I exposed my husbands online affair he was flirting with a scammer claiming to be an ex-porn star

A couple are separating after 16 years after the husband had an “online affair” with a scammer pretending to be a model — before his wife befriended them to prove it was all a con.Sarah Dalgleish, 61, thought she was happily married to her husband, Clive, 67, until spotting unusual payments on their shared credit card bill.Her world came crashing down when retired Clive admitted he had been sending money to a woman in America he believed he was in an online relationship with.Horrified Sarah discovered her husband had been approached by the woman on Facebook — claiming to be a fellow fan of his favourite football team, Wigan Athletic.The account was actually impersonating a real London-based glamour model called Sophie Dalzell.They spoke and flirted daily on a messaging app with Clive under the impression ‘Sophie’ was genuine, and she shared that her grandmother was unwell and needed costly medical treatments.Clive had sent ‘Sophie’ approximately $2,700 in gift cards since October to help cover the costs.‘Sophie’ had even sent him a doctored photo of her passport, and an address in Washington DC, where she claimed to live — and Sarah later discovered Clive had even looked up flights.Clive was shocked to realise he had fallen for the scam after watching a segment about one on a TV show which bore stark resemblances to his relationship with ‘Sophie’.But because he had become emotionally invested in his relationship with ‘Sophie,’ Sarah saw it as infidelity, and they are now separated.Sarah, an administrator, from Belfast, Northern Ireland, said: “I saw the minimum payment in our shared bank account had changed, and when I asked, Clive was very sheepish.“When he explained, I was firing so many questions at him — had he met them? Had they had sex?“He explained he had fallen in love with someone else — but it didn’t seem rational, there were so many red flags.“He put me on such a pedestal the way he loved me before this.So now ...