This is a true story. It happened to me recently. The following is the typed conversation that took place between myself and a scammer, who for the want of a better name I will call Adriana. As this story unfolds I will place my thoughts in brackets to separate them from the actual conversation. I am posting this as an example of what is happening, the signs that it is happening, and how not to get sucked in by it.

I have this rarely used Skype account. It is rarely used because the only person on my contact list is my brother, and we speak more frequently on the normal phone.

I was surprise to see one day, a contact request from a very attractive young lady. My immediate response was to ignore it as I'd done with a couple of previous requests, all of which were from attractive young ladies.

The first message read: Adriana would like to add you as a contact. This one I ignored.

This was followed shortly after by another message,m this time a more personal plea: 'Hi, Adam (not my real Christian name that I used on Skype) I would like to add you as a contact.' I did not answer these because, I had been away from my computer at the time that it was sent.

Four days later I received yet another plea from Adriana: 'Hi Adam, I'd like to add you as a contact.'

On thinking about it, it sounded too good to be true, given that the picture attached to her profile was of a very attractive young woman, and being certain that this would be the beginning of a scam attempt if I responded, I replied with the following: 'The question that I have to ask is why an obviously attractive young lady would want to add a seriously old fart to her contact list.' A fair enough question I would have thought.

To which she replied, and I type it as she had: 'add me frist. I am new to skype and i hope we can be friends.'

My response was to be upfront about my lack of experience or expertise with Skype or any other form of social media, so I replied with: 'I am also a novice when it comes to Skype. If this is really you in the photo I still wonder why an obviously attractive young lady would want with an old fart like me. Not that I'm not flattered by the request.'

Her response was a little weird: 'am sorry just let make friends' Her command of the English language merely added to my assumption that this was indeed a scamming operation. I decided to string her along to see how far it would go.

The call dropped out and an hour later she called back. This time it was a video call, and the image that confronted me set my heart and imagination galloping, she was gorgeous with a set of massive, but not overly so, tits. Christ I was in heaven if this was for real. Let us see. I tried talking to her but she just stared at her computer screen and said nothing. I put through a voice call to her a minute later, but she didn't respond. A minute later I received a typed request: 'can we chat'

I again tried a voice call and gave up after a minute as she had not answered.

What followed is as it happened, the information is a cut and paste of the conversations. You will notice that there are a lot of ***Call to/from *** then call ***Call ended***. This is because either the call was not answered, the connection was not good, or one of us terminated the call for whatever reason.

[5/03/2015 1:35:05 PM] *** Call to Adriana ***

Call ended, duration 00:41

[5/03/2015 1:36:45 PM] *** Call to Adriana ***

[5/03/2015 1:37:11 PM] Adriana: hi

[5/03/2015 1:37:43 PM] Me: Hi I can see you but not hear you

[5/03/2015 1:38:10 PM] Adriana: am sorry i dont have microphone

[5/03/2015 1:39:49 PM] Me: So sad, you look very nice, I am sorry that I cannot actually speak to you. My typing is not good.

[5/03/2015 1:40:04 PM] Adriana: oh no problem

[5/03/2015 1:40:19 PM] Adriana: nice meeting you i hope we can be friends if you dont mind

[5/03/2015 1:41:43 PM] Me: I don't mind, in fact it does me good to speak to someone new. I would like to know what your interests are.

[5/03/2015 1:42:48 PM] Adriana: am new to skype here and i hope we can be close friends?

[5/03/2015 1:43:20 PM] Adriana: Don't be surprise how i contact you okay I am new to skype and i was just trying to see how it works , i saw your name in skype members and decided to contact you and we chat to know each other and be friends is that a problem to you chatting with me??

[5/03/2015 1:44:41 PM] Me: No problem, but I would prefer it if this was a video call. I find it distracting to have to type everthing.

[5/03/2015 1:45:10 PM] Adriana: i do understand you very well

[5/03/2015 1:46:21 PM] Adriana: My name is Adria...I am single lady 30years old , i never married , no boyfriend and i have no kid and what about you??

[5/03/2015 1:48:52 PM] Me: I find that very hard to believe that you have no boyfriend and that you have never married. You are a very attractive young woman and if I were forty years younger I would want to meet you in person, but unfortunately I am a young man in an old man's body. I can appreciate your beauty, but you will not be interested in me.

[5/03/2015 1:50:13 PM] Adriana: i see

[5/03/2015 1:50:20 PM] Adriana: have you married with kids

[5/03/2015 1:51:43 PM] Me: I have been married twice and have 3 sons from my first wife. They are all older than you so you can see that just talking to you makes me feel old.

[5/03/2015 1:52:02 PM] Adriana: lol

[5/03/2015 1:52:16 PM] Adriana: friendship does not have a problem with age

[5/03/2015 1:53:50 PM] Me: I realise that, but I think that we may have little in common. I live in Australia, where abouts do you live?

[5/03/2015 1:59:06 PM] Adriana: i live in london

[5/03/2015 1:59:12 PM] Adriana: what work do you do for living

[5/03/2015 2:01:44 PM] Me: Whereabouts in London? I have retired, but since finishing work I have been writing short stories and novels. Before I retired I was a Chauffeur and before that I was a Public Servant.

[5/03/2015 2:02:46 PM | Edited 2:02:47 PM] Adriana: oh very nice job

[5/03/2015 2:03:32 PM] Adriana: I am living with my mother and my little brother in our apartment in UK after i lost my father in a car accident in 2007 and what about you who do you live with or with your parents?

(When I was researching scams previously, this was cited as a common thread with this type of scam, a sick parent or one that died suddenly.)

[5/03/2015 2:05:32 PM] Me: I live on my own with two miniature schnauzer dogs that I walk on the beach close to my home twice a day. My parents are both dead.

[5/03/2015 2:05:53 PM] Adriana: oh i see

[5/03/2015 2:06:43 PM] Me: What do you do for work? You look as if you could be a model or something like that

[5/03/2015 2:06:54 PM] Adriana: My dear i am single lady never married but tell me why a handsome man like you live alone with no woman , you look so handsome but why alone..?

[5/03/2015 2:07:15 PM] Adriana: am secratray

(A secretary that can't spell, not likely to ease my concerns.)

[5/03/2015 2:08:18 PM] Me: I have no wife and since my divorce I have not felt like beginning a new relationship. I don't want to be hurt again.

[5/03/2015 2:11:13 PM] Adriana: I am single because my ex boyfriend cheated on me last 15 months , i caught him having an affair with another lady so i lost trust in him and we quited , i am now fedup living alone and i am looking for a honest and caring man in my life ...I am living single for 15 months now , i now need a honest and a caring man , i do not want a Rich man all i seek is honest loving and a caring man , simple person and someone who do not drug.

[5/03/2015 2:16:18 PM] Me: OMG you've just described me! Not the simple man, but all of the other things, I do not do drugs, apart from a glass of red wine with my evening meal. I am a born romantic with no-one to love. I use my writing to fulfil my romantic inclinations. Most of my short stories are romances with love conquering all, even cheating partners, so there might be for you a good man like me.

[5/03/2015 2:17:05 PM] Adriana: oh i see

[5/03/2015 2:17:19 PM] Adriana: you are the type of man i have been looking for

[5/03/2015 2:20:12 PM] Me: How sad that I live on the other side of the world. When my novels become best sellers (I wish) I would love to visit England. My ancestors come from Wales and I have been trying to trace them, but it is very hard from here.

[5/03/2015 2:21:42 PM] Adriana: i think is better for me to join you rether then you coming .

[5/03/2015 2:23:44 PM] Adriana: I am single because my ex boyfriend cheated on me last 15 months , i caught him having an affair with another lady so i lost trust in him and we quited , i am now fedup living alone and i am looking for a honest and caring man in my life ...I am living single for 15 months now , i now need a honest and a caring man , i do not want a Rich man all i seek is honest loving and a caring man , simple person and someone who do not drug.

(This word for word one of her previous comments, if I didn't know better I would think that she has a list of responses and would cut and paste to suit.)

[5/03/2015 2:23:47 PM] *** Call ended, duration 46:56 ***

[5/03/2015 2:23:53 PM] Me: I can see it now, me walking my dogs along the beach in the company of this drop dead gorgeous young woman (you). The woman would hate me and the men would be so jealous that they would quite happily kill me.

[5/03/2015 2:42:13 PM] Adriana: i see

[5/03/2015 2:42:29 PM] Adriana: and are you willing to habe a new woman

[5/03/2015 2:45:29 PM] Me: I am, that is if the woman was interested in me as a partner to share life with. If that other woman looked like you I would not hesitate, but somehow that is something that is unlikely to happen, not even in one of my romance stories.

[5/03/2015 2:46:48 PM] *** Call to Adriana ***

[5/03/2015 2:47:56 PM] Adriana: wowoowowowow sound goood

[5/03/2015 2:48:05 PM] Adriana: so can we share oiur feeling now

[5/03/2015 2:48:51 PM] Adriana: my dear so tell me more about yourself and your life style and ask me all what you want to know about me and i would answer you ...???

[5/03/2015 2:54:49 PM] *** Call ended, duration 07:56 *** (Dropped out.)

[5/03/2015 2:55:04 PM] Me: My lifestyle, hmmm, where do I start? For an old guy I have a variety of interests apart from walking my dogs and writing. I read books, I love fast cars and have driven my Subaru SVX in tarmac rallies with my youngest son as co-driver. We didn't win but had a good time. I am relatively fit, I help a friend clear building blocks, cut down trees and stuff like that, I ride a bike whenever I can, I go fishing without luck but who cares. I collect vinyl albums (over 300) that I don't often get a chance to listen to. How about you, what do you do when you're not being a secretary?

[5/03/2015 2:56:33 PM] *** Call from Adriana ***

[5/03/2015 2:56:59 PM] Adriana: I have little about myself , my friends say I am a honest,loyal, passionate, generous, giving, affectionate, supportive, sensitive, and a good listener who is easy to get along with.??

(Sounds like a resume, but it doesn't really answer the question, does it?)

[5/03/2015 2:59:45 PM] Me: Gee, my type of woman, You sound too good to be true. With those qualities I am surprised that you haven't had to fight men off with a big stick. You must have some interests to do in your spare time apart from flirting with a stupid old fart who would love to believe in miracles.

[5/03/2015 3:00:06 PM] Adriana: yes

[5/03/2015 3:00:15 PM] Adriana: men online are no more trusted

[5/03/2015 3:00:30 PM] Adriana: dear i want us to share something now

[5/03/2015 3:00:58 PM] Me: What is it?

[5/03/2015 3:01:11 PM] Adriana: i wnat us to share our skype password now

[5/03/2015 3:02:49 PM] Me: I would if I could remember it, I have Skype on-line all of the time that my computer is running.

[5/03/2015 3:03:09 PM] Adriana: babay am, waiting try and find it now

[5/03/2015 3:03:18 PM] Adriana: and give it to me

[5/03/2015 3:04:03 PM] Me: I would have to ask, why do you want my password??

[5/03/2015 3:04:26 PM] *** Call ended, duration 07:53 ***

[5/03/2015 3:05:37 PM] Adriana: honey i dont want to share you with anyone,also i will trust you more if you give me your skype paassowrd,and it going to prove to me that you love me

[5/03/2015 3:06:26 PM] *** Missed call from Adriana. ***

[5/03/2015 3:06:26 PM] *** Call ended ***

[5/03/2015 3:06:42 PM] *** Call from Adriana ***

[5/03/2015 3:07:04 PM] Adriana: honey i promise not to do anything in your skype

[5/03/2015 3:08:48 PM] Me: I would love to love you, and have you want only me, but I am a naturally cautious person and am having a problem understanding how it is that someone as perfect as you could have feelings for someone less than perfect such as myself

[5/03/2015 3:10:26 PM] Adriana: now adays yuoung men are not easy to find,and they will not traet you well,beside i need a man who lead me some years so he can show me how love and

[5/03/2015 3:10:49 PM] Adriana: careing,honest,and trust me

[5/03/2015 3:11:55 PM] Adriana: please give me your skype passwors prove to me that you love me

[5/03/2015 3:16:18 PM] Me: I would love to trust you, but I have heard and read about lonely old men like me who get sucked into falling in love with young women only to find that they are some person operating a scam to cheat the men out of their money. A question, when I first answered your call you appeared on my screen and I had to pinch myself because I couldn't believe my luck. Since then I have not been able to see you. My computer has a web cam so you should be able to see me, although how you could think that I'm handsome beats me. I would love to be able to see you again.

[5/03/2015 3:17:27 PM] Adriana: okay dear after that will you give me the skype password

[5/03/2015 3:21:50 PM] Me: It will take time to get it, I have to request a new password from Skype and wait for an email from them before I can change it. My email server sometimes takes half an hour to post emails in my in box, so I don't know how long it will take. As for your reason for wanting it, the only other contact I have is my brother, an I haven't spoken to him since before Christmas, so I guess that you are my one and only.

[5/03/2015 3:33:07 PM] Adriana: hmmmmmmm

[5/03/2015 3:33:43 PM] Adriana: then dont accept anybody request on skype ok

[5/03/2015 3:34:30 PM] Adriana: open your cssmsds'

[5/03/2015 3:34:57 PM] Adriana: open your camera dear

[5/03/2015 3:35:00 PM] Me: okay I won't, but I'd love to see you again just so I know that this isn't a dream

[5/03/2015 3:35:39 PM] Adriana: open your camera

[5/03/2015 3:36:15 PM] *** Call ended, duration 29:33 ***

[5/03/2015 3:36:30 PM] *** Call to Adriana ***

[5/03/2015 3:36:50 PM] Adriana: can you see me

[5/03/2015 3:36:56 PM] Me: Can you see me?

[5/03/2015 3:37:05 PM] Adriana: yes i can see you

[5/03/2015 3:37:10 PM | Edited 3:37:29 PM] Adriana: hoansdome man

[5/03/2015 3:38:14 PM] Adriana: honey i want you to email me more about you and more pictures in my emial

[5/03/2015 3:38:48 PM] Me: What is your email address?

[5/03/2015 3:39:40 PM] Adriana: (B**************e @gmail.com. For legal reasons I have not printed the email address)

[5/03/2015 3:39:45 PM] Adriana: am waiting

[5/03/2015 3:39:51 PM] Adriana: but do you have yahoo masseneger

[5/03/2015 3:43:48 PM] Me: No. OMG you are gorgeous in that black leather gear. I am curious about your email address, Why would you use a man's name?

[5/03/2015 3:44:44 PM] Adriana: which name

[5/03/2015 3:46:27 PM] Me: B*******t. It looks as if your name is really B******t A*****e, but that might just be my paranoia.

[5/03/2015 3:46:40 PM] Adriana: no

[5/03/2015 3:46:47 PM] Adriana: is famle name

[5/03/2015 3:46:57 PM] Adriana: is B*******a A****e

[5/03/2015 3:47:16 PM] Adriana: and what is your full name

[5/03/2015 3:48:15 PM] Me: What you see is what you get, my name is (****).

[5/03/2015 3:48:48 PM] Adriana: honey do you use yahoo masseneger

[5/03/2015 3:51:05 PM] Me: No. I am not up to date with these things, social media and the like. I have a Facebook page and twitter account that I never use, I have given up on my smart phone and gone back to my older and more reliable one. I hated it.

[5/03/2015 3:52:31 PM] Adriana: do you have whatsapp on your phone

[5/03/2015 3:52:58 PM] Adriana: i use intenastional number so we can there

[5/03/2015 3:55:04 PM] Me: I do not have that app on my phone and using international number from Australia is horrendously expensive. When I was in London several years ago it was cheaper and easier to buy a pre-paid phone there and not use international roaming.

[5/03/2015 3:55:45 PM] Adriana: open your camera and show me your phone

[5/03/2015 3:56:19 PM] Adriana: show me the phone

[5/03/2015 3:56:49 PM] Adriana: okay

[5/03/2015 3:57:25 PM] Me: You've disappeared again, so sad.

[5/03/2015 3:57:56 PM] Adriana: am sad about you,dont trust me

[5/03/2015 4:03:07 PM] Me: It's not that I don't trust you, but I don't want to get hurt again. My ex wife hurt me badly and made promises that she had no intention of keeping. Trust is something that doesn't come easy to me. I would love to be able to say that I trust you and love you and all of those other things, but I would be lying if I told you that after only a couple of hours talking long distance on Skype. Forgive me but that's how I feel right now. I want it to be otherwise, I would love it to be otherwise, and I'm probably being stupid .

[5/03/2015 4:03:36 PM] Adriana: hmmmmokay

[5/03/2015 4:03:46 PM] Adriana: so how do you live with no work

[5/03/2015 4:06:53 PM] Me: It's called a pension. The government pays me so much a week, barely enough to live on. That is why I hope that my books sell and I become rich beyond my wildest dreams and then I could come over to London and sweep you off your feet, shower you with kisses and gifts and . . . Oh well I can dream can't I?

[5/03/2015 4:09:37 PM] Adriana: afrom now going what time can we?

[5/03/2015 4:10:18 PM] *** Call ended, duration 33:45 ***

[5/03/2015 4:13:25 PM] Me: I've got to go now, time for the dog's afternoon stroll and then I will have dinner and sit down and watch a DVD with the dogs (There's only crap on TV). I will speak to you soon. I usually crank up my computer around 7:00 am my time for half an hour or so, and am on and off it during the day. I have just begun another short story so I'll be on my computer for a while tomorrow.

[5/03/2015 4:14:21 PM] Adriana: okay dear

[5/03/2015 4:14:32 PM] Adriana: what is the time there now

[5/03/2015 4:17:02 PM] Me: 4:15 in the afternoon

[5/03/2015 4:17:57 PM] Me: What time I it where you are?

[5/03/2015 4:22:29 PM] Adriana: it 5:53am

[5/03/2015 4:24:59 PM] Adriana: so how many hours laft for

[5/03/2015 4:27:10 PM] *** Missed call from Adriana. ***

[5/03/2015 4:27:10 PM] *** Call ended ***

[5/03/2015 4:38:56 PM] *** Missed call from Adriana. ***

[5/03/2015 4:38:56 PM] *** Call ended ***

[5/03/2015 7:03:16 PM] Adriana: hi

[6/03/2015 7:43:26 AM] Adriana: hi

[6/03/2015 7:44:53 AM] *** Missed call from Adriana. ***

[6/03/2015 7:44:53 AM] *** Call ended ***

[6/03/2015 7:48:40 AM] *** Missed call from Adriana. ***

[6/03/2015 7:48:40 AM] *** Call ended ***

[6/03/2015 8:17:31 AM] *** Call from Adriana ***

[6/03/2015 8:17:41 AM] Adriana: hello dear

[6/03/2015 8:18:56 AM] Me: I was going to say 'good morning. but where you are it's evening. How are you today?

[6/03/2015 8:19:09 AM] Adriana: am doing good and you

[6/03/2015 8:19:25 AM] Adriana: i have been online for long time where have you been?

[6/03/2015 8:20:39 AM] Me: I've just got back from walking the dogs on the beach. It was freezing cold and windy but they loved it. It's good to be back in my warm house again.
[6/03/2015 8:21:01 AM] Adriana: i see

[6/03/2015 8:21:14 AM | Edited 8:21:16 AM] Adriana: but i told you to send me an email ut you refused

[6/03/2015 8:22:59 AM] Me: I didn't actually refuse, just wanted to think about it], like where was this leading, and what would I say to you.

[6/03/2015 8:23:46 AM] Adriana: but you must try and send me an email so i will get your email and save it in my emai

[6/03/2015 8:28:02 AM] Adriana: what are you doing

[6/03/2015 8:28:09 AM] Adriana: are you busy?

[6/03/2015 8:29:20 AM] Me: I have just sent you an email. I explained that I would rather talk on Skype because I can get to see you, like I did for a very short while this morning, alas I cannot see you now, so sad.

[6/03/2015 8:30:06 AM] Adriana: can you seee me now?

[6/03/2015 8:30:25 AM] Me: Yay! That's better.

[6/03/2015 8:30:45 AM] Adriana: baby so how was your day?

[6/03/2015 8:32:26 AM] Me: My day has only just begun. I don't have any actual plans so far. I might go and visit a neighbour for a while, and do some more writing. I have a story on the go and need to do some research for it.

[6/03/2015 8:34:05 AM] Adriana: okay so what time will you be back

[6/03/2015 8:34:17 AM] Adriana: i will be waiting for you on skype

[6/03/2015 8:35:40 AM] Me: I haven't decided when I will go out, so I am here for a little while yet. I would much rather be here talking with you and looking at you than talking to my neighbour. My research won't take me out of the house and I can do that at any time.

[6/03/2015 8:44:44 AM] Adriana: okay dear

[6/03/2015 8:45:09 AM] Adriana: please let chat in 30 moins

[6/03/2015 8:45:56 AM] Me: Okay gorgeous, I'll speak to you then.

[6/03/2015 8:46:29 AM] *** Call ended, duration 28:58 ***

[6/03/2015 10:19:03 AM] *** Call to Adriana, no answer. ***

[6/03/2015 10:19:03 AM] *** Call ended ***

[6/03/2015 10:21:56 AM] Me: I love those pictures that you sent me. What I can't understand is your ex-boyfriend, what kind of fool is he? If he thought that he could do better than you he must be stupid. If you were my girlfriend [Not likely but I can dream] there is no way that I would even think I could do better, let alone go out and cheat on you.

(This is where the plot really gets interesting. One of the pictures had a file name on it that wasn't hers. Could have been her (I hope, with those tits all my dreams would come true) but worth checking out.)

[6/03/2015 10:42:57 AM] *** Call to Adriana ***

[6/03/2015 10:43:25 AM] Adriana: hi

[6/03/2015 10:44:59 AM] Me: Hi to you too. What have you been doing? I sort of expected you to be online earlier.

[6/03/2015 10:45:38 AM | Edited 10:45:43 AM] Adriana: Sorry i was been at out side so what did u do today

[6/03/2015 10:46:45 AM] Me: Not a lot, I have been writing.

[6/03/2015 10:47:43 AM] Adriana: Oh i see...So how are you doing today and how is the weather over there

[6/03/2015 10:50:56 AM] Me: It is cold here right now (19 degrees) and I don't feel like going out in it but I'll have to some time.

[6/03/2015 10:51:35 AM] Adriana: Oh well...the weather over here is cold and warm at the same time baby

[6/03/2015 10:55:21 AM] Me: Well, I would imagine being with you on a cold day would be warm as well. That is what I miss most of all, the pleasure of holding a warm woman.

[6/03/2015 10:56:27 AM] Adriana: Me too i even wish you are here with me and enjoying together

[6/03/2015 10:59:20 AM] Me: You do realise that if I were there with you we would not go outside at all. I am going to have to stop fantasising about something that can never be. No I won't stop dreaming about it.

(Seriously, how could anyone fall for a line like that?)

[6/03/2015 11:00:22 AM] Adriana: Yes baby we will do every thing inside House

[6/03/2015 11:03:56 AM] Me: There is something that I've been meaning to ask you. What is your full name. Is Adriana your real name or just the name you use on Skype?

[6/03/2015 11:15:05 AM] Me: Are you still there?

[6/03/2015 11:16:34 AM] *** Call ended, duration 33:34 ***

[6/03/2015 5:01:58 PM] Adriana: am here

[6/03/2015 5:02:57 PM] *** Call from Adriana ***

[6/03/2015 5:03:14 PM] Adriana: hello dear

[6/03/2015 5:03:53 PM] Me: What happened earlier, we were chatting away and all of a sudden you weren't there?

(You obviously didn't want to tell me real name)

[6/03/2015 5:04:57 PM] Adriana: yes dear the conection was poor and i felll as sleep

[6/03/2015 5:05:21 PM] Adriana: how are you and hwta have you been doing

[6/03/2015 5:06:26 PM] Me: That conjures up all kinds of images, you asleep, stretched out on your bed, me over here dreaming of just such a situation.

[6/03/2015 5:06:52 PM] Adriana: lol

[6/03/2015 5:07:05 PM] Adriana: honey i even had a dream about us

[6/03/2015 5:08:56 PM] Me: Hold onto that dream, my dog are scratching at the door telling me that it is time for their walk. I'd better go before they scratch all the paint off. I'll be thinkin about us.

[6/03/2015 5:09:53 PM] *** Call ended, duration 06:56 ***

[6/03/2015 5:10:01 PM] Adriana: so baby what time will you be back so we can chat

[6/03/2015 5:11:52 PM] Me: It will be about half an hour depending on if I see someone that I know. Then my dinner (Cajun chicken) will be ready, I can call you back in about an hour or so.

[6/03/2015 5:12:11 PM] Adriana: okay dear

[6/03/2015 5:12:29 PM] Adriana: and did you get your skype password

[6/03/2015 6:42:16 PM] Me: Actually, my dear, I had a seniors moment and forgot all about it That being said, don't be offended by this, but I have been told never to give out my password. It's not that I don't trust you, even if miracles happened and we hooked up and got really, really close, I would not feel comfortable giving my password to you. I never gave it to my ex, even when things were great between us. Please understand, and forgive my paranoia. It would be presumptuous of me to think that it would wrong for me to say that I am in love with you. Wrong because that presumes that you would reciprocate those feelings.

[6/03/2015 6:43:42 PM] Adriana: hmmmmm okay

[6/03/2015 6:43:55 PM] Adriana: are you back

[6/03/2015 6:45:21 PM] Me: Yes I am back, Please, let me see you again, I have to say that I just love looking at you, and dreaming.

[6/03/2015 6:45:29 PM] *** Call to Adriana ***

[6/03/2015 6:46:24 PM] Adriana: the conection is poor

[6/03/2015 6:46:27 PM] Adriana: can you hear me

[6/03/2015 6:46:55 PM] Me: Yes my dear, I could hear you

[6/03/2015 6:47:56 PM] Adriana: honey so tell me how was your walk

[6/03/2015 6:48:05 PM] Adriana: and how is the dogs feeling now

[6/03/2015 6:49:31 PM] Me: It was good. I called in to one of my neighbours, I had done some plumbing work for her and needed to change what I had done because of a fault in the fitting I used. I'm going to fix it up tomorrow.

[6/03/2015 6:50:01 PM] Adriana: i see dear

[6/03/2015 6:50:06 PM] Adriana: i have been thinking of you

[6/03/2015 6:50:25 PM] Adriana: so tell me what is the time there now

[6/03/2015 6:50:29 PM] Adriana:???

[6/03/2015 6:51:34 PM] Me: I have been thinking of you. I would like to see you again, even if I can't hear you. I just love to look at you and your perfect face and body.

[6/03/2015 6:51:52 PM] Adriana: lol

[6/03/2015 6:52:06 PM] Adriana: baby there is something i want tp discuss with you?

[6/03/2015 6:52:44 PM] Me: Yes, I don't like the sound of this

[6/03/2015 6:52:52 PM] Adriana: hmm

[6/03/2015 6:52:53 PM] Adriana: why

[6/03/2015 6:53:33 PM] Me: I don't know. usually when someone tells me that they want to discuss something with me it is bad news

[6/03/2015 6:53:43 PM] Adriana: babe my laptop is not working well and i wish you could help me to buy new one so we can use to chat and see both on camera and talk too?

(Here it comes, the demands for money, just like the info from the ACCC (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission) said it would.)

[6/03/2015 6:55:37 PM] Me: I wish I could too. I wish I could do a lot of things like meet you in person, but that is unlikely to happen in the foreseeable future. I guess that I'll just have to remember what you look like and dream of a future.

[6/03/2015 6:56:13 PM] Adriana: i know dear

[6/03/2015 6:56:28 PM] Adriana: but we can plan to be together soon

[6/03/2015 6:56:52 PM | Edited 6:58:48 PM] Adriana: so i will be very happy if you help me to get the new laptop so we can use to chat always

[6/03/2015 7:00:40 PM] Me: I wish that I could do that, but I don't have enough money to pay for the repairs for my car. When the parts eventually arrive from America that is. I am sad that your laptop isn't working properly because I want more than anything to look at you to keep my dreams alive.

[6/03/2015 7:01:29 PM] Adriana: babe am very sad?

[6/03/2015 7:01:41 PM] Adriana: but you need to try your maximum best and help me out

[6/03/2015 7:02:21 PM] Adriana: please

[6/03/2015 7:05:30 PM] Me: Please understand, until my books sell I have no hope of getting enough money together to help you. I feel that rather than have you thinking that I can magically produce enough money to help you, we should remember this short time that we have had together as the wonderful time that it was, to hang on to the impossible dreams that they were. I wish it were otherwise but can see no alternative.

[6/03/2015 7:06:50 PM] Adriana: so dear when can you help me

[6/03/2015 7:11:54 PM] Me: Please my dear, please, I cannot put any time frame to me finding enough money to help you. I am finding myself saddened that I cannot do more for you, it goes against my very nature to refuse someone, especially someone as beautiful as you, but if you insist on pressuring me to help I will have to try to forget all about you. I have not felt this sad for years, not since my ex decided that I wasn't good enough for her. I feel that I am not good enough for you.

[6/03/2015 7:13:17 PM] Adriana: honey you shouldnt talk this way

[6/03/2015 7:13:24 PM] Adriana: you know ww are inlove now

[6/03/2015 7:13:47 PM] Adriana: i love you even if you dont have money

[6/03/2015 7:13:53 PM] Adriana: i promise to be here for you always

[6/03/2015 7:14:21 PM] Adriana: but i wish to be with you?

[6/03/2015 7:14:54 PM] Adriana: i think that is they way we need to find so i can fly with you there

[6/03/2015 7:15:16 PM] Adriana: but since there is no money i think i need to work hard and get money to fly to you?

[6/03/2015 7:19:35 PM] Me: Please don't get my hopes up. I would be in heaven if that could happen, I would be in heaven knowing that someone so far out of my reach could even consider being in love with me. I don't believe in miracles and this would be the most amazing miracle. My family would not believe it if you could be here with me. I dream of such things happening, and whenever I write something like this, my detractors yell at me that these things never happen in anything other than Mills and Boon novels..

[6/03/2015 7:20:23 PM] Adriana: lol]

[6/03/2015 7:20:44 PM] Adriana: honey so can you be able to take care of my travel cost so i can fly to you

[6/03/2015 7:20:46 PM] Adriana:?

[6/03/2015 7:20:47 PM] Adriana:?

[6/03/2015 7:21:43 PM] Me: If I can't help with your laptop, what makes you think that I can help with your fare, not even one way.

[6/03/2015 7:23:27 PM] Adriana: but maybe you can borrow some money for me all you can go for loan and help me to come there,because i cant wait to be with you,and i need to feel how your test.

[6/03/2015 7:23:38 PM] Adriana: so think about it

[6/03/2015 7:26:13 PM] Me: There is no way that I can get a loan. My credit record is beyond redemption. If your love for me is based on my financial ability to help you then I feel that I am about to be disappointed yet again.

[6/03/2015 7:26:43 PM] Adriana: hmmm

[6/03/2015 7:27:06 PM | Edited 7:27:09 PM] Adriana: that is not problem okay

[6/03/2015 7:27:23 PM] Adriana: i know one day God will make a way for us

[6/03/2015 7:32:19 PM] Me: I would love to think that God would grant that wish, it fits into the miracle category. While I believe in God, it would be stretching things if He granted a wish for us to be happy when there are so many people in this world who have a greater need for His blessing than I do. I can only hope that he looks more kindly on you. I could really love you, I can feel you holding me. loving me. I can only hope that feeling will one day come about.

[6/03/2015 7:33:09 PM] Adriana: i know dear?

[6/03/2015 7:33:18 PM] Adriana: so what is the time there now

[6/03/2015 7:33:36 PM] Me: 7:33pm

[6/03/2015 7:33:45 PM] Adriana: oh okay

[6/03/2015 7:33:58 PM] Adriana: and what are your plans for the rest of the day?

[6/03/2015 7:36:42 PM] Me: In about an hour I let my dogs in and we sit on my crappy old, it doesn't matter if they scratch it, sofa, and go to sleep watching TV until 10:00 when they go to bed. This is a routine that they are used to and I don't want to change it now. I have had them since they were 12 weeks old and they are almost 9 and have seen me through some really down times.

[6/03/2015 7:37:25 PM] Adriana: i see dear

[6/03/2015 7:37:35 PM | Edited 7:37:37 PM] Adriana: i wish i was there with you

[6/03/2015 7:38:41 PM] Me: You wish? I would love it if you were, do you like dogs?

[6/03/2015 7:39:11 PM] Adriana: of course i like dogs

[6/03/2015 7:42:48 PM] Me: What are your plans for the rest of the day?

[6/03/2015 7:42:57 PM] Adriana: Honey so when have you plan for both of us to stay together as am tired of typing to you akwats

[6/03/2015 7:45:35 PM] Me: I too am tired of typing, as for when we can be together, that's very much in the lap of the gods. I don't know.

[6/03/2015 7:47:24 PM] Adriana: Oh i see...So when will you let us dicuss about the travel

[6/03/2015 7:47:49 PM] Adriana: i mean when will u let us discuss about how i will be there with you as am serious

[6/03/2015 7:47:56 PM] Adriana: Hold my hand and I'll take you there, somehow, someday, somewhere."

[6/03/2015 7:53:25 PM] Me: Good God quoting West Side Story. You never cease to amaze me. with you holding my hand I could be anywhere. But I am here and you are there I know that when I feel your touch it is my imagination, my dream. Reality has a habit of mucking things up.

[6/03/2015 7:54:46 PM] Adriana: Oh wow am very glad to hear that

[6/03/2015 7:58:17 PM] Me: one day my dear, if it is meant to be it will be, I would like to hang onto that and hope that my dreams really will come true. As long as they are your dreams that is. If my dreams aren't yours that would be really sleazy.

[6/03/2015 7:59:29 PM] Adriana: oh well i cant wait for that to happen so how much do u take as your salary and when??

[6/03/2015 8:00:59 PM] Me: Nowhere near enough to continue dreaming about you, unless that is people suddenly buy my books, all that work will be worth it then.

[6/03/2015 8:01:48 PM] Adriana: So when will u get your Salary and how much if i may ask

[6/03/2015 8:01:49 PM] Adriana:??

[6/03/2015 8:03:16 PM] Me: Next week and half of it goes in rent. I have to pay my phone bill out of it as well so you see, there is not a lot of hope that our dreams will come true, unless a miracle happens.

[6/03/2015 8:04:33 PM | Edited 8:04:39 PM] Adriana: So after you finish paying all the Bills how much will left then

[6/03/2015 8:06:25 PM] Me: a couple of hundred dollars to buy food and fuel for my car. There is no public transport where I live and I have to drive everywhere. I try to limit my trips but it is a 35 kilometre round trip to the nearest town.

[6/03/2015 8:07:35 PM] Adriana: Oh i see...So if i may ask how much will you try to send or help me to repair my laptop

[6/03/2015 8:07:52 PM] Adriana: Otherwise i will loose you when the laptop got down

[6/03/2015 8:12:31 PM] Me: I can send you nothing, my bank account is at present empty. This talk of money is very depressing to me. I realise that I am a failure in your eyes because I cannot help you in any way financially. I am going to leave you now to get myself a glass of wine and try to forget all about this. If you really love me, and I can hope, dream, impossible as that seems about now, you would accept me for what I am and not get your hopes up. If you love me as you say that you do, call me tomorrow morning, my time that will be in about 13 hours. If I do not hear from you I will know that my love for you is for nothing

[6/03/2015 8:12:33 PM] *** Call ended, duration 1:26:51 ***

[6/03/2015 8:12:51 PM] *** Call from Adriana ***

[6/03/2015 8:14:28 PM] Me: Are you there?

[6/03/2015 8:14:52 PM] Adriana: Yes am here

[6/03/2015 8:15:05 PM] Adriana: and just reading what you wrote to me baby so just relax

[6/03/2015 8:16:42 PM] Adriana: Okay i will be surely call you tomorrow morning your time or send you mail as you wish okay

[6/03/2015 8:19:50 PM] Me: Thank you for that. For someone who writes erotic romance stories where love conquers all, my personal track record sucks big time. I always fall in love with women who are way out of my league. It is only in my dreams that I can see a future with you. If you love me, hope that my dreams become a reality. I love you.

[6/03/2015 8:23:48 PM] Me: If my track record holds true, I will wake up and find that the beautiful woman that I have seen all too briefly on my screen,, and who's pictures you sent me, is not you at all, and I have been the victim of an enormous scam that people have warned me about

(Let's see how she reacts to that)

[6/03/2015 8:23:50 PM] *** Call ended, duration 10:59 ***

[6/03/2015 8:31:59 PM] Adriana: who scam you dear

[6/03/2015 8:32:25 PM] Adriana: What do you mean by Scam???

[6/03/2015 8:34:25 PM] *** Missed call from Adriana. ***

[6/03/2015 8:34:25 PM] *** Call ended ***

[7/03/2015 8:22:43 AM] Adriana: hi

[7/03/2015 8:46:20 AM] Me: Hi my dear, how are you? I'm just back from the beach and I'll have to go out soon to buy the bits I need for the plumbing job I have to do. What have you been doing? I want to know more about you and what you do when you are not talking to me. I also want to see you again, if that is possible, it does my eyes and heart good to see you and your wonderful, perfect body.

[7/03/2015 8:47:32 AM] *** Call to Adriana, no answer. ***

[7/03/2015 8:47:32 AM] *** Call ended ***

[7/03/2015 11:54:14 AM] Adriana: Yes am always here just because of you and i dont do any thing just thinking about you

[7/03/2015 12:00:26 PM] Me: Hi my dear, just back from doing the plumbing job. Yes, I also spend a lot of time thinking about you, dreaming about you, wanting the impossible, being with you, holding you.

[7/03/2015 12:01:10 PM] Adriana: Oh it seem am getting horny when i hear that thanks you and Sounds sweet for me

[7/03/2015 12:03:07 PM] Me: Horny? don't speak to me of horny. I am a normal red blooded male, and just seeing you is enough. I would love to see you again, photos are great but the real thing if only on my computer screen is so much better.

[7/03/2015 12:05:39 PM] Adriana: So if i was there with you now then kissing your cock and touching you slowly so you mean u wont get Horny then

[7/03/2015 12:08:56 PM] Me: If that were at all possible I would be so horny that you would have to fight me off. I would start at the top with your lips and work down, pausing for a while to lavish kisses on your impossibly wonderful boobs, before heading south to your pussy. There I would lavish more of my attention on you to prepare you for what is to come.

[7/03/2015 12:11:18 PM] Adriana: I see...So how is the weather over there and did you dream about me last Night???

(What? Not turned on by my smooth talk, how can this be?)
[7/03/2015 12:13:14 PM] Me: The weather is fine and sunny, not too hot and yes I did dream about you and it made me hard.

[7/03/2015 12:13:33 PM] Adriana: Hahaha Really..

[7/03/2015 12:14:55 PM] Me: Yeah really. Not something that has happened of late, and it almost caught me by surprise, I'd just about given up on him, he wasn't dead, just asleep.

[7/03/2015 12:15:45 PM] Adriana: Oh wow...anyway the weather over here is Warm and Cold as its night over Here

[7/03/2015 12:17:14 PM] Me: The perfect time to be in bed with the one you love, Oh well, I'll just have to sit here in front of my computer, typing with one hand because the other one is otherwise occupied right now.

[7/03/2015 12:18:35 PM] Adriana: Hahahha Sounds good

[7/03/2015 12:24:33 PM] Me: I'd like to think that you are having a similar reaction as I am, that you are touching yourself down there thinking of what it would feel like if I was there.

[7/03/2015 12:25:09 PM] Adriana: Yes baby

[7/03/2015 12:30:04 PM] Me: I am going to have to stop this or I'll have a mess to clean up. I thought that I was too old for this, I feel like a young kid reading his father's dirty magazines and dreaming of what it will be like when he does it for the first time with a girl. I know what if feels like, I can remember back that far and it is a memory that I am experiencing all over again. See what you do to me.

[7/03/2015 4:19:00 PM] *** Call to Adriana, no answer. ***

[7/03/2015 4:19:00 PM] *** Call ended ***

[7/03/2015 4:20:41 PM] Me: I think I must have scared you off. There I was getting all excited and you go off-line. Oh well, you lose some and you lose some. Such is the story of my life. So sad.

[7/03/2015 7:36:12 PM] Adriana: I am sorry baby am here

[7/03/2015 8:00:46 PM] *** Missed call from Adriana. ***

[7/03/2015 8:00:46 PM] *** Call ended ***

[7/03/2015 10:23:07 PM] Me: You are here when I am not, this sucks, I needed to talk to you, I still need to talk to you, so when can we do this?

[7/03/2015 10:23:48 PM] *** Call to Adriana, no answer. ***

[7/03/2015 10:23:48 PM] *** Call ended ***

[7/03/2015 10:36:58 PM] Adriana: hello

[7/03/2015 10:37:42 PM] Me: Hi Honey, how are you?

[7/03/2015 10:37:58 PM] Adriana: pick the call i wnat to see you dear

[7/03/2015 10:38:05 PM] *** Call from Adriana ***

[7/03/2015 10:38:33 PM] Me: I want to see you too.

[7/03/2015 10:39:00 PM] Adriana: honey am very sorry there is something seriou si want to discuss with you

[7/03/2015 10:39:14 PM] Adriana: because i can see you are real man and you are ready to have a woman in you life

[7/03/2015 10:39:25 PM] Me: Oh Oh, I don't like the sound of this.

[7/03/2015 10:39:40 PM] Adriana: i know the reason why if i ask you money you dont want to help me

[7/03/2015 10:39:47 PM] Adriana: all because you have been scam

[7/03/2015 10:41:13 PM] Me: I can't help you, not that I don't want to help you. The truth is that I would love to help, but I don't have the money to help you.

[7/03/2015 10:41:38 PM] Adriana: my dearis a lie

[7/03/2015 10:41:41 PM] Adriana: you can help me

[7/03/2015 10:41:50 PM] Adriana: if only you clam to love me

[7/03/2015 10:41:58 PM] Adriana: because i dont know why you cant help me

[7/03/2015 10:44:37 PM] Me: I am not lying to you. I have the princely sum of $1.10 in my bank account at the moment, and there is no way that I can access enough money to help you. You must believe that. It is not that I don't love you, or that I don't love you enough to help you. I simply can't, and do you realise how powerless that makes me feel?

[7/03/2015 10:47:34 PM] Adriana: i want to tell you any truth about me and see if you are intrested and we can move on and you find away to help me

[7/03/2015 10:49:39 PM] Me: I want to know all that there is to know about you, like what things you love, what turns you on, tell me everything. I want to be able to know the beautiful woman inside the beautiful body

[7/03/2015 10:54:35 PM] Me: Are you still there?

[7/03/2015 10:56:16 PM] Adriana: am here

[7/03/2015 10:57:35 PM] Me: Tell me about you, so that I can know the woman I love

[7/03/2015 10:58:19 PM] Adriana: i know dera but i want to know if you are really sure to help me to fly to you

[7/03/2015 11:01:15 PM] Me: In my heart I am sure, in my head I am not so sure. I need to know more about you so that my heart can convince my head that I want this so much, that I am going to be able to help you, and that I can get to see you in the flesh, and hold you in my arms. My heart knows this but my head doesn't yet. help me, please

[7/03/2015 11:02:00 PM] Adriana: my dear tell me who scam you

[7/03/2015 11:04:39 PM] Me: I have not been scammed myself, (that's a lie. I'm in the middle of being scammed) but the authorities here in Australia are constantly warning us about entering into a relationship with someone over the Internet only to have the other person ask for money from them. You can see why my head is unsure, can't you.

[7/03/2015 11:06:31 PM] Adriana: yes dear i can see and why did you told me am not the one on this picture

[7/03/2015 11:10:33 PM] Me: I didn't tell you that you weren't the one in the picture. I said that I was afraid that I would wake up from my dream of you to find that you weren't the person in the picture. I love your pictures, I loved it when I saw you on my computer, even though I couldn't hear you to speak with. Please tell me that I am not going to wake up and find that the pictures aren't the real you.

[7/03/2015 11:11:35 PM] Adriana: darling what show am not the person in the pictures

[7/03/2015 11:13:52 PM] Me: I don't know how you can show me that you are the real person in the pictures. I just think to myself that I can't believe that someone as absolutely gorgeous could be interested in me. Have you any more pictures to show me?

[7/03/2015 11:15:01 PM] Adriana: i have but since you dont belive am the in the pictures and also you are not really to help me how can i always be here to chat with you,while i can find someont to love me and help me too and trust me

[7/03/2015 11:18:08 PM] Me: I do trust you, I was asking because I want to see more of you, selfish I know, but that's me. I do want to help you but my present circumstances prevent that. If you feel that you can do better elsewhere, then I will have to face the fact that your love for me is not strong, and wish you well.

[7/03/2015 11:20:27 PM] *** Call ended, duration 42:22 ***

[7/03/2015 11:21:58 PM] *** Call to Adriana, no answer. ***

[7/03/2015 11:21:58 PM] *** Call ended ***

[7/03/2015 11:24:42 PM] *** Call to Adriana, no answer. ***

[7/03/2015 11:24:42 PM] *** Call ended ***

[7/03/2015 11:33:44 PM] *** Call to Adriana, no answer. ***

[7/03/2015 11:33:44 PM] *** Call ended ***

[8/03/2015 5:43:26 AM] *** Missed call from Adriana. ***

[8/03/2015 5:43:26 AM] *** Call ended ***

[8/03/2015 6:54:44 AM] Me: I am in despair here my love, I tried 3 times to call you back last night but the connection was lost, so I went to bed (unlike you I need my beauty sleep) only to find when I got up this morning that you called .

[8/03/2015 7:42:06 AM] Adriana: okay

[8/03/2015 8:45:20 AM] Me: My dear, I have been thinking about you and me, and I may have a plan. Will you call me?

[8/03/2015 10:04:40 AM] *** Call to Adriana, no answer. ***

[8/03/2015 10:04:40 AM] *** Call ended ***

[8/03/2015 11:38:46 AM] Adriana: am here now dear

[8/03/2015 11:39:02 AM] *** Call from Adriana ***

[8/03/2015 11:40:46 AM] Me: I'd begun to think that you didn't want to talk to me any more. I know that sounds defeatist, but I really don't have a lot of self confidence when it comes to talking to women.

[8/03/2015 11:41:29 AM] Adriana: my dear am always here for you just that i was not online thus why,anyway how are you and how was your day?

[8/03/2015 11:43:01 AM] Me: My day has been down thinking that you don't want to speak to me any more, but your

[8/03/2015 11:43:44 AM] Me: You are here now and I feel much better. Imagine what it would be like if we could be together.

[8/03/2015 11:44:54 AM] Adriana: yes dear does what i always think about

[8/03/2015 11:45:17 AM] Adriana: but since you donet have money i think i need to ask for a trip and work hard and get money and fly to you?

[8/03/2015 11:48:02 AM] *** Call ended, duration 09:00 ***

[8/03/2015 11:48:08 AM] Me: I have been thinking. 5 years ago I went to England to research my family history. I paid for it myself, that was when I could afford to. My brothers want to know more about the family so I am going to talk to them to see if they would pay my expenses to go over again. If they are prepared to do that I could get to see you in the flesh and maybe help you with your laptop. What do you think?

[8/03/2015 11:48:41 AM] *** Call to Adriana ***

[8/03/2015 11:49:31 AM] Adriana: i will be very gald if you can help me

[8/03/2015 11:50:26 AM] Adriana: but dear i need to fly for a job so i will also support and see what next

[8/03/2015 11:51:31 AM] Me: You are flying for a job, does that mean that you are going away to somewhere and won't be able to speak to me?

[8/03/2015 11:51:52 AM] Adriana: no dear we can still chat?

[8/03/2015 11:53:10 AM] Adriana: i will fly for 1 month so i will also get some extra mney to support us because it very hard for me this time

[8/03/2015 11:56:33 AM] Me: You will fly for one month? Where will you go? I am thinking that you are going away from me just when I'm getting to know you better and my love for you is getting stronger, I was afraid that I would be losing you.

[8/03/2015 11:57:23 AM] Adriana: my dear my boss told me to fly to wast african,for my work

[8/03/2015 11:57:34 AM] Adriana: do you know my work

[8/03/2015 11:59:31 AM] Me: I am afraid. I have heard about the Ebola outbreak there and wouldn't want you to catch that and die. Also there is political unrest with people getting killed and kidnapped. I am afraid for you.

[8/03/2015 12:01:07 PM] Adriana: yes baby i know but remember my work is sending me there so they will take care of me and help me to find a better place to sleep?

[8/03/2015 12:01:36 PM] Me: What is your work?

[8/03/2015 12:02:53 PM] Adriana: oh babe so you dont know my job

[8/03/2015 12:03:08 PM] Adriana: i can see you dont listent to what i always told

[8/03/2015 12:03:11 PM] Adriana: you?

[8/03/2015 12:04:39 PM] Me: I'm sorry, after I typed that I remembered that you told me that you were a secretary. So that means that you will probably stay in a large town or city an be away fro all of the troubles and disease. I feel a little better now.

[8/03/2015 12:05:15 PM] Adriana: i work for UNICEF remember

[8/03/2015 12:06:21 PM] Me: You didn't tell me who you worked for, just that you were a secretary. I feel even better knowing that you work for something as important as UNICEF.

[8/03/2015 12:06:59 PM] Adriana: yes babe that is my work

[8/03/2015 12:07:16 PM] Adriana: but i start it for just few years

[8/03/2015 12:07:20 PM] Adriana: and this is my first travel

[8/03/2015 12:09:15 PM] Me: I wished that I could have had a job where I could travel. In my last job I would take important people to and from the airport, and they were travelling overseas. I was envious of them, but what could I do?

[8/03/2015 12:10:40 PM] Adriana: i see

[8/03/2015 12:11:09 PM] Adriana: honey promise to have time and always be with me untill we get money to get together

[8/03/2015 12:13:29 PM] Me: I promise to be here for you. I get a kick out of being able to speak to you, even though it is typed messages and not being able to see you or speak with you, it is better than the nothing I had before, my dear you have made me live again, and I thank you for that.

[8/03/2015 12:14:55 PM] Adriana: honey no probelm am always here for you

[8/03/2015 12:15:03 PM] Adriana: all i need from you is for you to trust me

[8/03/2015 12:16:56 PM] Me: Of course my love, I trust you. I wouldn't be in love with you if I didn't trust you.

[8/03/2015 12:17:22 PM] Adriana: yes and i belive in you

[8/03/2015 12:17:58 PM] Adriana: and also i want to share my feeling with you one day?

[8/03/2015 12:19:38 PM] Me: I would love to share feelings with you. Please promise me that you won't fall in love with some hunk while you are away.

[8/03/2015 12:20:00 PM] Adriana: i promise you dear

[8/03/2015 12:20:09 PM] Adriana: but one thing am thinking about is my computer

[8/03/2015 12:20:46 PM] Adriana: i cant pack does cumputer to fly away,i need to get laptop so i can use to travel

(But she had told me before that she wanted money to fix her laptop, now she has a computer??)

[8/03/2015 12:25:42 PM] Me: When I said that I would speak to my brothers, I meant that I would have to tell them that I was going to London to research the family. I cannot tell them that I am going over there to be with a very beautiful young lady that I met on Skype. They are very strict people and would not approve of that. One of my brothers is very sick and I would have to convince his wife and I know that she would not approve of giving me money for this purpose. My other brother is very tight with his money and he would also not approve. My dear, what can I do? I would love to be able to help you.

[8/03/2015 12:26:43 PM] Adriana: baby then i think you need to borrow money for me

[8/03/2015 12:29:32 PM] Me: Oh my darling, I am crying from frustration knowing that I desperately want to help you and that I can't .My bank will not lend me money and I have nowhere else to go. I am so sad right now, so very sad.

[8/03/2015 12:30:07 PM] Adriana: hmmm dear

[8/03/2015 12:30:12 PM] Adriana: so what should we do now

[8/03/2015 12:33:08 PM] Me: I don't know, truly I just don't know. I want so much to help you, I want so much to be with you, to love you properly, to make love to you. But my darling, the more that I think about it the sadder I get, and I do not like to be sad, I have been sad before, and it sucks big time.,

[8/03/2015 12:33:56 PM] Adriana: i see dear

[8/03/2015 12:33:59 PM] Adriana: dont be sad

[8/03/2015 12:34:02 PM] Adriana: we will make it one day

[8/03/2015 12:35:11 PM] Me: I just hope that I'm not too old and too tired when that time comes.

[8/03/2015 12:35:52 PM] Adriana: honey hmm that will be the problem

[8/03/2015 12:36:34 PM] Adriana: but better time will come

[8/03/2015 12:36:46 PM] Adriana: you know i love you and i will always be here for you?

[8/03/2015 12:38:10 PM] Me: My darling, you will have to believe me when I tell you that I feel so strongly for you that right now this would not be a problem. This is what you have done for me. I won't say that you have woken a raging giant, but it is adequate to the occasion, and I am sure that we will both be satisfied.

[8/03/2015 12:39:58 PM] Adriana: hmm dear

[8/03/2015 12:40:30 PM] Me: You don't sound so sure.

[8/03/2015 12:41:41 PM] Adriana: am sure

[8/03/2015 12:44:03 PM] Me: My ex wife told me when we divorced that the sex was good. For her it was, for me not so good. I was able to sexually satisfy her when my heart wasn't in it, so think of what it would be like if my heart was in it, as I'm sure it would be with you, my love.

[8/03/2015 12:45:16 PM] Adriana: honey i know

[8/03/2015 12:45:26 PM] Adriana: so how will you try and get some money

(Back on the subject of money, eh?)

[8/03/2015 12:48:42 PM] Me: I don't know, my love. I suppose that I could sell my body to lonely old women, there are a lot of retirement villages around here, maybe this could be a new career opportunity for me. What do you think?

[8/03/2015 12:49:19 PM] Adriana: lol

[8/03/2015 12:49:32 PM] Adriana: honey what do you think aout your house

[8/03/2015 12:54:12 PM] Me: I can't think about my house. I lost that in the divorce, both times. You'd think that I would learn wouldn't you, but I loved and trusted these women, the last one told me that because it was my money that paid for the house she wouldn't ask for it in the settlement, and then she changed her mind. So you see my dear, I have to rent a house. That's what really pisses me off, if I still had a house I wouldn't think twice about borrowing money against it to help you out. And now my dear, I am sad again. I was happy thinking about you and making love to you, and now I'm sad.

[8/03/2015 12:55:12 PM] Adriana: hmmm

[8/03/2015 12:55:17 PM] Adriana: so what should we do now

[8/03/2015 12:58:45 PM] Me: I don't know about you but I'm going to go for a long walk along the beach to try to walk off my sadness. I won't even take my dogs with me because I don't want them to see me sad. My computer will be still on, so my darling, if you feel like sending me a message that will lift my spirits while I am gone, I would be most appreciative, So for the time being my love, take care and I love you.

[8/03/2015 12:59:51 PM] Adriana: okay

[8/03/2015 1:01:20 PM] *** Call ended, duration 1:12:34 ***

[8/03/2015 4:38:01 PM] Adriana: hi

[8/03/2015 4:39:10 PM] *** Missed call from Adriana. ***

[8/03/2015 4:39:10 PM] *** Call ended ***

[8/03/2015 6:07:33 PM] Me: Hi Honey, I have been for my long walk, the wind and the salt spray really helps to clear the mind. Then I came back and took the dogs for their walk, so I'm pretty much walked out. I must have walked twenty kilometres, at least it seemed that far. I have come to realise that I really do miss the company of a good woman. Are you the one for me? Please tell me that you are, and that my dreams are not for nothing.

[8/03/2015 6:08:34 PM] *** Call to Adriana, no answer. ***

[8/03/2015 6:10:05 PM] *** Call ended ***

[8/03/2015 6:30:46 PM] *** Call to Adriana, no answer. ***

[8/03/2015 6:31:01 PM] *** Call ended ***

[8/03/2015 6:32:49 PM] Me: Hi Honey, I've called twice in the last half hour and got your busy signal. My mind has immediately told me that you are talking to another man an have already forgotten me. Please tell me that I'm crazy.

[8/03/2015 8:12:00 PM] Adriana: hi

[8/03/2015 8:14:05 PM] *** Missed call from Adriana. ***

[8/03/2015 8:14:05 PM] *** Call ended ***

[8/03/2015 8:21:53 PM] *** Missed call from Adriana. ***

[8/03/2015 8:21:53 PM] *** Call ended ***

[8/03/2015 10:56:18 PM] Me: Hi Honey, you are back on line.

[8/03/2015 10:56:31 PM] *** Call to Adriana, no answer. ***

[8/03/2015 10:56:57 PM] *** Call ended ***

[8/03/2015 11:01:11 PM] Me: You are back on line and straight away I get your busy signal. I'm sorry that I missed your calls earlier but I was away from my computer cooking up stuff for the next few days.

[8/03/2015 11:02:09 PM] *** Call to Adriana, no answer. ***

[8/03/2015 11:03:01 PM] *** Call ended ***

[8/03/2015 11:12:21 PM] Adriana: hello dear

[8/03/2015 11:12:47 PM] *** Call from Adriana ***

[8/03/2015 11:13:05 PM] Adriana: baby where have you been

[8/03/2015 11:13:57 PM] Me: Yay, you are on line, how are you, we haven't spoken much today and it's probably my fault for not being here when you rang, I'm sorry

[8/03/2015 11:14:45 PM] Adriana: oh okay dear

[8/03/2015 11:14:53 PM] Adriana: anyway how are you and how is the weather there today

[8/03/2015 11:14:55 PM] *** Call ended, duration 02:07 ***

[8/03/2015 11:16:06 PM] Me: I am fine, it is after 11:00pm and getting cool at last

[8/03/2015 11:16:14 PM] *** Call to Adriana, no answer. ***

[8/03/2015 11:16:41 PM] *** Call ended ***

[8/03/2015 11:17:53 PM] Adriana: i see dear

[8/03/2015 11:17:58 PM] Adriana: how was your day and your day?

[8/03/2015 11:18:04 PM] Me: What is happening? The call dropped out and when I tried to reconnect I got your busy signal again.

[8/03/2015 11:18:26 PM] Adriana: yes let chat
[8/03/2015 11:18:27 PM] Adriana: okay

[8/03/2015 11:19:30 PM] Me: Great!! How was your day? I suppose that your day is only half over while mine is almost done. What did you do so far?

[8/03/2015 11:22:02 PM] Me: Are you still there?

[8/03/2015 11:23:49 PM] *** Call to Adriana, no answer. ***

[8/03/2015 11:24:49 PM] *** Call ended ***

[8/03/2015 11:29:02 PM] *** Call to Adriana, no answer. ***

[8/03/2015 11:29:13 PM] *** Call ended ***

[8/03/2015 11:30:26 PM] Me: Oh well, I guess that you don't want to chat with me. I will try again tomorrow.

[8/03/2015 11:32:39 PM] Adriana: brb

[8/03/2015 11:37:30 PM] Adriana: hello am back

[8/03/2015 11:38:56 PM] Me: I was just about to go to bed, just checking my emails, nothing of interest there. How are you, you keep asking me that but don't tell me how you are. I would like to know what you do and more about you.

[8/03/2015 11:39:37 PM] Adriana: my dear am here thinking about me

[8/03/2015 11:40:24 PM] Me: I am thinking about you too, thinking about us.

[8/03/2015 11:43:05 PM] Adriana: yes dear we need tp fidn away and meet soon

[8/03/2015 11:45:45 PM] Me: My love there is nothing that I would like more than to meet with you, just to feast my eyes on you in the flesh and to maybe hold you in my arms. This is part of my dreams of you. The other part is more along the lines of loving.

[8/03/2015 11:46:54 PM] Adriana: so how can we plan and get together

[8/03/2015 11:49:25 PM] Me: My darling, I don't know. I have tried to find a way but I haven't been able to come up with a solution. My brother made noises about interest rates affecting his retirement funds and him not having money to pay for me to go over to London, so I don't think that will happen.

[8/03/2015 11:49:49 PM] Adriana: hmmm

[8/03/2015 11:52:07 PM] Me: I actually bought a lottery ticket in the hope of winning money, and I did. When I took the cost of the ticket out I had won 60 cents. Better than nothing I suppose, at least I didn't lose money

[8/03/2015 11:52:54 PM] Adriana: lol

[8/03/2015 11:56:00 PM] Me: I am getting depressed at not being able to find a way of being with you. I want this so much my love that it hurts. I dream of you constantly to the point that the story that I started to write the other day just isn't happening. My mind is elsewhere, it is thinking of you.

[8/03/2015 11:56:42 PM] Adriana: hmmm

[8/03/2015 11:59:30 PM] Me: You still haven't told me what you have been doing today. Here I am pouring my misery out on you, you must think that I'm a miserable old fart, and you'd probably be right at present. So I want to hear about the fun things that you've been doing.

[9/03/2015 12:00:12 AM] Adriana: honey i always not in the mood to think about something fun

[9/03/2015 12:01:02 AM] Me: Why my love? Why aren't you in the mood to think about fun things?

[9/03/2015 12:01:35 AM] Adriana: because i dont know why beautifull woman like me cant find a right man who can support me or take care of me

[9/03/2015 12:05:07 AM] Me: I know how you feel my love, I know that when it comes to supporting you I am a failure. The best that I can hope for is that my books sell, and then I will not only be able to support you, but I will be willing to do that. I have worked hard over several years on these books and I will be devastated if they don't sell. It will mean that I will miss out on the opportunity to make you happy and me as well. Just like I see us in my dreams.

[9/03/2015 12:06:44 AM] Adriana: hmmm

[9/03/2015 12:07:00 AM] Adriana: baby you go to bed is late and we will talk more tomorrow

[9/03/2015 12:07:15 AM] Adriana: remember i love you

[9/03/2015 12:09:15 AM] Me: And I love you. In my short stories love conquers all, I just wish it happened that way in real life. I will fall asleep dreaming of you and wake still dreaming of you. Good night my love. xxx

[9/03/2015 9:30:09 AM] Me: Adriana, my darling, what can I say. I am hurt beyond imagining by you. You asked me to trust you and I did, You told me that you loved me and I believed you because I wanted so much to believe in the truth of that. But I now find that I have been deceived by you. I began to have doubts early on when you replayed the same video that you used in your initial contact, so I thought that I would go along with you to see how far it would go. The photographs that you sent me, if they are really of you, were not of a secretary from London at all, but a Canadian porn star named 'Sweet Krissy'. Even those magnificent breasts were 'enhanced' and not real. How could you do this to a fellow human being? how could you play on my emotions like that?

I have informed the relevant authorities in this country (ACCC), who were already aware of your operations and email address.

[9/03/2015 10:46:14 AM] *** Me: blocked Adriana ***

It really wasn't hard to find the information. Using an Image Match programme, I immediately found who "Sweet Krissy' was, and watched several not very good videos of her 'teasing' with her tits. She has an impressive number of photos on her website, not that I checked them out. And the email address attached to the person operating the scam was identical to that given by Adriana.

For this scam to work, the victim has to be kept off balance with protestations of love to prevent the victim from investigating. The demands for money, in this case, came fairly early on. With some scammers, you are sucked in but it is months before the monetary demands begin. In my case she told me that it didn't matter that I didn't have money, but in the next breath (or typed message) she was hassling me about coming up with the money for her to travel to Australia. This type of scam usually involves the victim sending money for fares only to find the perpetrator doesn't arrive.

The golden rule in this type of 'relationship' is that no matter how much you actually think that you love this person, you never, ever send money, and sure as hell don't use a wire transfer agency.

This has been a faithful transcription of the exchange between myself and this person. If I thought that this would be the end of it I was wrong. A couple of days later I received yet another request from an Adriana from London. In an effort to see if this was the same person I accepted the request. She must have realised her mistake, because right from the very first contact (it was 'Hi' and nothing else) she has hidden behind being 'away' from her computer so that I couldn't contact her. So I guess that I will never know for sure if it is her or not. Whatever the outcome, my response will be the same. I have no money to give to her. CM