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British woman died in Ghana trying to recoup money from scammers, inquest told

Janet Fordham died in crash after travelling to see man who claimed he would help to recover money from earlier scams A British woman who…

Source Guardian AI Summary Updated April 22, 2026
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Janet Fordham died in crash after travelling to see man who claimed he would help to recover money from earlier scams A British woman who was scammed out of up to £1m in a string of so-called romance frauds died in a road crash after travelling to west Africa to try to recoup some of her lost fortune, an inquest in Devon has heard. Janet Fordham was cheated of her life savings and her home over a period of five years by fraudsters apparently based in the UK, Germany, the US and Ghana, the inquest in Exeter was told. Continue reading...

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