When Rebecca Lewis, 30, discovered that her fiance was leaving her for a woman he had met online and started a relationship with, she was devastated.
She packed her things and decided to track down the woman she had been left for, which was when she made a surprising discovery: Her fiance was the victim of a romance fraudster.
Lewis’ fiance Paul Rusher, 29, was first contacted by the mystery woman, who called herself Kristen White, when he received a random friend request from her on Facebook, Mirror.co.uk reported.
The request came just weeks after Rusher had proposed to Lewis, and the woman then began sending Rusher at least 10 messages a day for months.
As the two continued talking, Rusher told White that he loved her and was planning a future with her.
When Lewis came across the messages, she confronted her fiance, who told her he was leaving her. They called off their engagement and she packed her bags and left the home that they shared together.
“I suspected Paul had been cheating on me, but I never thought he’d dump me for someone he hadn’t even met,” she told Mirror.co.uk. “I was heartbroken when I saw the messages from Kristen. It was a slap in the face, especially as they’d started talking so soon after Paul had proposed.”
