keanu reeves is not in love with you: the murky world of online romance

＂Her prose radiates empathy, with none of the artificial distance that journalists or academics enforce between themselves and their subjects.＂ -- The Washington Post

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 favourite 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-read for anyone who needs a reminder that Keanu Reeves is NOT in love with them.

Becky Holmes is the creator of, and voice behind, the popular Twitter account @deathtospinach. Having been on the receiving end of an annoyingly high number of direct messages from online romance scammers, Becky started to enjoy wasting their time and then publicly ’outing’ their accounts. Becky has a first class BA (Hons) from Royal Holloway, University of London, and is based in Stratford-upon-Avon.