Is Brad Pitt in love with you? One woman certainly thought so and hers is a cautionary tale about online scammers doing the devil’s work

‘Satan will exploit any opportunity to steal our joy, kill our certainty and destroy our faith,’ says Jenny Sanders, as she compares the devil’s schemes to the devastating actions of cyber terrorists.

If you’ve ever received one of those emails telling you that you’ve won a heap of money, or scooped a big prize which just requires some bank details to verify your claim, you may fluctuate between sympathy or scorn for the vulnerable French woman who was recently conned out of $850,000 (£700,000).