The woman, who is in her 80s, first received a text message that prompted her to call the sender. He frightened and stressed her, and kept her on the phone until another fraudster came to her home to collect her gold, police wrote on their website.
The woman then handed a bag of gold to the fraudster, who disappeared.
A moment later, the woman realized she had been the victim of a crime and called the police. The police have not identified a suspect.