#JanetFordham sadly died in #Ghana after being #scammed out of her home and assets worth about #1m. She fell in #love on the #Internet. She went tp #Ghana to try and get some of her money back. A sad story and #dating #scams are sadly all too common.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/22/british-woman-died-in-ghana-trying-to-recoup-money-from-scammers-inquest-told

The Guardian | British woman died in Ghana trying to recoup money from scammers, inquest told by Steven Morris

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Janet Fordham, a 69‑year‑old retired housekeeper from Devon, was swindled out of up to £1 million over five years through a series of romance‑fraud schemes that involved scammers in the UK, Germany, the US and Ghana; after losing her savings and home, she was contacted by a man in Ghana who posed as a doctor and promised to help recover her money, leading her to fly to Accra in October 2022 and become romantically involved with him. Believing she could retrieve some of the lost funds, she travelled with him on Valentine’s Day 2023, when their car overturned and she, not wearing a seatbelt, sustained a fatal head injury. An inquest in Exeter concluded she died as a result of the road‑traffic collision, noting police had repeatedly tried to intervene but she was deemed of sound mind and capable of making her own decisions.

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#JanetFordham #UK #Ghana #scams #PhilipSpinney

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