Linda Nolan preyed on by troll posing as attack victim

Linda Nolan preyed on by troll posing as attack victim

Linda Nolan was targeted by a sick hoaxer posing as a Manchester Arena attack victim after she shared details of her cancer battle 

Linda Nolan was targeted by a sick hoaxer posing as a Manchester Arena attack victim after she shared details of her incurable cancer.

The caring actress exchanged hundreds of messages with the fraudster, thinking she was helping a young woman lying in hospital after surviving the blast. 

Linda, 58, also spoke with the woman for hours on the phone and even discussed her own breast cancer.

This was the same disease that took the life of her sister, Bernie, four years ago, Antonia Paget of The Mirror reported. 

Linda also got her sister, Colleen, to send best wishes to fake 25-year-old 'Emily Hughes' live on Loose Women.  

But the sick hoaxer faked her own death the day before Linda was due to visit her in hospital.

The star realised she had been fooled after she noticed the Manchester Arena death toll had not risen beyond 22.

Linda told The Mirror: 'This is a vile human being. How sick can a person get?' 

The caring actress exchanged hundreds of messages with the fraudster, thinking she was helping a young woman lying in hospital after surviving the blast

Linda also got her sister, Colleen, to send best wishes to fake 25-year-old 'Emily Hughes' live on Loose Women

The troll began the campaign of torment by contacting Linda a week after the attack claiming to be 'Emily's' sister. 

She claimed Emily, 'her biggest fan', was having surgery to amputate her leg and would love a call. 

The troll created numerous fake Facebook profiles posing as Emily's loved ones who also got in touch with Linda. 

The pair gave each other pet names, 'mumma bear' and 'baby bear'. 

When Linda heard from Emily's phone from 'Luke' saying she had died, the actress was distraught 

Lancashire Police were contacted but said no crime had been committed. Pictured: Coleen and Linda Nolan 

When Linda heard from Emily's phone from 'Luke' saying she had died, the actress was distraught. 

She said: 'My family had also started to become suspicious and they found out that the Facebook profiles I had been talking to were faked.

'When I found out it was all a hoax I just thought 'why?'

Lancashire Police were contacted but said no crime had been committed. 

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