The 'weird' photo and messages 'charming millionaire' desperately tried to snare ANOTHER victim with

A woman has told how she found out a serial fraudster had tried to con her when she read about him in the news.

Cieran McNamara, who used three other names, was a serial conman who preyed on well-to-do women. He snared them online, giving the impression he was looking for love but his true intention was to rip them off financially, then use the money to entice and trap his next victim. It enabled him to bask in a lavish lifstyle, travelling around the UK first class on trains or flights, and staying in five-star hotels.

Now, one of his potential victims has come forward. Sarah, who is not using her real name, told the Liverpool Echo said she had chatted many times with serial love cheat McNamara between 2019 and 2021. The 36-year-old said McNamara, who called himself Myles, kept asking her for photos of herself, tried to set up a meeting with her, and once asked her for money to "get back to Liverpool from London".

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But it was only last week that Sarah discovered McNamara's true identity. McNamara, who also used the names Ciaran Griffin, Christian McNamara and Myles McNamara, met his victims in different ways. Sometimes he met them online on dating sites like Bumble and Tinder, other times he would go to posh hotels and clubs, always looking to prey on rich or vulnerable people for his own financial benefit.

After carefully selecting his victims, he would start relationships with them, convincing them he was successful in a number of different fields. To some, he would masquerade as a successful businessman with a string of high-value properties in his portfolio, while to others he would pretend to be a barrister.

When he first started