Fraudster posing as Statham cheats woman of thousands

A con artist posed as Hollywood^[1] action star Jason Statham^[2] to cheat a “starstruck” British woman out of hundreds of thousands of pounds. The victim was targeted in a scam through Facebook and WhatsApp. The fraudster posing as Statham told her he loved her, tricked her into believing that he was going through financial problems and demanded payments of £20,000 a time.
Police believe the criminal who preyed on her — calling her “baby” and “honey” — was operating from overseas. She told BBC^[3] that the scam began when she visited a Facebook page dedicated to Statham, and someone contacted her posing as the actor. The con artist^[4] then switched to using WhatsApp and they exchanged messages over months. The fraudster claimed a film payment was delayed, and asked her to help him through financial problems. DAILY MIRROR

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1. ^{^} Hollywood (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
2. ^{^} Jason Statham (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
3. ^{^} BBC (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
4. ^{^} The con artist (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)

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