Sneaky trick

92-year-old is the terror of all telephone scammers

The terror of all telephone scammers became an Internet star in the USA. The 92-year-old great-grandmother "Bumma".(Bild: Toneys/FB)

She is 92 years old and lives alone - actually the perfect victim for grandchild scammers. But instead, a great-grandmother from the US state of South Carolina is just waiting for phone scammers to have a go at her, because she puts them all to flight.

Her granddaughter Cheyenne Toney has now posted videos of her grandmother, who calls her by the family nickname "Bumma", on the internet. And these videos went viral. Toney informed her followers under the videos: "My grandma is still mentally sharp and has a great sense of humor. She is pure entertainment and I wanted to pass that on!"

According to Toney, her "Bumma" is constantly getting calls from phone scammers and shady salespeople, but they have chosen the wrong victim. A video clip shows how a fraudster tries the grandchild trick on the 92-year-old. She pretends that a grandson has been arrested after a car accident and urgently needs money for bail. But "Bumma" screams so hysterically into the phone that the scammer hangs up swearing.