Grandmother scammed out of £1m savings travelled to Ghana to reclaim money - before being killed in car crash

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Grandmother scammed out of £1m savings travelled to Ghana to reclaim money - before being killed in car crash.

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A British grandmother who lost £1million to romance fraudsters over five years died in a road collision in Ghana, an inquest has heard.Janet Fordham, 69, sustained fatal injuries when the vehicle she was travelling in crashed on February 14, 2023.The retired housekeeper had flown to the West African nation in October 2022 to meet a man called Kofi.By that point, Mrs Fordham had exhausted her entire savings, sold her property and land, and was living in a caravan at her son Martin and daughter-in-law Melanie Fordham's home in Honiton, Devon.Devon Coroner's Court was told the widow's troubles began in 2017 when she joined online dating platforms.She encountered a fraudster posing as a British Army sergeant major stationed in Syria who claimed he needed assistance transporting gold bars to the UK."He was retiring soon to return to the UK.

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She said they were in love and they were going to buy a house together," Melanie Fordham told the inquest."Janet mentioned nothing about any money at...

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