The mum-of-three said the cash was everything she has saved over the past year.
Catherine McGill was conned by a crook who charged her £750 for a fake Samsung S22 Ultra phone for her son Patrick, 16.
Catherine, who relies on benefits and lives in Baillieston, said: “I feel heartbroken and I just keep bursting into tears when I think of it. “I had all sorts of alarm bells going but I thought my failsafe was getting the guy to speak to the camera, as he knew the police would be getting sight of it if the deal wasn’t straight.
Catherine said the conman – who turned up in an Audi and claimed his name was Bermondo Cherban – told her he had a daughter and that he would never treat anyone badly because of that. His phone was fitted with a Romanian sim card. When asked to give Catherine's money back, he said he lived in Southampton and had not been in Glasgow since 2019.
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