Under an unspecified excuse, the fake grandson asked the woman to give him money. The victim was instructed to take the cash from the bank and meet her grandson for a handover near the hospital in the city of Banská Bystrica.
The 85-year-old obliged, and after she got $21,500 from her bank account, she arrived at the hospital. By a lucky coincidence, there she found out her phone was accidentally set to Airplane mode, unable to call back the scammer.