The love scam detective

Samantha Cooper, 52, London

Putting down the phone, I sighed and began typing.

‘Definitely a scammer,’ I muttered.

Convinced I’d find proof the tearful woman I’d just been speaking to was the victim of a nasty con.

As a private investigator, with my own company, Rogue Daters, I was dedicated to uncovering romance fraud.

And my new client’s story was all too familiar.

She wasn’t elderly, vulnerable or someone easily manipulated.

She was a successful businesswoman, a middle-aged divorcee, and very intelligent.

She’d been speaking