A woman has been left struggling to buy food and pay for her bills after a romantic fraudster made her lose more than £10,000.
Jane, from Rotherham, South Yorkshire, was first contacted by the scammer on Facebook. The fraudster said his name was Darren and claimed he worked in the construction industry in the US, Yorkshire Live reports.
Jane, whose name has been changed to protect her identity, said: "He sent me a friend request. "With being on my own, and not going out, I accepted the request and we started talking. "He asked me why I was on my own, I told him I'd lost my husband five years ago and I was lonely.
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