New Facebook Scam Promised Millions And Love... Now I'm Broke & Alone

Police warn of fraud targeting singles

- Dan Warburton

SCAMMERS are targeting lonely singles on dating sites with the prospect of love – and money.

The crooks set up false profiles to woo their victims before sweet-talking them into a get-rich-quick scheme.

It involves downloading a currency trading phone app tempting users to plough savings into a foreign exchange investment company. But both the app and the firm are fake.

The worldwide con has been reported to British fraud busters. Ex-detective Mark Williams-Thomas told us: “It’s a sophisticated scam worth millions and is operating all over the globe.”

Victims here include maths tutor Eva Kedoula, 53, who lost £35,000. She was duped by a profile on Facebook Dating, falling for a 34-year-old single man called Jesse.