
GARDAร in Limerick are warning those seeking love online to be wary of romance fraudsters after a woman in her thirties from the Mungret area opened her heart to a man she met on the internet.
The man said he was from America and they became romantically involved.
“After a time he offered her some financial assistance to buy a house. She believed him,” Crime Prevention Officer at Henry Street, Sgt Ber Leetch explained.
“He told her he required โฌ400 to begin the house purchase in euro currency. The woman lodged that amount into a bank account in the United States and she never heard from him again.
“She is a victim and the scammer the criminal but she feels she should have known better,” Sgt Leetch added.
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