US senator, YouTube channel congratulate teen for saving elderly man from scam

Gift cards at a store in Sydney, Australia. Renner and his mom stationed themselves at a store’s gift card section to intercept the elderly man to stop him from buying gift cards for scammers. — Bloomberg

Nearly two months after 13-year-old Renner Taylor and his mother, Lisa, jumped in to save an elderly man from scammers in Beaufort, a South Carolina senator and the YouTube channel that educated the family on the trick sent gifts to the boy.

On Feb 7, Renner was sceptical while opening up three packages waiting for him at the family’s home. The teen shot wary glances at his mother in videos sent to the Island Packet and Beaufort Gazette. As she filmed him opening the first box, Renner’s eyes bugged out of his head when he recognised the name on the return address.