Kylee Dennis’ ears pricked up when her friend revealed her 78-year-old mother had met a man named Donald online and things seemed to be getting serious.
“Being a little nosy, I called her to ask her about her new love,” she said.
Ann was twice-divorced, lived in a retirement village and had been “dating” Donald in secret for about six months.
The 69-year-old Australian businessman had been working on a gas pipeline contract in Turkey and was due to return home, where he intended to retire.
Dennis asked her mother to show her a few photos of her new love interest and the images immediately raised some red flags.
“Ann supplied me with some photos, and at that stage knowing that Ann had a few health issues, I looked at the photos and became very suspicious,” she said.
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