[21twelve]

I wonder if she turned out to be a big fat hairy guy.

“No - you aren’t supposed to fly HERE. You are supposed to send me $3,568 so I can fly THERE!”

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Pratt told police that he didn’t know his would-be lover’s real name, but that she is known online as Xioqian. He fell in love, apparently, because of her perfect English and amazing photographs.

Sounds like the M.O. of an undercover cop . . .

[PGR88]

I once knew a 50 year old Dutch merchant-seaman who would go online posing as a 16 year-old girl. I don’t remember how we in the office (it was at an engineering site in a shipyard) discovered his on-line persona, but one German engineer used to tease him mercilessly about it. He would ask “has anyone peeked up your skirt today?”

it was hilarious.