A young family was left 'homeless' after being scammed by a man who approached them on Facebook. Kaitlin Clayton, 18, and Dylan Doherty, 21, from Southport have been working towards moving in together since Archie was born five months ago.
Kaitlin had been messaging and commenting on adverts for flats on Facebook market place before getting a Facebook message from a man who said he'd seen her applications and that he might have something for her. Kaitlin responded and was soon viewing the flat accompanied by her friend.
On the day, she paid a £250 deposit, and a £50 'pet fee' for which she received a hand-written receipt, as well as an electronic one via email, reports The Echo. She said: "We were getting so excited to move in. We've got a newborn and we've worked and worked so hard to get this flat.
