Otago mum’s victory ‘I CONNED A CONMAN!’
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It’s a sunny Glenorchy morning and Emma Ferris is still beaming from the 30km race she recently ran – not to mention the “empowering” jujitsu classes she’s been taking. Working on her physical strength is just one of the ways this determined mum-of-two has taken the power back after a six-month relationship with a man she met on Tinder saw him trying to con her out of $300,000.
Anyone who has followed Emma’s story on Conning The Con, the crime podcast she’s made with sister Sarah, will also know that the Otago physiotherapist and breathing coach, 38, is no pushover – and with the support of quick-witted friends and family, she managed to convince the conman to pay $200,000 back, all while pretending their relationship was intact.
She is still almost $90,000 out of pocket, however, and the conman is out of jail after serving
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