A new podcast reveals how a conman who posed as a firefighter managed to hide his true identity.
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He had work emails purporting to be from County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service and showed Coleen a thank you card he claimed he had been sent by a boy he rescued from a fire. She fell in love with him because he came across as funny, kind and a good father to the two daughters he had with his ex-wife.It was not until 2017 that Coleen discovered James Scott was the persona used by a jobless former soldier called Greg Wilson.The firefighter ruse allowed Wilson to spend days and nights away from Coleen. His father had been a firefighter which meant he could draw on knowledge of the job to embellish his lies.
The imposter allowed his false name and fake occupation to be entered on the child's birth certificate and for the boy to be given the fabricated surname of Scott.Wilson also began swindling money from her twin sister Karen, who considered him a "member of the family", to invest in an alleged business.
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