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Police issue warning after woman swindled out of more than £300,000 in romance scam
Criminals are using social media to recruit Irish students as 'money mules'
Russell Crowe was fooled by a satirical article about himself on Twitter
Dud paper called Get Me Off Your F**king Mailing List accepted by academic journal
Someone on Facebook fell for satirical article claiming the Spire was robbed