A lonely man is £16,000 poorer after sending money overseas to two women he fell in love with over the internet, in the hope they would join him in the UK.
David Hodgkinson's borrowed money from his elderly mother and re-mortgaged his home in Margate, Kent, but neither woman showed up at the airport.
He first struck up a relationship with Natalia, from Russia, who he met through a dating website.
He sent her more than £10,000 to pay for her travel and a visa so she could be with him.
He went to meet her at Heathrow Airport four times, but she never arrived.
He then turned to a Christian dating website and met Amada, from Senegal.
He sent her £6,000, but was again left waiting in the arrivals lounge of the airport.
Gill Stephens, from Experian Consumer Affairs, said she suspected photos of beautiful women probably came from "a seedy man in a back room".
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