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Brit mum sold car, TV and nan's ring to splurge on con artist lover posing as US airman
The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxA single mum was scammed out of £5,000 by a man posing as a handsome US airman.Julie Price, 35, sold her car, TV and her nan’s engagement ring to pay for her lover’s flights to meet her.But the man of her dreams was a fraudster who had been using the photos of real-life serviceman Jonathan Ramos.Julie had spent 12 months talking via WhatsApp to the stranger, who also called himself Jonathan.He tricked her into paying for countless iTunes and Amazon gift cards, which he said he needed toaccess the internet at his military base in Afghanistan.Julie said: “I’m ashamed of it now but I was completely in love with a stranger.“I thought he was