69yr old Janet Fordham from Devon was scammed out of her entire life savings. She was coerced into flying to Ghana by one of the scammers, who had befriended her and she believed wasn’t involved. He told her he would help her to get everything back from those that had taken it. Then on the 14th February 2023 she was killed in suspicious circumstances, whilst in Ghana.

(We cannot go into anymore details at this time, due to it being an ongoing Police investigation)

Janet lost absolutely everything. The Ghanaian scammers were able to manipulate her and by coercive control, managed to destroy her life. She was no longer the Mum and Grandmother that her family knew and loved. Before her death, all that she had was taken from her.

We tried everything in our power to stop this from happening.

We spoke to the Bank, her Doctor, a Solicitor and on multiple occasions the Police.

But the system very much let us down. Everywhere we turned we were told there was no help. Because she was of sound mind, we couldn’t take control of her finances. All we ever wanted to do was to protect Janet. But because she was of sound mind, although everyone could see she was being controlled, we were absolutely powerless to step in and help.

As a family we need to have closure, to find out what happened and to bring justice to those that treated her so badly and took her away from her loved ones. But ultimately, the most important thing is to bring her home, back to Devon. Where she can be laid to rest in the village where she grew up.

Unfortunately this comes at a significant cost. As her family, we are responsible for all of her medical fees, aswell as the cost of repatriation to bring her body home. We are a hard working family, with 5 young Girls and this is a huge amount of money for us to find.

Once we have her home, the Funeral will be Family Flowers only. Anyone that would like to make a donation, however big or small, we would massively appreciate assistance with the cost of bringing her back home, in lieu of flowers.

We cannot put into words what this will mean to us and we are so grateful in advance for any donations.

Thank you x