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I was troubled by the chain of events that made up your July 18 article ("Woman, 63, victim of scam") on page eight, by Oscar Halpert.
The piece describes how a 63-year-old woman was extorted out of $60,000 by a couple of con artists that approached her in a Costco parking lot. This woman was coerced into going to her bank and withdrawing 60K in cash from her account, which she then handed over to the crooks. My first thought was -- what would have been going through my mind if I were the bank teller counting out 60,000 in cash to a 63-year-old woman? I would have immediately suspected that there was some nefarious activity underway. I would have spoken to my supervisor or called the police. Had either of these things been done by the teller, someone may have been able to intervene to catch these felons and spare the woman the loss of her savings.
I know that there are those who will strongly disagree with my opinion. They will say that people are free to do whatever they want with their money without any scrutiny from bank personnel or police involvement. These same people have no objection to being surveillanced or wiretapped by the Department of Homeland Security and forfeiting their constitutional right to privacy in the name of this administration's "War on Terror," but try being a logically concerned citizen coming to the aid of a 63-year-old woman and you will be accused of meddling in someone's private business.
Jeffrey Pollack
Mountlake Terrace
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