This woman whose name is Elizabeth' but which is not her real name - appeared on Good Morning Britain earlier today to warn people of the dangers of online dating.
She was conned out of over £20,000 reveals she was vulnerable when 'romance fraud' scammers took her savings and believes it was a 'Nigerian gang' who took her money.
She thought she was dating an engineer from Southampton who had a contract out in Dubai, it turned out to be a scam.
She revealed: "I was very vulnerable, I had been on my own for a long time and I just wanted to meet someone.
When being asked about how he won over her trust, she explained: "He used to email me and tell me how lovely I was, he would make me feel like any woman would want to."
But it wasn't just love on the table, as she revealed: "He said that I could have a job with him as well, to be quite honest with you."
After she handed over £3,000, in total she gave the scammers more than £20,000 to a man she never met.
It was revealed that they sent up to 20-30 messages and emails a day and "they were basically brainwashing me".
"I believe they were a gang of Nigerian scammers," said Elizabeth.
