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Keanu Reeves Is Not In Love With You

The Murky World of Online Romance Fraud

Audiobook
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2 of 2 copies available
One woman's hilarious and fascinating quest to expose the truth behind fraudulent Twitter profiles: romance scammers beware, you have met your match!
Online romance fraud is a problem across the globe. It causes financial and emotional devastation, yet many people refuse to take it seriously. This is the story of one middle-aged woman in a cardigan determined to understand this growing phenomenon.
No other woman has had so many online romances—from Keanu Reeves to Brad Pitt to Prince William—and Becky Holmes is a favorite among peacekeeping soldiers and oil rig workers who desperately need iTunes vouchers. By winding up scammers and investigating the truth behind their profiles, Becky shines a revealing, revolting, and hilarious light on a very shady corner of the internet.
Featuring first-hand accounts of victims, examples of scripts used by fraudsters, a look into the psychology of fraud and of course plenty of Becky's hysterical interactions with scammers, this is a must-listen for anyone who needs a reminder that Keanu Reeves is NOT in love with them.
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    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from March 25, 2024
      Holmes, who posts screenshots of her interactions with scammers on the X account @deathtospinach, dives into the funny and frightening world of online romantic fraud in her eye-opening debut. During the Covid-19 pandemic, Holmes joined X (then known as Twitter, which she still insists on calling it) for the first time and entertained herself by responding to direct messages from men who claimed to be lovesick soldiers or oil rig workers dying to meet her—if only she’d pay their way. She eventually started posting her interactions with these impostors, some of whom claimed to be celebrities like Keanu Reeves, and reproduces many of the conversations here, to hilarious effect (she strung one self-identified Prince William along by sending pictures of the Buckingham Palace gates, claiming she was right outside). After volleying with enough scammers that she’d unwittingly made herself vulnerable a few times, Holmes came to consider the real women who’ve fallen victim to such cons. She includes interviews with several of those women, including a British detective, and even a few scammers (many of them Nigerian teenagers), to highlight red flags readers should be on the lookout for. Equal parts riotous and enlightening, this peek behind the digital curtain underlines the dangers and delights of the Information Age. Photos.

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