My widowed dad sent his online girlfriend £35,000 but won’t admit it’s a scam

DEAR DEIDRE: ALTHOUGH my aged dada is convinced helium has met the cleanable pistillate online, I’m definite he’s being scammed.

Dad is 75. He was widowed erstwhile my mum died six years ago.

He seemed lonely and depressed, truthful I encouraged him to get retired and socialise again.

Soon after, helium told maine helium had met a beauteous younger pistillate online.

Alarm bells rang erstwhile helium said she was 29 and successful the photos helium showed us, she was stunning.

Dad said she was successful the Philippines but that they messaged each day.

About 18 months ago, Dad said she was connected her mode to sojourn him successful the UK.

He cleaned his location from apical to bottommost and bought her roses and chocolates.

She ne'er arrived.

According to Dad, she is inactive travelling. Apparently, she keeps moving into problems astatine antithetic airports.

Currently, she is stranded successful Romania. Every clip she gets stuck, helium sends her wealth to bargain a caller visa oregon screen her ineligible bills.

He initially refused to accidental however overmuch he’d spent. Then I spotted a last request for his electricity, and helium admitted helium has sent her each his savings (£35,000) and is present successful the process of releasing equity retired of his house.

No substance however often I pass him he’s being scammed, helium won’t perceive it.

I copied her photograph and looked her up online. The photograph she’s utilizing belongs to a wholly antithetic person.

I americium truthful disquieted astir my dad. He is simply a precise stubborn antheral and simply refuses to judge that this is fake.

DEIDRE SAYS: Your dada is refus­ing to judge helium has been scammed due to the fact that helium hates the thought of feeling lonely and unloved again. Even a fake woman is amended than none.

My enactment battalion Love Online explains the dangers of net romance fraud, including each the informing signs. Please inquire your begetter to work it.

Regarding the wealth helium has already sent, I suggest you some spell and speech to his slope together.

There mightiness beryllium a accidental they would refund it, but adjacent if they don’t, the slope indispensable beryllium made alert of this fraudster’s relationship details.

Your begetter could beryllium conscionable 1 of galore victims.

You tin besides instrumentality a look astatine actionfraud.police.uk for proposal connected dating fraud.

If you tin nonstop him that nexus and promote him to work it, helium mightiness realise helium is being tricked and chopped disconnected interaction with this person.