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72-year-old Morning Live viewer Susan got in touch after she suspected she was being duped by someone she’d met online. It was her first time dating since her beloved partner Don died and despite being hesitant, she soon met 71-year-old widower 'John'. After just a few days John started love-bombing Susan with extreme compliments and soon asked her for money.

It was at this point that Susan realised she was talking to a scammer, so she got in touch with Morning Live to share her story in the hope that others don’t fall foul of love and dating online. Scam Interceptors' Nick Stapleton and The Open University investigates how the techniques used by fraudsters makes the crime so common- plus he manages to track down a romance scammer who reveals they learn their trad through something called 'hustle kingdom', effectively 'scam school'.

In response to this film, Meta – which owns Facebook – told us that it does not allow fraudulent activity, and works with law enforcement to keep scammers off its platforms. It says it has added extra protections to tackle account impersonation, which is against its community guidelines.
Meta said users can report content or accounts that they believe may be fake, and between April and June 2024, it acted against 1.2 billion fake accounts on Facebook.  

To watch this with subtitles, go to ´óÏó´«Ã½ iPlayer and search for Morning Live from 28/11/24.

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