An elderly Oak Forest brother and sister were robbed Thursday of $6,000 by an apparent con man Gypsy, police said.A collection of old $10 and $20 bills printed in the 1920s and 1930s valued at $4,000 also were stolen from a bedroom dresser after the victims were lured into the basement of their home, police said.
The incident occurred at 2:50 p.m. when a man driving a red sport utility vehicle pulled into the driveway of the siblings’ home in the 15100 block of Crescent Green, police said.
The man told the 90-year-old woman and her 88-year-old brother that he was working on a neighboring house and needed access to their electrical outlets, police said.
The man and the victims went into the basement to check the outlets. They said he seemed to make small talk in an attempt to waste time. When he received a call on his cell phone, he left the basement.
The man was gone by the time the victims made it up the stairs, police said.
The brother told police he thought he saw a passenger in the SUV.
