Truth or Trap

Officers are issuing a warning following an elaborate romance scam which saw a vulnerable woman lose more than £100,000 after falling victim to an online fraudster claiming to a well-known celebrity tech-businessman.

Romance scammers create elaborate stories to gain victim’s trust over time before inventing a problem or situation in which they tell you you’re the only one who can help, before isolating you from family and friends and urging you to send them increasing amounts of money.

The woman, who said on her profile she was interested in technology, was contacted via Facebook by a man purporting to be a celebrity entrepreneur.

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