What sort of woman could lose £500k to a lonely hearts conman?
The first message was innocent enough — a compliment, piercing the all-encompassing fog of grief like a welcome shaft of light. ‘I like your pictures,’ it read. ‘Which ones?’ replied newly widowed Anne Larkin, flattered. ‘All of them!’ came the response. But this was no dating app. Nor was the online stranger admiring glamorous ‘selfies’. … Read more