((That reminds me of a discussion the other night about a movie I was going to try to find and watch. It's called "Catfish", also the name of the scam portrayed, and if I remember the details correctly, it's about this guy who fell in love with a girl he met online, then months later, everything turned out to be a lie. He was a film maker, so he'd documented the whole experience...there's apparently a spin-off series of the same idea.
Man, that's horrible. I mean, my husband and I met online, despite people telling us the same sorts of things, i.e. "You never know who you're talking to online", etc, etc...but I'm trying to imagine, going through all that, falling in love with someone, then finding out that the person you fell in love with doesn't even exist. That's awful. sad
EDIT: And just looked up the movie and seems it's even more complicated, but wow.))