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Britain's oldest IVF mum loses over £150,000 to an Internet dating website conman
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http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/watch-britains-oldest-ivf-mum-5968436
She has given an interview saying she has been swindled out of £165,000 by a conman on an Internet dating website and now she and her young daughter have nothing.
A sad tale especially as her working life is near its end and she has a young daughter BUT how on earth does someone on a dating website persuade you to part with such a huge quantity of money
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She has given an interview saying she has been swindled out of £165,000 by a conman on an Internet dating website and now she and her young daughter have nothing.
A sad tale especially as her working life is near its end and she has a young daughter BUT how on earth does someone on a dating website persuade you to part with such a huge quantity of money
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A "lonely hearts " fraudster
Yeah right ^_^
Didn't she end up admitting that, as it turned out, she was actually far too old to have a baby at the age she did?
I feel sorry for the daughter.
my brother is a mensa member and he`d fall for a con.
Just noticed this at the end of the story:
'Susan previously caused a storm of controversy when she had daughter Freya and then broke up with the father' .
Where is he now I wonder?
Theoretical brilliance, real life stupidity.
on another planet.
my ex husband jokingly told him to oil his brake pads when his brakes started squeaking and he did.
emotion, just the same as the men it happens to.
Perhaps a high IQ but low emotional intelligence?
Did she dupe the IVF clinic or were they complicit?
It was a foreign clinic if I remember rightly no clinic here would do it.
I have no sympathy for people who do idiotic things like this. Never give anyone even your own family money trust nobody especially people you have met online.
"But Susan, who hasn't ever met the conman, began to think something was seriously wrong when she went for a meeting with two businessmen who showed her how to PRINT money."
You began to think something was wrong when you see people printing money. I would suggest without fail anyone who saw 2 blokes printing money outside of a banks secure printers would know it was wrong.
Where was her daughter when she was off travelling the world meeting people who print money. This smacks of stupid women who go involved in criminal activity and saw a way to make some cheap and easy money. Seriously who hands over cash to people that print money and would believe it was legal.
At least she will leave her daughter with one thing a lesson in life not to deal with criminals.
I believe so yes.
I'm not sure I believe a word of what she is saying, if I'm honest. I cannot understand how anyone can be that thick to the extent of £165k, including all her own money, jewellery, property and loans from friends, and NOT smell a rat.
I call shenanigans.
We've got a saying "all brain but no common sense". I don't know if this woman is intelligent or not but if she is academically gifted then I would definitely put her into this category.
to be honest i don`t think it has anything at all to do with intelligence, it`s about vulnerability, temporary or permanent and scammer`s catching a lucky ride.
i do find the victim blaming kind of crap that people peddle with these stories is rather vile and wonder what tune these people would play if it was their lonely and vulnerable relative, friend or neighbour getting scammed.
I never understand how people consider themselves "in love" or "in relationships"
or hand over thousands to someone theyve never met?
I suppose its like the saddos on FB who have 689 "friends" again 90% that theyve never met or likely to either
I see IQ a bit like warehousing space, It's what you stock it with that proves its worth.
Everyone has strengths you can have the most brilliant academic mind, But no common sense.