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National
Gordon Currie

Mum conned by Tinder swindler into helping him steal thousands from Gumtree customers

A woman conned by a Tinder swindler into helping him steal thousands of pounds from Gumtree customers has been ordered to carry out 200 hours unpaid work.

Supermarket supervisor Gillian Reid "showed a startling degree of naivety" to become mixed up in the sophisticated online fraud, a sheriff said.

Dundee Sheriff Court heard that fraudsters targeted vulnerable women on dating site Tinder to facilitate the con which centred on a non-existent camper van.

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