A gran from Lancashire who lost £10,000 to an Instagram cryptocurrency scammer posing as Outlander actor Sam Heughan has issued an urgent warning to others after admitting: 'It fooled me terribly. It was horrible.'
A gran from Lancashire who lost £10,000 to an Instagram cryptocurrency scammer posing as Outlander actor Sam Heughan has issued an urgent warning to others after admitting: 'It fooled me terribly. It was horrible.' Superfan Mary Ryland, 72, even sold her engagement ring to fund the con - and has been left devastated. The crook posed as actor Sam and sent her a message - and the pair began communicating back and forth.
They even sent skeptical Mary a photo of a fake passport to convince her he was the real deal. And after months of messaging back and forth, retired florist Mary was convinced to deposit money into a cryptocurrency account. READ MORE: The fraudster sent her fake graphs which said her investment was growing, encouraging her to deposit a total of £10,000 - £5,000 of which she was convinced by the scammers that she needed to send to 'withdraw the money' She eventually realised she was being scammed after reading about another woman who had fallen victim to a similar scam But she hasn't been able to recover any of her cas
Gran Lancashire Instagram Cryptocurrency Scammer Outlander Actor Warning Con Engagement Ring Devastated Fake Passport Messaging Florist Deposit Graphs Investment Withdraw Victim Recover Cash