The making of a drug mule: How a romance scam turned a Kiwi grandmother into a convictSTUFF New Zealand woman Sharon Armstrong has written a book after she was arrested as a drug mule and jailed for two and a half years in Argentina. Seven years ago, the New Zealand public had little sympathy for drug mule Sharon Armstrong. Her claims she'd been duped by her online lover fell on deaf ears and few believed she was a witless victim of a romance scam. During her time in prison, Armstrong met many foreign women who'd also been jailed for drug smuggling, either knowingly or not. Most won't experience the extreme romance scam Sharon Armstrong did, but her story is a warning to beware.

Source: Stuff March 17, 2018 00:00 UTC