Woman sentenced to 3 years and 9 months for scamming friend out of £90,000 via fake online romance.
Sumaiya Khurram, 33, has been sentenced to three years and nine months in prison for scamming her longtime friend out of over £90,000. Khurram posed as a man with cancer on WhatsApp, exploiting her friend's faith and vulnerabilities to convince her of a fake romance and medical treatment needs. The fraud lasted 20 months until the victim exhausted her finances.
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