Hard not to love a woman like that. Michael must have thought so, too. Today, he and Becky Lasater of Fairfield are engaged. They lie about their age, their finances, their looks - even their weight. . . I know a woman in Chicago who dated three men she met online.
Banks has more than a passing interest in such online misdemeanors.
His 38th book, ''Web Psychos, Stalkers and Pranksters,'' is a guide to online safety and privacy. Here he offers advice for protecting yourself, and relates tales of myriad cockamamie swindles that the unscrupulous foist on a too gullible public. One of them involves prisoners looking for love. Banks notes that romance-seekers incautiously divulge their home addresses to online friends, only to be stalked for their troubles. Don t be harassed Check Michael Banks website for links to scams.