'easy to manipulate' Widow conned out of £500k fights back tears on Good Morning Britain as she defends being tricked twice by fraudsters Updated: Apr 6 2021, 6:19 ET Invalid Date, A WIDOW who was conned out of £500,000 fought back tears on Good Morning Britain today as she defended being tricked TWICE by fraudsters. Ex-police officer Anne Larkin, 55, was drowning in grief when she was preyed upon by crooks. 3 Anne Larkin was preyed on by lonely hearts scammers during lockdownCredit: GMB Host Adil Ray said on the ITV breakfast show: "The thing that I get really alarmed by is that this happened once with a guy claiming to be a soldier. I can imagine you thinking he was quite heroic and genuine, then months later you fell for a second scam.