A Perth woman says she was scammed out of more than $120,000 and tricked into believing she was a fugitive by a "sadistic" fraudster she met while travelling through Europe in 2014.

Kelly Boulter told the Drive show on Radio 6PR on Monday she was holidaying on her own in Italy when she first met a man who claimed to be an Australian Security Intelligence Organisation official 'on assignment'.

Kelly Boulter says an Australian man in Europe scammed her out of $120,000 and left her close to suicide.

Ms Boulter struck up a friendship with the man, who said he was married with children, with the pair soon embarking on a road trip together.

"He told me many things such as he had been a Colonel in the RAAF and a pilot, did frequent assignments for ASIO / ASIS, worked as an Interpol investigator, and the he currently worked as a helicopter pilot for the New South Wales SES," she said.