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He Smiled at Court: The Love Scam That Nearly Killed Her
He Smiled at Court: The Love Scam That Nearly Killed Her
A woman sat alone in her car with the engine running, contemplating pressing the accelerator after a man she met online told her he loved her and took everything she had. The scam used a pilot's uniform, rehearsed stories, rented flats and routed finances through victims' accounts - and left some paying £250 a month; how did a smile in court become the end of the story?
In this episode, we tell the sequence of events from the first chat room contact in 2001 through repeated deceptions, showing how the con unfolded across relationships…
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