She told CTV News Toronto that a man came up to her while she was waiting in line at a supercenter in Burlington, Ontario, Canada, about 35 miles south of Toronto, in February.
Dana said that the man told her she had to use the self-checkout machine.
She was told that she could only pay for her shopping by putting her PIN into the reader.
The woman recalled how the same person then came up to her while she was in the parking lot.
She said it appeared that she had an issue with one of her back tires.
Dana told CTV News: “While I was looking at the tire, someone else was in and out of my car in a matter of seconds and was in my purse and took my wallet.”
She realized that her Visa card and a department store credit card had been snatched.
Dana also discovered that money had been wiped from her bank account.
Dana’s daughter Sue told the network that her mom’s bank account had been “drained.”
The senior has since managed to recover some of the funds, but approximately $3,600 was missing.
Sue said: “What’s sad for me is my mom was so trusting before and she thought this person was helping her and really they were robbing her blind.”
Cops have warned that suspected thieves may work together in pairs and try to be good Samaritans.
Steve Elms, of the Halton Police Department, said: “They may be telling the victim their tire is low on air to get the victim out of their car.
“While the person is checking the tire, another person may be then taking their wallet out of their car.”
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