If there is one thing that really peeves me (aside from my pinhead ex-husband and bad grammar) it has to be any business that purposely misrepresents itself in order to suck people in and separate them from their money.

In this case, I’m referring to internet dating sites. I’ve been investigating a few sites these past couple of weeks and have found some real bogus ones, promising free usage and then charging if you want to send an email to somebody. The other thing these sites do is inflate the number of members they have, and when you look at a place like Australia, where I live, you’re lucky to find two or three decent guys in there and maybe a camel from Central
Australia thrown in for good measure :-)

Most of these sites originate from either the States or Canada, and you’d think that living in such large countries these people would also know that Australia is a vast continent and that Sydney and Perth are not 20 miles away from each other, but on opposite ends of the country. Think about the distance between New York and Seattle and you’ll get the picture.

I hope you enjoy watching my alter-ego and creator, Sylvia Massara, as she recounts some of my adventures in the world of internet dating. Oh, and guess what, only this morning I caught another Nigerian scammer. I’m getting good at this now—it only took me about 60 seconds to identify him.