Pat Holt was separated and looking for a companion to go on holiday with. When she met Tim Hall online, he seemed like the perfect gentleman. But when Tim’s business trip to India ran into difficulties, he asked Pat for financial support, and now she is £50,000 worse off and wants to know who is really behind the man calling himself Tim.\n\nAnn Larkin made an unlikely friend on an online photography group, but the sum she lost to him is truly eye watering. And Steven made a trip to America to meet his online beau Jennifer, but after six hours at a bus stop, he realised she had not been honest with him.
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