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Published 17:35 7 Jun 2022 BST
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Questioning how she was so quick to believe the fraudster was in fact the 52-year-old Scottish actor, Schofield asked, "Did he do it through a foundation?’ Did he say he had a charitable foundation?", to which she simply replied: "He just sent the plans of what was being built, how it was being built and were building funds to get it all built-in one go rather than sections". Larkin explained she then proceeded to send the impostor money, the largest single payment of which was £20,000. Unfortunately, this isn't the only time she fell victim to such a scheme, as she was later taken advantage of by another man named 'Clifton', who preyed on her recent loss and empathy by claiming he too had lost his partner as well as his daughter in a car crash. Moreover, it would seem that many people have been using the 300 star's identity as their alias when attempting to scam innocent people over the years - so much so that even the man himself had to an issue a warning back in 2017. https://twitter.com/GerardButler/status/1207428458130755585?s=20&t=BWvMrcnaIS15vesc34Nl2w‘People called us stupid over 40-year mortgage – now we plan to retire in our 50s’
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