{UAH} Man who sent £15,000 to woman online he had never met finds out been conned

Why Do So Many Lonely Hearts From The Western Countries Fall Into The Vicious Traps Of Internet Scammers When Their Modus Operandi Is Now Well Known?. The First Rule Of Internet Dating Is Never To Send Any Money- And Only Do So If You Must If  You Have Physically Met And Verified  Your Potential Partner's  Bonafides

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Dave is devastated after finding out it was an African fraudster

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Man who sent £15,000 to woman online he had never met finds out been conned

Warehouse worker, 59, who sent £15,000 to woman he had never met after she romanced him online is devastated to learn he had been conned by an African fraudster

• Dave Hazel fell in love with a woman called 'Linda Smith' on a dating site in 2012
• The pair developed a relationship by exchanging messages and phone calls
• Linda started asking Dave for financial help in order to move over to the UK
• After a year he discovered that his 'Canadian' lover was actually from Ghana 

By TERRI-ANN WILLIAMS FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 10:50, 27 February 2019 | UPDATED: 12:28, 27 February 2019

 
 
 
 
 
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A warehouse worker who was set to marry his online lover has been left heartbroken after learning he had been scammed out of £15,000 by an African fraudster.

Dave Hazel fell in love with a woman called 'Linda Smith' on a dating site in 2012, and over a year the pair developed their relationship through exchanging messages.

The 59-year-old had never met Linda in person, but had spoken to her on the phone and was convinced that his lover was all set to move from Canada to the UK in order to be with him.

However, her requests for financial aid became frequent and extreme and Dave, from Norfolk, found himself caught in a web of lies when he discovered that his 'Canadian' lover was actually from Ghana.

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Dave Hazel (left) had fallen in love with a woman he met on a dating site called 'Linda Smith' (right) who he says conned him out of £15,000

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Dave Hazel and Linda Smith developed their relationship by exchanging messages (pictured above) as well as speaking on the phone

Dave, who used dating sites such as Match.com and Uniform Dating, forked out a massive £15,000 in total before confronting Linda about some flights he had paid for which he discovered had been from Ghana, not from Canada.

After confronting her and subsequently emptying all of his savings, she cut contact from him and has now disappeared from the internet.

Dave, who is still single, had plans to start a family with Linda and is now speaking out for the first time about being scammed online.

He said: 'After losing almost £15,000 I was heartbroken - I had been ready to start a family with Linda.

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