ST. LOUIS — Lots of families will only be seeing relatives through their computer webcams this holiday season. It’s an opportunity to start a discussion about who else is trying to reach out to them online.

For four years, Patsy Roach has been starting - and ending - conversations with people who claim they’re in love with her. She records her online dating adventures on a blog where she documents who reaches out. In her experience, the sweet nothings that many strangers send her are scams.


“Most will say they’re in the military," Roach said. "Others will be, 'Well, I'm on an oil rig or I'm a doctor working for the military.'”

She doesn’t let up when she hears their backstory. Some of her suitors drop the act when they see she isn't buying it.

“Some of them will say, ‘Yeah, I'm from Nigeria. Yeah, I'm a scammer’ … 'We're just poor,'” she recalled.

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