A 92-year-old woman says she was left with just $2 to her name after a scammer posing as a tradie drained her of her life savings. Last February, Cecily said a man claiming to be a tradesman doing odd jobs knocked on her door offering his services to "fill his fridge". "He offered to clean my gutterings out and just check the roof for some growing moss," she told Seven Sharp's Hilary Barry. "I said, 'Oh yes, go ahead. No problem'." She agreed to pay him $200 for his work. The pensioner said she was then told the scammer's car had broken down and he needed $800 to fix it. "It was all a big lie." Woman, 92, taken for all but $2 by scammer posing as tradie - watch on TVNZ+ She said the lies "kept going until I had $2 left". In total, Cecily lost $10,000 – her entire life savings. "That’s it – he’s drained me dry. He’s gone." Cecily said she had wanted to help him because he appeared to be down on his luck but "was so nice, sounded so caring and that – all promises, he’d pay me back”. When she realised the money was gone, Cecily said she felt "so ashamed of myself”. "I just felt… I got sucked in." The scammer was sent to prison over the incident. After her ordeal, Cecily’s daughter Wendy was put in charge of her bank account. "That’s been really tough, you know? Just emotionally – knowing that somebody just took that money," Wendy said. "Why does he think he’s so entitled that he can just come and more or less groom [victims], get their trust, and then take all their life savings?" How to keep you and your loved ones safe Age Concern’s Karen Billings-Jensen said