These pop up every so often, and we’ve all heard them before, to the point it’s become something of a cliche: that hot blooded young thing you fell for online turns out to be an 50-something overweight person of the same sex as you that still lives in his/her mom’s basement.

Still, it doesn’t hurt to be reminded, and honestly the stories are always fascinating in a train-wreck sort of way, so here you go, from LA Weekly:
The Life and Death of Jesse James: An internet love mystery