[stylist] Thea - Love Scam

[Miss Thea]

Chris, this is exactly what I wanted the article/story to do.
I wanted you to feel her wooing me, feel me falling in love, feel the hurt, 
disappointment and anger.
Like I said in my article, I reported her, and they removed her profile.
Thing is, that's all they can do, and that p***es me off.
I'm glad you took the time to read.
I'm beginning to think I could use an editor, to help with the work of 
stories, novellas, novels, etc.
Do you think I'm at that stage now, where I could hire an hour or two of 
editorial help?
And yes you're right. In my article, I mentioned that I was one of the lucky 
ones, that I didn't have the money.
But God, if there's anything that hurts worse than a love scam, I don't know 
what it is. Like I said, people who are targeted get targeted often, for one 
reason or another.
After 48 years on this Earth, I've been targeted for many things by people 
who thought they could get me, and when I was young and didn't know any 
better, they did.
I'd write an aftermath article, but I'm too depressed to put words together.
Before Susan, there were a couple plain old "bad" relationships, the king of 
which was a 16-year marriage, and very shortly after the divorce, my husband 
died. I was not allowed to go to the funeral. I was told that if I so much 
as came on the property, which is now occupied by a house guest-cum lord of 
the manor, I would be arrested.
While my ex was dying on Maui, I was not allowed to talk with our teenagers 
or go home.
I'm taking the day off today as for writing, because my depressive disorder 
and my physical pain issues have gotten the better of me.
Like I tried to say in "I'll Call Her Sandy", even if you're smart enough to 
avoid the money they're after, the price is still too high.
You don't want to know what I'd actually like to be done with those SOB's. 
Let's just say our jails are already too full, and if I were queen of the 
world, things would be somewhat more Draconian, but the world would be a 
hell of a lot safer.
I wouldn't waste my time on too many prisons. Let's just put it that way.
The world is too lenient with criminals, in my view. Hmm. If I were queen of 
the world -- Change the names, and you have a science fiction story. A 
distopia, probably.
But my intentions would be good.
Thea

-----Original Message----- 
From: Chris Kuell
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 10:50 AM
To: Writer's Division Mailing List
Subject: [stylist] Thea - Love Scam

Hi Thea,

I have four powerful reactions after reading your article. Firstly--wow...
Secondly, I'm so sorry this happened to you.  Thirdly, I feel certain I
could never be an evil mastermind, because I could never dream up a scam
like this. And fourthly, I bet this is one of the few times in life when you
can honestly say, "Thank God I'm poor!"

Editorially, I think your piece could be tightened up a bit, but in general
it holds the reader and is very compelling. You successfully had me
thinking--I hope those bastards get what's coming to them.

Which brings me to the question--isn't there a way of figuring out who they
are? It seems the cops can always track and figure out who someone is, if
they want to badly enough. Did you have to pay a fee to join the site? That
seems like an easy way to trace them to me. And even if they used a
throw-away phone, they had to buy minutes for it, and that purchase should
be traceable.

But I suppose this is not very important to the people with the power to do
something about it. I'm sorry you got hurt, but of course, it could have
been worse, and maybe your story will catalyze action by those with power
and authority.

chris



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