Jimmy Moore, serving an 18-year stretch for burglary, said he knows of three marriages that grew out of a letter-writing relationship, but he's never received a visit.
Worse, Moore said he was involved in a serious, yearlong relationship with a woman who concealed her true identity. Moore said the woman, who claimed she was 33, wrote almost daily, addressing her letters, "My Sweet Jimmy." She also made thousands of dollars in phone calls to Moore, which she paid for, he said.
The woman wanted to get married, but Moore said something didn't feel right. His mother advised against it, saying he didn't even know her.
Then he learned the truth: she was the 66-year-old wife of a car executive. When her husband found out about the phone bills, the relationship was over. "She lied about everything!" Moore said.
Teresa Cornell, serving a prison term for credit-card fraud, said she isn't happy with her pen pal adventure, either.
"They just steal your money and your information," she said of the Web service she hired. "I spent $45 and didn't get any mail. I was ripped off, bottom line."
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Fran Main's touching and up-lifting story about hearts beating as one via our Prison System is another in a compelling indication of where American Print Journalism is heading.
Frank Main is cutting edge but he has completely missed the real 'Behind Prison Walls' Saga of Slammed Scrimshandlers - whale bone whittlers - No Shanks!
As Hermann Melville wrote about our 19th Century Sea-dogs . . .
"lively sketches of whales and whaling-scenes, graven by the fishermen themselves on Sperm Whale-teeth, or ladies' busks wrought out of the Right Whale-bone, and other skrimshander articles" . . .so Might Main!
He's a beaut.
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