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The 'Patience' hitmakers are currently on the road with 'This Life On Tour' in support of their latest album 'This Life', but Gary Barlow has admitted there was a time when he didn't think the group would ever return to the stage

A TAKE That fan duped by a scammer pretending to be Gary Barlow met the real one after he got in touch.

A TAKE That fan duped by a scammer pretending to be Gary Barlow met the real one after he got in touch.

A TAKE That fan duped by a scammer pretending to be Gary Barlow met the real one after he got in touch.

Janet Smith spent a week thinking she was talking to the real singer, who she believed she'd added as a friend on Facebook

Janet Smith believed she was talking to the Take That singer for a week after she added him as a friend on Facebook

Janet Smith thought she was talking to the Take That singer after adding him as a friend on Facebook

Janet Smith thought she was talking to the Take That singer after adding him as a friend on Facebook

Gary Barlow met a fan who fell prey to a conman pretending to be him (Picture: Janet Smith / SWNS)

"He's very kind - fame hasn't gone to his head. It was like seeing a friend in the street."

Janet Smith, 62, added what she thought was the Take That singer's profile on Facebook after hearing he had a soft spot for older women - but the man turned out to be a scammer

Janet Smith, 62, from Colchester, Essex, genuinely believed she was talking to the Take That singer for about a week, after she added him as a friend on Facebook .

Janet Smith, 62, was contacted by a conman online who claimed to be the Take That singer

Take That are performing a total of six nights at Birmingham's Utilita Arena this week

"I have as much love and pride for them now as I did all those years ago"

Gary, Howard and Mark completed a week of shows at the AO Arena

The band played the first of five shows at the AO Arena after being relocated from Co-op Live

It finally gives an answer to confused Take That fans

Police said they are investigating the incident