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Divorcee conned out of 6m yuan

A divorced doctor in Suzhou, surnamed Zhang, who sent 6 million yuan ($862,700) to a woman he had been dating online for two years was shocked to discover she was actually a married mother of two. Zhang was introduced to "Li Li" in 2016 by a friend who told him she was a rich and beautiful scholar who had returned from the United States, and that her parents were wealthy businesspeople. They became WeChat friends and she convinced Zhang to sell his houses and send her the money this year, saying they needed to invest in a profitable project to be able to afford a grand wedding. But Li Li still refused to meet him after he sent her the money and Zhang, suspecting he was being defrauded, called police. The suspect, surnamed Fan, was detained.