‘I was scammed out of £130,000’
Elizabeth Curtis became a victim of a million pound scam by a gang being sentenced at the Old Bailey today.
The perpetrators tricked hundreds of elderly vulnerable people in Middle England out of their life saving and it is feared some of the money may have been intended to fund the travel of people from the UK to Syria.
Members of the gang are facing sentencing today for their part in the large-scale fraud.
Her Elizabeth tells us her story. She didn't want her face to be shown but she did want to talk about the devastating impact the scam has had on her life.
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