A former air stewardess who was duped out of £57,000 by a conman will appear on television to warn others.

Divorcee Brenda Parke, 60, was conned out of the money by a man she met on an internet dating site.

Ms Parke, from West Sussex, told The Argus last year he won her confidence after chatting to him three times a day by email and on the phone.

He claimed his daughter had been involved in an accident while he was on a business trip in West Africa and pleaded with her to help him out.

After she gave him £9,600 towards hospital fees he persuaded her to part with £22,000 for business taxes and more money to pay for flights.

Ms Parke, who had a successful career in tourism, said: “He inveigled his way into my emotions.

“I was very subtly, very cleverly on his part, put into a position of responsibility for his daughter.

“Once you have sent that first amount of money that is the biggest mistake.”

She will appear in the Channel 4 documentary 419: The Internet Romance Scam.

The title of the show takes its name after the number for fraud in Nigeria’s penal code.

The documentary will be screened on Friday at 7.30pm.