Nearly every day, Sarah* would get a message at 2am. Charles would ask about her day, share selfies and tell her about his job.

Sarah met her new friend on Fitbit, a wearable fitness tracker which she got for Christmas in 2019.

Charles ‘liked’ her posts about step counts on the Fitbit app until the New Year, when he messaged her.

Swapping to Google Hangouts, Charles said he’s a father from Atlanta who works on an oil drilling rig off the coast of Ireland.

Charles then told her he had lent his colleague money. While his friend had paid him back, the cash was in a ‘box’ with a US security company.

The solution was simple – with Charles abroad, the box could be posted to Sarah. ‘Since he was divorced, mum was deceased, no relationship to dad and his daughter was young, he asked me to acc

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