Scam week: ‘I was conned out of my inheritance – by a friend’

Meanwhile, after handing over about £20,000, Glyn told Older he would not be paying her anything more.

She told him that would mean he would “lose every penny” he had given her.

After borrowing from banks and on credit cards, which he is still paying back, he believes the scam will cost him about £50,000 in total.

Asked why he did not stop sending money, Glyn said he felt he “was in so deep”.

Older involved other people in the elaborate scam, who phoned Glyn posing as bank managers and an insurance company.

Eventually, Glyn said he went to Older’s house to challenge her, but a man came out and started pushing him off the driveway.

At that point, he went to the police.