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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Sean Murphy

Terminally ill Irish woman duped by scammer pretending to be Elon Musk offering her financial help

A terminally ill end-of-life campaigner has been scammed by a bogus fund that she was duped into thinking was from one of the world’s richest men.

The name of billionaire Elon Musk (51), who owns Twitter and electric car giant Tesla and has an estimated €170 billion fortune, was corruptly used to con Multiple Sclerosis patient Kate Tobin (56) out of €600.

Former nun Kate’s previous campaigning in the Irish Mirror for the right to die due to MS was used by the cruel con artists to target her.

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