in India and knew what this one was.

God Bless this man and his persistence. All Hero’s don’t wear capes.

👏🏿👏🏿.. Still good people in the world EverybodyNotACriminal👍🏿👍🏿

We need more people like this person!!!!

Thank goodness the woman confided in that cab driver

Good man!👍

The elderly are the 1 targets for these scammers

What a wonderful man!👍❤️

Good for Mr. Singh and good for the Roseville PD

Wow.. good man.!!❤️

“The noblest search is the search for excellence.” - Lyndon Baines Johnson 🇺🇸 POTUS ❤

Awesome! Fantastic Mr. Singh looking out for his sister, his older sister. This is a very moving story and one I hope we can all duplicate in our own circle. Do good! 💗👍👍🏿👍🏼

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