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The humiliating moment a man found he had been tricked into travelling 400 miles to meet a 'woman' he fell in love with online has become an online hit.
Stuart Slann, 39, drove from his Sheffield home to Aberdeen last month to meet 'Emma', a girl he met on Facebook, only to find that the woman of his dreams was a hoax created created by two rival football fans he met on holiday.
The recorded phone call the married Manchester United fan received from two Liverpool supporters, revealing the elaborate hoax, attracted tens of thousands of views on YouTube before being deleted for violating the terms of use.
The video begins with the words: 'This is Stuart Slann. Stuart drove 500 miles to meet Emma, a girl he fell in love with on Facebook.'
It then plays the phone conversation, in which the men asked Mr Slann: 'Do you recognise our voices, Stuart?
'It's them Scouse lads who threw you in the pool. Do you recognise our Scouse accents?'
He replied: 'Yes I do.'
He was told 'You've been framed' by the men, who then burst into laughter.
Mr Slann, whose wife reportedly left him after discovering his actions, told the Sheffield Star he was on the road for nine hours on the night he tried to visit Emma.
'When I got to this remote farm she sent me a text to say she was still in work,' he said.
'That's what made it worse, not only had I driven for nine hours, but I had to wait for about another three and a half hours for her to finish work.
'Then when I got the call to say it was all a hoax I just felt awful.'
Mr Slann and the unnamed Liverpool fans are believed to have met on holiday in Cancun, Mexico, in November, and argued over their football.
After returning from the trip, the men set up a fake Facebook account featuring a Scottish woman called Emma, and exchanged emails and text messages with their target before inviting him to Aberdeen.
(if vid is down: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/k2ez32enUpv0bEWsAo)
The humiliating moment a man found he had been tricked into travelling 400 miles to meet a 'woman' he fell in love with online has become an online hit.
Stuart Slann, 39, drove from his Sheffield home to Aberdeen last month to meet 'Emma', a girl he met on Facebook, only to find that the woman of his dreams was a hoax created created by two rival football fans he met on holiday.
The recorded phone call the married Manchester United fan received from two Liverpool supporters, revealing the elaborate hoax, attracted tens of thousands of views on YouTube before being deleted for violating the terms of use.
The video begins with the words: 'This is Stuart Slann. Stuart drove 500 miles to meet Emma, a girl he fell in love with on Facebook.'
It then plays the phone conversation, in which the men asked Mr Slann: 'Do you recognise our voices, Stuart?
'It's them Scouse lads who threw you in the pool. Do you recognise our Scouse accents?'
He replied: 'Yes I do.'
He was told 'You've been framed' by the men, who then burst into laughter.
Mr Slann, whose wife reportedly left him after discovering his actions, told the Sheffield Star he was on the road for nine hours on the night he tried to visit Emma.
'When I got to this remote farm she sent me a text to say she was still in work,' he said.
'That's what made it worse, not only had I driven for nine hours, but I had to wait for about another three and a half hours for her to finish work.
'Then when I got the call to say it was all a hoax I just felt awful.'
Mr Slann and the unnamed Liverpool fans are believed to have met on holiday in Cancun, Mexico, in November, and argued over their football.
After returning from the trip, the men set up a fake Facebook account featuring a Scottish woman called Emma, and exchanged emails and text messages with their target before inviting him to Aberdeen.
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