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Mum conned out of £2.5k by callous scammer pretending to be her daughter

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£2500 by someone who pretended to be her daughter. Sheelagh Stewart, 65, says she was convinced she was speaking to Beth, 22, who had supposedly dropped her phone down the toilet.

The pharmacy worker, from East Calder, Scotland, said she was tricked after she received a text message from a temporary number, claiming to be Beth.

The cruel scammer told the mum they were using a new number due to the old device being impacted by water damage.Posing as Beth, then sent the mum a panicked text saying her online banking had been frozen for 48 hours due to a security policy.They claimed to have a £1390.45 invoice they urgently needed to pay for a buy now pay later order, reports Daily Record.Sheelagh explained that the wording and grammar used in the messages were so similar to Beth's that she believed they were genuinely from her daughter and instantly transferred the cash.The mum said: "It never crossed my mind to question it.

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