She recently detailed an experience of loaning money to a man who suddenly fled with the cash.
And now Mel Greig has lodged an official complaint with police, claiming she was scammed out of $1000.
The 35-year-old filed the complaint on Friday, claiming to have lent the man $1000, only to never see him again, The Sunday Telegraph reported this week.
‘He lures you in so easily’: Mel Greig lodged a police complaint after claiming to have been scammed into lending $1000 to a man after a date
Mel was contacted via Facebook by the man in mid-2017, following her divorce to Steve Pollock.
The radio host then went on a dinner date with the former DJ from Sydney’s northern beaches, not knowing he was charged with assaulting an ex-girlfriend a month earlier, the newspaper reported.
She alleged he then recited a convincing story to her through tears about someone withdrawing $15,000 from his bank account, and not being able to afford a solicitor for a court case the next day.
Mel claimed she then lent him $1000, never saw him again, and then learnt his court case actually relates to him allegedly hitting his ex-girlfriend in the head.
According to the publication, he appeared in Manly Local Court on Thursday but was granted an adjournment.
Taking action: The 35-year-old filed the complaint on Friday, claiming to have lent the man $1000, only to never see him again
Reaching out: Mel was contacted via Facebook by the man in mid-2017, following her divorce to Steve Pollock
‘He puts in so much effort and he lures you in so easily,’ Mel told The Sunday Telegraph earlier this week.
Several other women have come forward claiming the same man borrowed money from them in a similar fashion.
A Sydney doctor – who chose to remain anonymous – claimed the male told her he lost his cards and had $14,000 withdrawn from his account.
‘When he asked to borrow some money to tide him over until he could get some money off his dad who lived out of town, I did so without hesitation,’ she said, according to The Sunday Telegraph.
Unaware: The radio host went on a dinner date with the former DJ from Sydney’s northern beaches, not knowing he was charged with assaulting an ex-girlfriend a month earlier, The Sunday Telegraph reported
The claims come after Mel – writing for Yahoo7 Be last month – claimed that she had loaned money to a man she had been dating, only for him to flee with the cash.
The blonde radio star recalled that she had naively let the man move into her home temporarily after the first date, as he was struggling to find somewhere to stay.
Things allegedly went awry, with Mel saying: ‘The third day in, I get a phone call from him in tears saying his bank account had been hacked and he had no access to money because his account was now locked.’
She added: ‘He asked to borrow money, and given all of his possessions were in my house and he wasn’t going anywhere, I said yes and I loaned him the money.’
Making claims: Mel claims she then lent him $1000, never saw him again, and then learnt his court case actually relates to him allegedly hitting his ex-girlfriend in the head
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