The new Netflix documentary Con Mum is once again providing Netflix viewers with that sweet, sweet scammer drama. We never do get tired of it! Directed by Nick Green, Con Mum tells the true story of British chef Graham Hornigold, who was scammed out of upwards of $300,000 to a woman who claimed to be his mother.
Graham Hornigold, a successful pastry chef from London who has appeared as a judge on Junior Bake Off, was contacted by a woman named Dionne in 2020. She claimed to be his mother. Hornigold had grown up with his father and stepmother, had never known his birth mother or what happened to her. Though skeptical at first, Dionne knew many personal details about Hornigold’s life that seemed impossible for her to know, unless she was telling the truth. When Hornigold agreed to meet up, the family resemblance was obvious. He was sold:
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