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Article: On-line dater found his way to cash was through the heart.

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Beverley Guardian (Driffield, England)
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October 4, 2007
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HUMBERSIDE Police is warning people to be wary of trusting people they meet online, after a Beverley woman was conned out of a large sum of money.

The money was taken by a man she had met at an online dating agency. The fraud was reported to Humberside police on Saturday September 8 and officers are investigating.

They say the growth of online dating agencies has meant that fraudsters now have a new way of attacking people's bank accounts, through their hearts.

Sergeant Mark Ormiston said: "Lose your ...

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