An unlucky-in-love woman was swindled out of hundreds of pounds by a man she thought was her boyfriend – until his mother revealed he was living a lie.
Beth Thomas, 30, from South Wales, moved to Yorkshire in 2015 and a romance quickly blossomed with the man she believed was her new boyfriend.
The man, who Beth did not name, told her he had been abandoned by his parents as a baby and was raised by nuns, had been homeless and bankrupt, and suffered from chronic spinal condition multiple sclerosis.
The 30-year-old decided to help her new beau with gifts of food and paying for outings, helping him to get back on his feet after his business ventures allegedly went south.
However, it soon emerged that almost everything she knew about the man was a lie.
Beth said: ‘One evening I had a message from his mother, his supposedly ex but very current partner and the girl’s mother.
‘All three informed me that everything I believed about him was a lie.
‘He was very much still with the ex, who also had his four-month-old baby.
‘His mum revealed that he had used similar lies with other women to scam them out of money and urged me to cancel all of my bank cards and change my passwords in case he was doing the same to me.
‘This was a scam he had used on me and as I later came to learn, on multiple other women in the past.’
She even discovered that his multiple sclerosis diagnosis was a lie, and that he had faked a seizure in-front of her for sympathy.
Shortly afterwards, Beth confronted the swindler, who denied ever doing such things and claimed that his ex-girlfriend was ‘psycho’ and was lying to get him back.
What he didn’t realise though, was that Beth had confirmation from both his mother and his ex-girlfriend’s mother, too.
This was enough for Beth to cease all communication with the man and try to come-to-terms with the movie-worthy experience she had been through for the past two-months.
After the unbelievable experience, Beth took to her TikTok account that she shared with her friend Molly Cookson, called Dating Unhinged, and shared her story.
‘It all left me quite traumatised, the amount of lies one person could tell and keep up with was terrifying,’ she said.
‘I’ve definitely learnt to trust again, but that trust has sadly continued to be broken by past partners.’
Once Beth told others about her ordeal, she found that most people were incredibly supportive, yet shocked at how someone could lie so effortlessly.
‘When I tell people, they can’t quite believe it’s all true. The levels of lies told are what shocks people the most because it is so ridiculous you would think it can’t be made up’, she said.
‘My friends and family were great during this time, as was the employer we both worked with at the time. My boss was just brilliant.’
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