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So there was this journalist in England who got what so many of us get, which is like the ping on the Twitter or in

your inbox or in your messages, saying, hey, I really like the photos that you posted.

This is Katrina Onstad, a podcast producer and journalist in Canada, talking about Simon de Broussel, who for the past 20

years has been a correspondent for the Times of London. Simon received this message on New Year's

Eve 2018. The sender went on to introduce herself. My name is Shrilly. Not Shirley, but Shrillie.

And this journalist, Simon, was quite intrigued and began a kind of conversation with this person on the other end of these texts.

Gradually, message by message, a relationship began to form.

He's a bit older, so I think he didn't really understand that this is a common experience of life online.

He ended up talking to this person who presented herself as an American in Flint, Michigan,

a mother, a hard worker, an environmentalist, and he was quite intrigued by her.

Shrilly shared photos, too. She was, I'm sure, most people would agree, incredibly beautiful.

The two were trading messages most days, often many times a day, and grew quite close.

Pretty soon, Simon found himself falling for this woman he'd never met.

And then all of a sudden she started asking for money.

The bells didn't go off quite as quickly as I think they might to someone who's a little more online.

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