Saturday 31 October 2026Compiled from published reports. Every claim links to its source.

Ireland Crime

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Case No. 19728Romance fraud · Co. Limerick

Limerick woman loses €35,000 in online romance fraud

A woman in her 40s from Limerick lost €35,000 in an online romance fraud. In January 2022 she met a man who claimed to be from the USA on the Connecting Singles website, and from June 2022 she bought bitcoin and sent it to his online wallet over more than one hundred transactions. The man told her he was having trouble funding his construction business, and he has since disappeared with her money. The case was reported by the Limerick Leader on 25 September 2023, and the report gives no arrest or suspect name.

  1. Reported25 Sep
  2. Arrested
  3. Charged
  4. In court
  5. Verdict
  6. Sentenced
reportedhappened, not reportedlatest stagenot yet

Key facts

consolidated from all reports
What happened
A Limerick woman lost €35,000 in an online romance fraud.
Where
The victim is a woman in her 40s from Limerick.
When
  • In January 2022 the woman met a man online using the Connecting Singles website.
  • From June 2022 the woman began buying bitcoin and sending it to the man's online wallet.
Other details
  • The man claimed to be from the USA, and the two chatted for months on WhatsApp.
  • The woman made over one hundred transactions.
  • The man has disappeared along with the woman's money.
  • Gardaí advised that anyone asked for money by someone they have never met in person should break off contact immediately.
Cause
The man told the woman he was having trouble funding his construction business.
Investigation
  • The woman reported the fraud to gardaí.
  • The report gives no arrest or suspect name.
9 statements extracted from the articles
  • whatA Limerick woman lost €35,000 in an online romance fraud. (limerickleader.ie)
  • whatIn June 2022 the woman began buying bitcoin and sending it to the man's online wallet. (limerickleader.ie)
  • whatThe woman made over one hundred transactions. (limerickleader.ie)
  • whereThe victim is a woman in her 40s from Limerick. (limerickleader.ie)
  • whenThe woman met a man online in January 2022 using the Connecting Singles website. (limerickleader.ie)
  • causeThe man told the woman that he was having trouble funding his construction business. (limerickleader.ie)
  • investigationThe woman reported the fraud to gardaí. (limerickleader.ie)
  • otherGardaí advised that anyone asked for money by someone they have never met in person should break off contact immediately. (limerickleader.ie)
  • otherThe man has disappeared along with the woman's money. (limerickleader.ie)

The reporting

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  1. 25 Sep2023
    Reportedlimerickleader.ie, first report
    Limerick woman loses €35,000 in online romance fraud

    First report of this fraud. It gives the victim's age range, the start of the online contact in January 2022, the bitcoin transfers from June 2022 and the €35,000 loss. No arrest or suspect name is given.

    victim, 40s, femalesuspect, male