Online romance scams

Victoria Derbyshire's Interviews of the Week by BBC

May 29, 201422:12News & Politics

In the last year, £18m has been stolen by fraudsters in online romance scams. In our exclusive report, we hear live from a victim who lost £26,000 and from a Nigerian 'scammer' about how he does it.

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