Re your article ( ‘I opened up like a giant elevator’: the seven sly, savage stages of a £100,000 romance scam, 11 November ), in January 2017 I met a man who was both charming and entertaining. He knew all about bitcoin cryptocurrency and told me why I should invest in it. In fact, he said: “I will add you to my portfolio, then you will get more for your investment because wealthy people don’t spend money, they invest.”

He told me he lived in London, but only when I did my own detective work did I discover that he lived in Wales. He had lied so proficiently, so calmly that I believed him.

In September 2017, after being absent in the summer, he returned because he knew that I had received an inheritance and was doing up my apartment. I had an interior design business and this was impor

See Full Page