• iconNews
  • videos
  • entertainment
  • Home
  • News
    • UK News
    • US News
    • Australia
    • Ireland
    • World News
    • Weird News
    • Viral News
    • Sport
    • Technology
    • Science
    • True Crime
    • Travel
  • Entertainment
    • Celebrity
    • TV & Film
    • Netflix
    • Music
    • Gaming
    • TikTok
  • LAD Originals
    • Say Maaate to a Mate
    • Daily Ladness
    • Lad Files
    • UOKM8?
    • FreeToBe
    • Extinct
    • Citizen Reef
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • UNILAD
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
Snapchat
TikTok
YouTube

LAD Entertainment

YouTube

LAD Stories

Submit Your Content
Woman Who Fell Victim To £150,000 Romance Fraud Wins Back £179,000

Home> News

Published 13:05 14 Mar 2022 GMT

Woman Who Fell Victim To £150,000 Romance Fraud Wins Back £179,000

A woman who was conned out of £150,000 is urging others who have fallen victim to ‘romance scams’ not to ‘suffer in silence’.

Claire Reid

Claire Reid

A woman who was conned out of £150,000 is urging others who have fallen victim to ‘romance scams’ not to ‘suffer in silence’ and to try and get their money back. 

The woman, who used the pseudonym Carol, got in touch with solicitors to try and help her get back the cash she lost and with their help was able to claim back what she lost, plus interest, from her bank. 

Carol was first contacted by the con artist on Facebook, Wales Online reports. 

Woman on laptop.
Pixabay

Advert

He claimed to be living overseas and said he was going through a break up – as the two grew closer, the man said he would fly to the UK so they could meet in person, but then he began to ask for cash. 

Carol said: “These scammers don’t ask for cash straight away. They get to know your low points and then comes the drama, then some more drama… and this goes on.

“That’s when they ask for the money.”

The scammer told Carol he’d been arrested and needed money to pay for his bail – he followed up this request by asking for even more cash, saying he needed £75,000 to cover his legal fees and fines. 

Soon after, he started pressuring Carol for more and more money – meaning the total amount she sent was a staggering £150,000 and she realised she had been scammed.

Advert

She told Wales Online: “It’s devastating. You feel ashamed of what you have allowed to happen.

“It’s like a disease because you end up lying to people close to you to hide your shame and you just can’t admit to what has happened. Afterwards I did some research and read a lot about victims of this kind of fraud taking their own lives.

Pixabay

"These despicable people prey on those at their most vulnerable.”

Carol got in touch with her bank, as she believed they had failed in their duty of care to protect her from becoming the victim of fraud. 

Advert

But after being awarded just £50, she got in touch with CEL Solicitors, who offer a no-win/no-fee service for the victims of romance scams. 

The solicitors were able to not only get the £150,000 but also interest – meaning £179,000 was recovered from her bank. 

Chloe Roche, fraud team leader at CEL Solicitors, has urged other victims to ‘never be embarrassed to come forward as help is available’. 

Featured Image Credit: Alamy

Topics: Crime, UK News

Claire Reid
Claire Reid

Claire is a journalist at LADbible who, after dossing around for a few years, went to Liverpool John Moores University. She graduated with a degree in Journalism and a whole load of debt. When not writing words in exchange for money she is usually at home watching serial killer documentaries surrounded by cats. You can contact Claire at [email protected]

Advert

Advert

Advert

Choose your content:

9 hours ago
  • 9 hours ago

    Man who killed twisted murderer Jeffrey Dahmer explains why he did it

    The notorious serial killer was killed in 1994

    News
  • 9 hours ago

    Elon Musk forms his 'own political party' after fallout with Trump

    Looks like the tech billionaire isn't done with politics after all

    News
  • 9 hours ago

    Woman who lives in underground bunker with no windows reveals how much she saves on rent

    At least she's ready for the apocalypse

    News
  • 9 hours ago

    Man who chose to live underwater for 100 days to see what would happen to his body reveals shocking impact it had

    Dr Joseph Dituri spent 100 days at sea in 2023

    News
  • Pub landlady speaks out after woman shot dead on Valentine’s Day by man ‘known' to victim
  • Mum of Brit woman, 23, shot dead in US outraged as alleged killer won't face criminal charges
  • Brit teen 'threatened with beheading' by gang to force her to smuggle £200k worth of cannabis
  • Moment fearless dad jumped into sea to save daughter who fell from Disney cruise ship