While doomscrolling, Stacey noticed a post from Coldplay. She responded with a single word. Almost immediately, something surprising happened
The real Chris Martin performs on stage with Coldplay at Croke Park, Dublin, last year. Stacey Nolan* was conned by criminals pretending to be the singer. Photograph: Tom Honan
The chances she’ll get redress are virtually non-existent, but she continues to fight her corner and remains convinced she’s been let down by her bank and the authority that polices it.Energy supplier Yuno hits reader with €870 overcharge and admits others impacted following systems upgrade A flurry of WhatsApp and Skype messages followed. “He was just friendly and funny,” she says. “Then he started being kind and romantic. He told me he’d seen my pictures on social media and liked what he saw. I was flattered.”
“I didn’t really have €500, but didn’t want to lose contact because I was dazzled. I said I’d give €150," she says. Any doubts she may have had that her “Chris Martin” was real – and really she didn’t have any – were allayed when she chatted to him via Skype as various band members wandered around in the background. “The audio was muffled, but I could see he was talking to me,” she says.He wanted €20,000 – later bumped up to €22,000. “I asked why his record label wasn’t paying. He said it was an independent project. I asked why he couldn’t access his own money and he said it was tied up.
She came out of hospital at the end of September 2021 and the criminal “was still trying to talk to me on Skype”. She challenged him and he denied everything. He even asked for more cash.
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