Gran scam hunter who lost thousands to toyboy threatened with bomb by fraudster

An 84-year-old gran who turned 'scam hunter' after ditching her Egyptian toyboy says she was sent a bomb threat by an online conman - who gave himself away by saying his favourite food was rice.

Iris Jones married then dumped Mohamed Ibrahim, 37, and claims he left her thousands of pounds out of pocket.

She now sets out to expose fraudsters trying to fool women on dating sites and went public with her scam-hunting in a Facebook post.

Iris, of Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, has now revealed one online trickster has since threatened to send a bomb to her home.

She said: "His name was David. He claimed to be in the American air force, working in Yemen - but his messages didn't sound American."

"It wasn't 'hi honey', or anything like that. When I asked him what his favourite food was, I expected him to say hamburger, or hotdogs or popcorn - but it was rice!"

"He asked me to send him $3,500 and I asked him how do I send it over? Just to tease him - I like to taunt them now."

"I called him something I can't share online - and then he said 'give me your location, I'm going to bomb you - not a love bomb this time, a real bomb.'

"There must be a conveyor belt in these places where there are all these scammers and gold diggers who have all these women lined up and they pass you from pillar to post."

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"They don't think of your as a person - you're just a name."

Iris has shared some insights into what to look out for when you're approached by someone on the internet. She added: "Usually they send a very handsome picture of themselves, often working on an oil rig or in another country or in the army.

"These pictures are not them. They are pictures of genuine men and I think some of them know they are being used"

"Also, a lot of the time they want to come off Facebook, or the dating app or Facebook dating site and then want to go onto WhatsApp because 'it is more private'. That is a red flag!"

"I am on scam alert and I would recommend it for people too as they tell you what to look out for."

"Then there is the love bombing - after a couple of days of messaging they tell you they love you, and they are narcissists."

"Often they use broken English - and they always ask you 'how was your day, how was your night, what have you had to eat, how's the family."

"When they ask you to send money they will always tell you to keep it a secret and not go to the bank."