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A Seal superfan lost £2,000 in a fake romance scam after an online con artist posed as the British pop legend.
Réka Halasi, 41, from Hungary, was left bankrupt after the conman claimed he was in financial difficulties, despite the real artist reportedly being worth £30million.
The fake Seal had created an Instagram account which Ms Halasi, who was unemployed at the time, believed was real.
She sent a direct message to the profile about the album Standards, which was a UK top 20 hit, before the man asked to communicate on WhatsApp, The Mirror reported.
A Seal (pictured in 2019) superfan lost £2,000 in a fake romance scam after an online con artist posed as the British pop legend
Réka Halasi, 41, from Hungary, was left bankrupt after the conman claimed he was in financial difficulties, despite the real artist reportedly being worth £30million. Seal was once married to supermodel Heidi Klum (right)
The scammer was able to impersonate the singer, who was once married to supermodel Heidi Klum, on a video call, even singing Ms Halasi's favourite hit - Love's Divine.
'I feel foolish. But I enjoyed our conversations and believed there was a romantic connection developing,' Ms Halasi said.
'He looked and sounded like Seal and said he was in the US, which is where Seal lives.'
Ms Halasi, who is single and has a job testing software, was fooled for more than two months before she suspected he was not the real Seal.
She continued:
