Grandmother on benefits is fleeced out of £1,200

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24 October 2015

Grandmother on benefits is fleeced out of £1,200 by 'Italian lover' she met on Facebook after he 'tricked her into paying for a flight to the UK'

A cash-strapped widow has revealed how she has been left £1,200 in debt after being conned by her Italian lover who she met on Facebook.

Disabled Chrissie Williams, 52, from Bath, took out a loan and pawned her wedding ring in order to bail out Matteo Pozzelli (not his real name) after he said he'd had a run of bad luck financially.

She discovered she had been conned after giving him more money for a flight from Africa - where claimed he was working on an oil rig - to fly to the UK to meet her.