THIEVES stole a bank card from a Gravesend couple then fleeced the account - to fund US presidential hopeful Barack Obama’s campaign trail.

Shocked Tania Parker, of Stanbrook Road, discovered the bank account had been mysteriously emptied after she tried to withdraw money from a cash point.

When she called Lloyds TSB stunned Tania was told fraudsters had illegally made two donations totalling £210 to fund Obama’s race for the White House.

She said: “It’s crazy, I couldn’t believe it. I’m not even an Obama fan - I prefer Hillary Clinton!

“When your card gets nicked you expect them to buy designer jeans or jewellery - not go topping up the coffers of some foreign politician.”

Barack Obama is locked in a battle with Hillary Clinton to seal the Democratic party nomination for President.

Mum-of-two Tania, who is expecting her third child with partner Mark Spice, 31, this week, said their bank had no idea how fraudsters made the dodgy donations - as the debit card was stolen a year ago.

The thieves made two separate donations of $200, the equivalent of two payments of £104 on Tuesday, April 29.

When the couple’s bank statement came through it clearly showed the transaction, under the title 'Obama For America’.

Mark, a shop keeper in Gravesend, said: “The card got stolen from my partner’s purse last summer in a Chinese restaurant in Woolwich, South East London.

“We immediately called the bank and they cancelled the card - we thought that was the last of it.”

“We must be one of the weirdest cases of bank card fraud in the country!”

Mark and Tania’s bank provided an emergency overdraft for the couple and have now refunded the cash into their account.