Ladies this story is hard to tell and I need ALL HELP possible.

My mother has been single for a long time. She is the kindest most brilliant person I know. Recently she has been targeted by what I believe is romance fraud/ a conman or a soon to be abusive man.

This man came into her life via an online dating website and seemed too good to be true. He made her food, does her washing and claims to work for ‘high up echelons’ of the government. However occasionally he would switch and be vicious berrating my mum about exes. And then returning to being perfect and saying things like ‘when is too soon to marry you’ after only 3 months of dating.

After a while my mum asked why she couldn’t see where he lived. He spun on her and told her that everything he told her about himself was a lie- from his nationality to his name.

My mum was broken and felt she hadn’t consented to this man as he was a stranger. I looked after her over that weekend. However this weekend a week later I can see he is texting her again. She lied and said he wasn’t.

For those of you who have watched Netflixes dirty John this all sounds similar. It also hates trademark signs of an abusive relationship.

We still have no real idea who this man is. He has no social media and won’t let my mum see where he is. I think this is the first attention my mum has had in 20 years and she’s being blind. Does anyone have any recommended resources? I’m scared.