Coldplay Catfish: How one Irish woman lost €20,000 in a romance scam
Consumer affairs correspondent Conor Pope joins In the News to discuss the rise in online romance scams, while Dublin woman Stacey* shares her own experience of losing more than €20,000 to an online fraudster, who pretended to be Coldplay's Chris Martin.
Presented by Sorcha Pollak, produced by Suzanne Brennan.
*Pseudonym used to protect interviewee’s identity
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