Send Me Some Money, Too, Okay?

From the Cambridge Chronicle. This cracked me up:

Duped by an old Internet scam. A 43-year-old Cambridge woman told police she was in Wendy’s at 598 Mass. Ave. Nov. 17 at 12:30 p.m. when an unknown man struck up her in conversation. The man told the victim he had family imprisoned in Africa and showing her a large amount of money, according to police reports. The man allegedly told the victim if she withdrew $1,200 from her bank account, he would give her $20,000 in return, police said. The victim withdrew $1,200 from her bank and gave it to the man, who in return gave her a sock containing what victim believed to be $20,000, according to reports. When the victim looked inside the sock, she only found cut-up paper, according to police reports. The suspect is described as a black man who is over 6 feet tall, bald with a beard and was last seen wearing black pants, a blue shirt and brown coat.