“This isn’t a joking matter, Maxi. The elderly are being ripped off every day, and it’s a crying shame.”

“They fall for a line of bull, mostly because the crook is paying attention to them. Lonely people are gullible people.”

“It’s sad.”

“Swindle me sweetly,” the literary part of Maxcine murmured. “Be nice to a lonely soul, and chances are you can talk them into anything.”

“Warnings are out, but the gullible ignore them. There’s a sucker born every minute, and crooks know what ropes to pull.”

“Strings.”

“Ropes. Eva isn’t the only sucker. The shysters who fleeced her know where to find lots of them, so ropes are needed. Strings couldn’t haul in all that ill gotten cash.”

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