NEW YORK (WABC) - A New York couple who are in their 80s fought back when they were targeted by con artists for their Rolex watch.

Larry Schwartz, 87, is stronger than many people half his age. For decades, he has lifted every day. He used to box and even jumped out of planes in the Air Force.

“An average person doesn’t do this,” he said.

Both Schwartz and his wife, Joanna Cuccia, are far from average. The two have been married for decades and are pushing 90 – and as a pair of con artists learned the hard way, they’re definitely the wrong people to pick on.

A stranger followed the couple into a senior center in the Gramercy Park neighborhood last week and, oddly, asked for directions to Walmart.

“‘I’m from Dubai,’ he said. ‘I need directions. Could you give me directions?’” Cuccia sai

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