Posted in News Mother conned ex out of £34,000 pretending she was seriously ill in hospital and even got a friend to pose as a surgeon to scam the money, before blowing it all on alcohol December 18, 2024 Marta Szymanska, 43, duped James Andrews into believing she had a rare condition called encephalitis, which causes the brain to swell due to inflammation. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14205095/Mother-conned-ill-hospital-surgeon-scam.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490