DEAD LOSS

Catfisher dupes horror show fan to sign up for meet and greet

- JONATHAN BLACKBURN

A PENSIONER was conned out of £500 by an online account impersonating The Walking Dead actor Andrew Lincoln.

Sheelagh Ennis, 68, started messaging with a Facebook account she believed was run by her hero who has been filming in Glasgow - on September 20.

Over the next month, Sheelagh sent more than £500 to Paypal accounts at the direction of the catfish.

Sheelagh, from Parkhead, reached out to the account, which had more than 2500 followers before its deletion, over Facebook Messenger after it posted a picture of Love Actually star Lincoln at Celtic Park.

She asked if he would be attending the Parkhead club's next game against Falkirk, saying she would "dearly love to meet the man she described as "one of my heroes".