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This Woman Defrauded Men Out Of More Than $2m Through Online Dating

Sanaa Derbas has pleaded guilty in a NSW court
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A 41-year-old mother of four has pleaded guilty to fraud after duping lonely men out of millions.

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Sanaa Derbas tricked men she met online with dating service LavaLife, by โ€œborrowingโ€ money off them for various reasons including funeral costs for family members whom she told them had died as well as false medical bills.

โ€œSeeing my mum last night and feeling her cold body did something to me that I couldnโ€™t shake. Baby please donโ€™t leave me,โ€ she text messaged one 59-year-old victim.

โ€œI love you, canโ€™t wait to be with you. I havenโ€™t eaten since yesterday,โ€ she wrote to another.

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Police found three diaries at Derbasโ€™ home which contained the names of 349 men as well as details of all of her aliasโ€™.

All up she managed to rake in over $2 million from seven different men across seven years.

One victim paid her more than $1.7 million alone, while another paid her over $93,000.

  

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โ€œThe offender, posing as different female persons attempted to commence relationships with these men,โ€ the facts read, according to News Corp.

โ€œTexts sent from this mobile telephone by the offender which referred to her motherโ€™s recent death on six separate occasions to six men.โ€

In court, Derbas pleaded guilty to 11 counts of dishonestly obtaining money by deception, reports SMH.  

  

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