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: Victims losing £280K a day to fake profiles and sob stories
Varun Yadav lost his entire life savings after he was a victim of romance fraud on a dating app.
The victim is said to have first been contacted on Facebook last year by a man who claimed he was working offshore.
Last year, romance fraud rose 52% for over-55s in the UK. Victims often feel they’ve made a terrible mistake and are at fault –…
