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| Woman cheated out of $108,000 to fraudster using Latvian official’s photos |
| 2022-04-05 |
| [NYPost] A woman has told of her horror after scammers used photos of a “silver fox” European politician to trick her out of $108,000. Brit Sharon Bulmer was swindled out of thousands after a fraudster sent her a Facebook message saying he was “lonely” in May 2020. The con artist used a fake profile with a photo of Latvian defense minister Artis Pabriks to trick his mark. After repeatedly telling Sharon he was a US soldier who needed money to leave Syria and visit her, she discovered that he was not a real person. Authorities in Latvia say they are aware of more than 100 phony profiles using snaps of Pabriks to scam women. The Latvian Defence Office said they have been “facing this situation for a long time” and have reported the profiles. Sharon, from Manchester, is still coming to terms with being conned. Read the rest at the link Bonus material |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #1 There are not fires in hell hot enough for these people. |
| Posted by: Tom 2022-04-05 13:51 |