An internet swindler preying on seniors met his match this week as Marin County Sheriff's deputies put the cuffs on him, sending a message to cyber crooks that elderly folks aren't their piggy banks. Hao Canh Diep fell into the hands of law enforcement after a sting operation stopped him in his tracks – but not before he fleeced an 83-year-old victim out of a cool $30,000.

It was a classic con, with the scammers posing as the old lady's bank's "Fraud Department," sweet-talking her into handing over the hefty sum, promising to safeguard her assets. They even dared to dispatch their man Diep to the senior's residence in a nondescript white Toyota Prius to collect the ill-gotten gains. Biting the bait once, the scammers, brazen in their deceit, tried to hook the elderly individual for another $25,000 score, according to the Marin Sheriff's Office.

However, the tables turned on March 27, when Marin County's finest laid out their trap. Detectives played the waiting game, eyes fixed on where the crook planned to take the second cash windfall. Diep waltzed into their web-like clockwork, his trusty Prius a signal to deputies that the game was up.

Slapped with charges of both grand theft and financial elder abuse – a violation of California's Penal Code 368(d), Diep was booked into Marin County Jail. A judge saw fit to slam the jail door with a resounding clang, declaring "No Bail" for the fraudster, effectively freezing him out of society.