419 scam tragedy

http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/local/inquest-tragedy-of-wife-tricked-by-lotto-prize-scammers-1-5861964

6 February 2014

Inquest: Tragedy of wife tricked by lotto prize scammers

....... badly decomposed body was found in a field on land off Northfield Road, Market Deeping on September 24.

The inquest heard that police investigations revealed ....... had spent thousands of pounds on lottery cash prize scams.

.......his wife had gone missing before after she was victim of a fraud scam in 2009. This resulted in financial difficulties for the couple and they had to leave their home in the Wirral and move to Market Deeping.

A police report showed that over a four-year period ....... had spent more than £41,000 on lottery scams. Data on her phone records revealed she had replied to messages sent from countries in sub-Saharan Africa, eastern Europe, Barcelona, Manchester and London.

......... had told her husband while he was working away from home that she had £4,000 in cash saved for winter. When he returned in August last year the money could not be found, and after an argument on August 16 she left the caravan.

A phone which was found by her police on her body contained a memo message which she had written at 10.26pm on August 16, just over an hour after she left her husband. It read, “David I’m sorry they’ve got me again”. The message was never sent to [her husband].