The female victim, now 103, was scammed into sending more than £48,000.
Suffolk Trading Standards awarded Sally Mills and her boss Paul Watts in recognition of their interventionTwo carers have been thanked for their efforts after they discovered a 101-year-old woman was being scammed.
Suffolk Trading Standards awarded Ms Mills and her boss Paul Watts in recognition of their intervention. Ms Mills, who has been a community support worker for two years, said she was quite sure the victim did not know the person the money was being sent to and was "highly suspicious" that cash was being sent.
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