Cruel ‘Hi Mum’ fraudster exploited anxious parents

A ‘revolting’ fraudster who fleeced worried parents out of tens of thousands of pounds by texting them pretending to be their children has been spared jail. Beyonce Lazarus, 26, preyed on parents’ anxieties by sending them spam messages posing as sons and daughters who had lost their phones in the so-called ‘hi mum’ scam. Detectives from the Met’s Dedicated Card and Payment Crime Unit found the bank details of thousands of people along with drafts of spam messages on her…