CHARLOTTE — A woman masquerading online as a man netted millions of dollars from a romance scam that targeted the old and the lonely, according to investigators in eastern North Carolina.
The con duped victims across multiple states over the past six years, the Craven County Sheriff’s Office said in a Jan. 26 news release.
“On December 22 … the Craven County Sheriff’s Office received a report involving a romance scam in excess of $100,000. An investigation conducted by the Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Bureau identified Christina Jane Julian, 56, of Naples, Florida, as the perpetrator,” the sheriff’s office said…