She’s a sexy, sassy gal from New York. She’s the one and only Miss Koce Awa. Just so happens she was bopping around IB and happened to run across my Latin Love, she found me so irresitable she decided to send me this personal message asking me to email her:

My name is Koce,how is your day; i saw your profile today and became intrested in you,i will also like to know you more,and if you can send an email to my email address,i will give you my pictures here is my email addras(koceawa@yahoo.com) I believe we can move from here! Awaiting for your mail to my email address above Koce.

Okay, you all know I’m happily (and fearfully) married to La Gringita. You know I’ve got two strong, intelligent boys and my ten year old, precious, royal pain in butt daughter, Isa. What did I do, besides giggle like a school boy...I did what any married man would do: I sent a message to Ms. Pooja and then I discretely Googled my new admirer.

I typed in her name and came back with a bigillion hits, the first one being a direct link to her: http://419.bittenus.com/8/8/koceawa.html. I don’t know how the rest of the men in the world think, but if you’re Latin and see the word bitten, first thing that pops in your head is: KINKY; I had to see the site, just to know what type of gal was looking me up.

Imagine my suprise to find out my secret admirer is a 419 scam artist. She’s posted all over the site as she is part of a criminal ring most commonly found in Nigeria and surrounding areas. The official name of this scam is “Advanced Fee Fraud”, but it is more commonly known as 419 Fraud, after Section 419 of the Nigerian Penal Code, which specifically prohibits this type of crime.

So, now I know the truth. Koce Awa really didn’t want me, she just wanted to see if she could soften me up and hit me for cash...Poor, Poor Koce..If my circumstances were different, I don’t know who would have been scammed more; she obviously has no clue as to the very sad economic situation in Mexico.