Dorothy Edge, a 65-year-old retired nanny of East Flatbush, was scammed out of her life savings when she thought she was just doing a good deed. Instead, Edge was coerced into a “pigeon drop scam,” losing about $28,000, according to authorities.

On May 11, the elderly woman was approached on the corner of Nostrand and Church Avenue by a woman who was seeking directions. Once the stranger got the Edge’s attention, she took it as an opportunity to “reveal” that she recently inheriting a lot of money that she couldn’t take back home to Africa. In the interim of their exchange, the woman showed Dorothy three letters.

“She shows three letters — one from a high priest and one from three lawyers. She cannot take back the money to South Africa because the government will confiscate it,” Dorothy said during her recent interview with CBS news.

The woman then pleaded with Edge to help donate the money. Moments later, the con-artist approached a man walking by dressed as a pastor. After reciting the same story to the man, he offered to donate money for the woman. In efforts to prove he wouldn’t steal the money, the man asked Edge to help with the exchange.

Edge thought nothing much of the situation and because the man was a “pastor” and so willing to help, that had influenced her decision even more. To seal the deal, the “pastor,” the perpetrator, and Edge drove to 31st Street where he picked up what seemed to be a bag of cash. Then they drove to Dorothy’s home so she can do the same.

“From 26 years I came to this country, I started saving that money—26 years!” Edge said. “And I went down there and I showed it to them and said, ‘This is my money. If you leave the money with me, I will give it to St. Jude.’”
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Edge then exchanged her entire life savings — which she couldn’t keep in a bank because she didn’t have her green card. The pair then claimed they wanted to bless the money.

“She put it in a black kerchief and she wrapped it up, and that is where the money switched,” Edge said.

When Edge went home and opened the bag, she found only pieces of paper and the scammers gone.

“I’m calling myself stupid, and I don’t want anyone to be stupid like me and get scammed,” Edge said.