Kym Marsh and Ashley John-Baptiste are on the trail of the criminals at the heart of online romance frauds, unravelling the elaborate stories aimed at conning you out of your money. Today, there's a showdown as they track down the so-called surgeon who broke one woman's heart and made off with her savings. Plus how one man battled back after what he'd hoped was his dream woman took away both his cash and his confidence, and the ease with which social media profiles and pictures can be hijacked by criminals.
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