British woman died in Ghana trying to recoup money from scammers, inquest told
Summary
A British woman, Janet Fordham, who lost up to £1 million to romance scammers over five years, died in a car crash in Ghana while trying to recover some of her money. She had traveled there after a man promised to help her get her money back, but she was fatally injured when the car flipped.Key Facts
- Janet Fordham was scammed out of her savings and home from 2017 to 2022 by fraudsters in the UK, Germany, the US, and Ghana.
- She sent an estimated £800,000 to £1 million to scammers through various methods like bank and wire transfers.
- Fordham met a man online who claimed to be a British army sergeant major and later another claiming to be a diplomat; both were scammers.
- She traveled to Ghana in October 2022 after being contacted by a man named Kofi, who said he could help recover her money.
- Fordham and Kofi developed a personal relationship, and she agreed to marry him.
- On February 14, 2023, Fordham died when the car driven by Kofi flipped; she was not wearing a seatbelt.
- Police determined no one else was involved in the crash, and Kofi admitted to a driving offence.
- Fordham’s family tried to stop her from sending money, but she was found to be of sound mind and could not be forced to stop.
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