Woman conned man out of half a million in 18 year romance scam
A woman who scammed a man out of more than half a million dollars was posing as a police recruit in Australia. She made promises to cross the Tasman and move to Dunedin to be with the man, when in reality the scammer was unemployed and living rent-free in Auckland with her mother. Court documents released to RNZ reveal the scale of the romance ruse that strung along the man for 18 years, even as he battled lung cancer. Reporter Finn Blackwell spoke to Lisa Owen.
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