Woman scammed out of 200 by fake Kevin Costner on Facebook [Video]

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A woman claimed she was scammed by fraudsters pretending to be Hollywood actor Kevin Costner on Facebook.

Eileen Leeks, 63, said she had joined a page dedicated to the Yellowstone star when things took a sinister turn on the social media website.

She received a message claiming that if she purchased Apple vouchers, she would have the opportunity to meet the 69-year-old actor, who she is a big fan of.

Ms Leeks told BBC Radio Suffolk that after being “nagged” she “gave in”.

But then she said the scammers brazenly asked her for more money by pretending she had been conned by someone else, and actually needed to pay £1,000 for a VIP membership card to meet the actor.

“I was getting nagged and then I gave in because they were saying you …

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