More online scammers
There’s a very funny account I follow in Twitter – Becky Holmes hates spinach @deathtospinach. She’s part of the cottage industry of people who cruelly toy with scammers. Twitter Romance scammers, in her case.
So I was psyched when she came out with a book. I was expecting hours of hilarity paddling in Becky Holmeses DMs.
Kinda. It started off fun, anyway. But as she looked into it more, it became all about the sad people who got snagged and sometimes ruined by romance scammers.
A lot of them weren’t dumb people, they just got caught at a bad time or by a good story. And there were a LOT of them. Even a couple of the scammers came off as broken and a tiny bit sympathetic. Anyway, it all became very depressing.
I’m going to recommend it anyway for being educational. Not in a ‘fun romp’ sort of way, but in an ‘eat your spinach’ kind of way. Which is ironic, considering her user name.
February 10, 2026 — 7:32 pm
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