ROMANCE CON
I was conned out of £113k by a man I met online – I thought he’d be killed if I didn’t pay, and now I face bankruptcy
Ellen Jenne
May 7 2021, 11:08 ET
A woman from the West Midlands is facing bankrupt after falling victim to a fraudster she met on a dating website.
Rachel Elwell, from Brownhills, West Midlands, announced on a Facebook post that she had become a victim of ‘Romance Fraud’ – losing £113,000 to a scammer.
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Rachel thought she had met the man of her dreams on FacebookCredit: Facebook
As she shared a snippet of the story to serve as a warning to others, Elwell told her full story on a BBC Radio WM and on her GoFundMe page.