(Metropolitan Police via SWNS)
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A Tinder swindler who told victims he was an ex-special forces cancer victim worth $534 million has been jailed.
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Joseph Gibson. (Avon and Somerset Police via SWNS)
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(Avon and Somerset Police via SWNS)
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(Avon and Somerset Police via SWNS)
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