Jo Mapp News Today

A new six-part series on Quest Red, The Big Swindle, airing on Saturday at 9pm, tells the stories of the most brazen con artists, starting with Nicole Elkabbas, from Broadstairs, Kent.

The shocking story of a Kent mum who swindled thousands by pretending to have cancer is to be shown as part of a documentary.

A mother who faked ovarian cancer to dupe well-wishers out of over £52,000 was a fantasist who craved attention and would lie about having famous pals, a former friend has claimed.  Nicole Elkabbas, 42, was jailed for two years and nine months after claiming she needed to pay for treatment and set up a charitable GoFundMe website, before transferring donations into her own bank account. She used the profits to fund her gambling addiction and pay off mounting debts - as well as funding her...