SHE is a ruthless gold-digger who hunted lonely older men on dating services and swindled them out of more than $2.7 million — even claiming her mother and daughter had died to get their money.

But the web of lies spun by the single mother of four who is on Centrelink benefits has been exposed after she pleaded guilty to conning six men out of millions leaving one man with just $20 in his bank account and another unable to pay for his children’s school fees.

Sanaa Derbas casually chewed gum as she entered pleas of guilty in Downing Centre District Court to 11 counts of dishonestly obtaining money by deception from the six victims aged between 69 and 43 between September 2008 and March 2014.

The 41-year-old, who has been positively identified by a victim from past photos in The Daily Telegraph, went to great lengths not to be photographed by hiding in empty rooms at the Downing Centre, pushing one journalist out of a lift and then sneaking out an exit.

Agreed facts tendered in court reveal details of Derbas’ campaign of defrauding lonely men with police finding at her home three diaries containing 349 men’s names along with her female alias’ including “Sarina Lopez”, “Sarrina” and “Marrisa “.

Police also found 15 phones at her home in Miller, in Western Sydney, with one containing her text exchanges with a further 20 other men who are not among the six men she has pleaded guilty to defrauding.

“The offender, posing as different female persons attempted to commence relationships with these men,” the facts read.

“Texts sent from this mobile telephone by the offender which referred to her mother’s recent death on six separate occasions to six men.”

Her mother, Fatima or Fatme Derbas, was in fact, alive and living just two doors down from her daughter on Bundemar Street at the time of her offending.

The facts reveal Derbas would meet her victims through dating services including the phone service Lavalife and Clique Introductions whose websites says it provides for “casual affairs.”

The facts reveal Derbas would invite the men to meet her at a hotel and then ask them to transfer up to $600 into her account so she could book the room.

Then she would cancel the date giving excuses including that her mother had been taken to hospital and had died.

She would then ask for money to help pay for the funeral costs or mortgage repayments saying her rich grandfather in Egypt would pay them back.

Derbas would then continue to ask for money saying she needed to pay transfer fees or taxes before her grandfather’s money would be released.

Her first victim, a 69-year-old identified by the pseudonym IJ to protect his identity paid her $1.7 million between September 2008 and December 2009.

Another victim PN, 51, paid her more than $87,214 with texts revealing he took some of that money out of his pension.

On one occasion he responds to a request for money by saying: “I don’t have anymore funds, I have $20 to my name.”

Another victim AC, 43, tells her he had to ask his boss for an advance to pay his children’s school fees because he had no more money.

After never being repaid, several of the victims reported the fraud to police and her home was searched on May 29, 2014 and she was charged.

After entering a plea of guilty Derbas was released on bail on the condition she reports to Green Valley police station every Monday and Friday.

She will return to court on February 9 for sentencing proceedings.