An 86-year-old Tinley Park woman who was previously conned out of $8,000 in February handed over the rest of her cash to a man impersonating a private investigator who said he was looking into the previous scam.

According to police, an unknown man called the woman on March 28 and again March 29 asking to meet with her to discuss the “pigeon drop” from Feb. 9. During that incident, police said two unknown women approached the 86-year-old in Walt’s Food parking lot and offered to split $100,000 they had found if she paid for attorney’s fees for tax purposes.

The woman repeatedly refused the man’s requests to meet and told him she had an appointment at 11 a.m. March 29, police said. He insisted and arrived at her house not long after their morning telephone conversation and before 11 a.m., police said.

He showed the woman a gold badge and she agreed to let him in her home in the 16100 block of South Lake Village Avenue. Later, the woman was unable to describe the badge other than to say it was gold, police said.

The man explained to the woman that he was investigating the earlier scam and he believed she was involved with drug money. He asked to check the rest of her money to see if it was also drug money.

After telling the woman her bank accounts could be seized, the woman refused to take the man to the bank, but she instead left him at her home and returned a short time later with what she said was all of her money, police said.

The man said he would check to see if it was drug money and then he would be right back. He never returned.

The woman said she had $20,000 before the initial scam in February when she was gave away the $8,000, police said. She was unaware how much she handed over to the man on March 29 and only said it was everything.