Woman_39_s_Day_Australia_-_January_04_2021

(Comicgek) #1
WD 41

undying love – whiledraining bankaccounts andbreaking hearts


SheusedTindertofind
unsuspectingvictimswhose
heartstringsshethentugged
onforcash.RebeccaGray
toldthemenshefoundon
thedatingappshehad
terminalcancerandshethen
dupedthemintopartingwith
moneytohelpsupport her
andhertoddler.
A Perthcourtin 2018
heardthatGray,then32,
mayhavebeenina number
ofrelationshipsatthesame
time – but the men didn’t

InSeptember2020,Jocelyn
Zakhourwasjailedafter
meetingmenonTinderand
persuadingthemtosendher
cashtofunda non-existent
blueberryfarm.Zakhour,41,
spentalmost$800,000she
collectedfromhervictimson
gamblinginMelbourne.
Hertargetswerewealthy
menwhoZakhourwooedand
thenpressuredtosendmoney
toinvestinherscams.
Oneexecutivetoldthejudge
thatZakhourhad“ruinedhislife”
byleavinghimwithoutmoney
andwitha brokenfamily.But
Zakhourshowed little concern for

thefateofhervictims.“The
thingthat’skillingmeis I did
nothingwiththemoney,”she
said.“Icouldhaveboughtthe
biggestbusiness– I didn’teven
buymyselfa car,noteven
property, nothing to show for it.”

THE TINDER


CANCER


CON


FARMING


FAKE!


bigshocktothesystem


  • thatthiswomanyou’re
    startingtofall for is going
    todie.”
    In2018,Graypleaded
    guiltytothreecountsof
    fraudatPerthMagistrates
    Courtandreceivedan
    eight-monthprisonsentence,
    which was suspended.


2002 and2005.After
that,Turtonturnedhis
attentiontowomenin
WA,who’veclaimedhe
stolejewelleryand
moneywhileboasting
ofanimpressivecareer.
ComparedtoLeonardo
DiCaprio’scharacter
FrankAbagnalein
CatchMeIf YouCan, he
oncegavea womana
$30,000engagement
ringbutit turnedout
tobea fake.Whenshe
beganpressinghimfor
explanationsaboutthe
fakering,theunpaid
billsandmoneyshe’d
givenhim,Turton
simply disappeared.

knowabouteachother.
Gray’sactionswereuncovered
byoneofthemena year
aftershebeganhercold-
heartedcancercon.Bythen
hervictimshadgiven Gray
about$11,000.
Oneofthemen,Sean
Fry,toldreportershe
couldn’tbelievethe level
ofGray’sdeceit.
“Fromthefirstnightwe
spenttogethershewasup
havingachesandpains,and
I’daskherandshewould
saynothingwaswrong– this
wasobviouslyplanting the
seed,”hesaid.
“Afterfiveorsixdates,
shetoldmeshehadliver
cancer. That was a pretty

Turtomhas
scammed
womenacross
the country.

TheTinder
fraudsterwas
sentencedto
four-and-a-half
years jail.

LOV E R AT S exposed!

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