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Love Bombing to Ruin: How One Woman Lost Everything to a Fraudster
3 Feb
Summary
- Victim left marriage, job, home, and savings to a con artist.
- Fraudster used love bombing, trauma, and fake illness to manipulate.
- Police often dismiss in-person romance fraud as a 'civil matter'.
A woman, referred to as Tamsin, recounted her devastating two-year ordeal with a con artist, Mike, who subjected her to intense love bombing. This manipulation led her to abandon her marriage, quit her job, and sell her possessions, resulting in significant debt. Mike's tactics included fabricating a terminal cancer diagnosis, which intensified Tamsin's emotional investment.
Victim Support aided Tamsin, who is now working to repay over £50,000 in debt. Her experience highlights the prevalent issue of in-person romance fraud, a crime often dismissed by authorities as a civil matter. Recent convictions, like Nigel Baker's 17-year sentence, signal a slow shift in law enforcement recognition of such crimes.
