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A victim of romance fraud was scammed out of £20,000 by a criminal posing as a well-known star of Emmerdale. The conman "met" the woman on social media and convinced her that he was an actor in the soap.

After initial exchanges of messages and chat, contact moved to telephone calls and the victim, from Greater Manchester, transferred the money to the imposter.

In another case, a female victim transferred several thousand pounds to someone pretending, again, to be a celebrity.

In the "Emmerdale" case the victim lost just over £20,000 through a period of transactions over an eight month period.

She sent money for a variety of things – to help support a court case, emergency breakdown of household items and to help a family member in need abroad. She was always informed the

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