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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Ruby Flanagan

'I lost £113,000 in Facebook romance scam and now I'm fighting to help protect others'

The victim of a cruel £113,000 romance scam is now working to try and protect others from the same fate.

Rachel Elwell has bravely come forward to tell her story as an estimated 40% of romance scams occur during the summer according to research by digital security company ESET.

Rachel, from Walsall, was persuaded by her sister to join Facebook's dating site at New Year in 2020 to be able to chat with people during the Covid lockdowns.

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