Keanu Reeves Is Not In Love With You, Becky Holmes
Keanu Reeves Is Not In Love With You, Becky Holmes
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Keanu Reeves Is Not In Love With You
The Murky World of Online Romance Fraud

Author: Becky Holmes

Narrator: Becky Holmes

Unabridged: 6 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/02/2024

Synopsis

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

About Becky Holmes

Having been on the receiving end of an annoying number of direct messages from online romance scammers, Becky Holmes started to enjoy wasting their time and then publicly 'outing' their accounts. No other woman has had so many online romances-from Keanu Reeves to Brad Pitt to Prince William, and she is a firm favorite with brave United States peacekeeping soldiers and oil rig workers who desperately need iTunes vouchers or Amazon gift cards. Becky's book, Keanu Reeves Is Not In Love With You, looks at all aspects of romance fraud, from the heartbreaking to the hilarious, the academic to the anecdotal and discusses where we're going wrong when dealing with those affected.

Becky has a first-class BA (Hons) from Royal Holloway, University of London, which she somehow managed to achieve between pints of lager.

After graduating, she spent fifteen years working in public relations and crisis management, but now her dream is to marry comedian Greg Davies, rescue greyhounds, and write books.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Evie

This is a bit of a strange one. There were some elements of this book I thought were super interesting but also some aspects which I felt disappointed by. I suppose firstly, while this is non-fiction it’s very much infotainment. The author is someone who became exposed to twitter and romance fraud a......more

Goodreads review by Chloe

This book has so much interesting info but it is absolutely bogged down with so much fatphobia that I kind of can't believe it got published this calendar year. Maybe the editorial standards are laxer when your book is crowdfunded. The fatphobia gets a special callout of course, but really it's typi......more

Goodreads review by Laura

Very informative, but also hilarious! The author tells stories of the way she messes with the scammers and catfishers, which had me literally laughing out loud. For me, the humor kept me hooked instead of it being a book of just facts, because I normally don’t read nonfiction, with the exception of......more

Goodreads review by whatsalreads

I really enjoyed this book! I learnt a lot about romance fraud and how it impacts so many people around the world! It’s so sad! The writing was really well done and at sometimes really funny which made reading something with such a heavy subject matter easier to get through. I think what Becky has d......more

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