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A VIP gambler who conned two men she met on Tinder out of more than $780,000 claimed she would buy a blueberry farm with the cash.<br>Jocelyn Zakhour admitted to defrauding the 54-year-old and 45-year-old she met on the dating app Tinder in 2018.<br>The 40-year-old woman was a VIP at Crown Casino and lived there when she met her first victim in June 2018 on Tinder, the Victorian County Court was told on Thursday.<br>Three weeks after they met, Zakhour convinced her victim to give her $110,000 to help her buy a blueberry farm.<br><br>It was the first of many lies.<br>         Jocelyn Zakhour (pictured) admitted to defrauding a 54-year-old and a 45-year-old she met on the dating app Tinder in 2018<br>The next day, Zakhour told him she needed another $41,000 to buy land for the farm and he transferred it.<br>To convince him she was going to pay back the money and it was not a scam, the gambling addict gave him a Rolex watch.<br><br>It turned out to be a fake.<br>At one point, she told him a 'Malaysian worker' threatened to go to police if he wasn't paid more money and out of fear, the victim gave Zakhour $40,000.<br>         Three weeks after she met her first victim, Zakhour convinced him to give her $110,000 to help her buy a blueberry farm.<br><br>It was the first of many lies<br>She sent him hundreds of emails threatening his ex-wife, children and mother if she didn't get cash.<br>'Tell your ex-wife you will kill yourself if she doesn't give you the money,' she said in one message and she also told him to take the money out of his superannuation.<br>In her police interview, Zakhour told police the stories about the blueberry farm, tobacco and [http://www.business-opportunities.biz/search/?q=Malaysian%20worker Malaysian worker] were made up because the man kept giving her money.<br>   RELATED ARTICLES  [# Previous] [# 1] [# 2] [# Next]     [/news/article-7602289/Tinder-catfish-scam-saw-16-women-Sydney-live-gig-meet-Ruby.html  Tinder catfish scam saw 16 women show up to the same Sydney live gig to meet...] [/news/article-5668205/Tinder-scammers-target-Sydney-man-threatening-post-naked-picture-online-return-money.html  Tinder scammers target Sydney man threatening to post naked picture online in...]   [/femail/article-8370535/Woman-creates-fake-Tinder-profile-man-assumes-easy-dates.html  Woman creates fake Tinder profile as a man and assumes it will be 'easy' to get...]    <br><br><br><br>Share this article<br>Share<br><br><br>'He knew what type of girl I was,' she told police.<br>Her second victim was a 45-year-old financial planner who she also met on Tinder.<br>She told him she was struggling to pay the wages of workers on her farm and though he was reluctant, he transferred $50,000 to Zakhour.<br>He ended up transferring another $11,000 to her.<br>In total, the men lost $789,700.<br>One said he felt 'shell shocked' and her actions ruined his life and another said her 'heinous' deeds ruined him.<br>         The 40-year-old woman was a VIP at Crown Casino (pictured) and lived there when she met her first victim in June 2018 on Tinder, the Victorian County Court was told on Thursday<br>During the pre-sentence hearing at the Victorian County Court, Zakhour wiped her eyes as she sat in her lawyer's office.<br>Her barrister said the money went to fund her gambling addiction, and she was embarrassed and ashamed about what she had done.<br>She wrote an apology letter to her victims, spent the past 18 months volunteering at a soup kitchen, and paid back her victims about 10 per cent of what they had lost.<br>Zakhour will be sentenced at a later date.<br>         Her barrister said the money went to fund her gambling addiction, and she was embarrassed and ashamed about what she had done<br><br><br><br><br>In the event you loved this short article and you would want to receive more details regarding [http://j-e.nl/__media__/js/netsoltrademark.php?d=ekor4d.org asia togel}] kindly visit our own page.