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Lonely heart fraud jailed six years for five rip-offs
(China Daily)
Updated: 2008-12-04 08:46

A 55-year-old woman who defrauded vulnerable men via lonely heart advertisements was recently sentenced to six years in jail in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province.

The con woman, Luo Liying, from Foshan's Nanhai district, swindled more than 380,000 yuan from five victims after she began issuing lonely heart ads in local papers in 2002.

On each occasion, Luo disappeared after "borrowing" money from her "boyfriends".

She was also fined a total of 30,000 yuan ($4,400) by Guangzhou Haizhu District People's Court.

(New Express Daily)