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According to a study by Leicester University, as many as 200,000 people in the UK may have fallen victim to online romance scams.For the most part, we don't work when the other one is working.Last year there were 592 known British victims, 203 of whom lost more than 5,000.The images are public record and come from various law enforcement and detention center websites.Mobile users, tap here to see the photo gallery.But unbeknown to the divorcee, Hawkins did not exist and she had unwittingly become involved in an online scam which would see her handing over her 40,000 life savings.When I told my two sons they were devastated and blamed themselves for not questioning what I was doing.And the scam cost me my 40,000 life savings 811, view comments, vicky Fowkes, 59, of Worcestershire, who lost her life savings to a West African conman who wooed her for several months over the internet.She went on her first audition at 19 and booked.Mrs Fowkes said she hoped that by telling her story she would warn other women not to fall for the same thing.Hide caption, sHOW caption of, sEE ALL, bACK TO slide.It has taken me a long time to come to terms with what happened.'.Mrs Fowkes only realised something was wrong when police turned up on her doorstep in November 2010.I would have been happy to do anything forum echange photo ex in film.




However, he never arrived, claiming he had been prevented from leaving Nigeria because of an unpaid tax bill.There wasn't anything tangible I could do to prepare.He told her that while he was living in Britain, he was currently doing engineering work in Nigeria.She believed further stories that he could not access money in his UK account because his cards had been stolen and he was desperate not to worry his elderly mother by asking for help.'I have been completely taken in I consider myself an intelligent person, so I was very angry with myself and horrendously embarrassed she said.I completely trusted him.'.My parents were very strong on me in not dabbling at things.Reports say some high-profile celebs attended the nuptials.
'When he spoke he had a slight South African accent, which I found quite endearing.