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Canadian Living (Toronto, Canada) - November, 2007

How to spot a psychopath
Psychopaths aren't always easy to spot. Here's how to find them—and how to avoid being a victim, by Julie Buen-Chown

You may think your love will cure him. Fuhgeddit. Psychopaths are untreatable. "People have a hard time getting their heads around that," says Donna Andersen, a U.S. journalist who launched www.lovefraud.com to educate the public after her husband defrauded her of $227,000 US.

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Creative Loafing (Sarasota, Florida) – 1/24/07

Shutdown
A bitter breakup leads to a controversial blog — and a challenge to the First Amendment, by Joel Rozen

Kristen Rhoad’s blog launched in San Diego and crashed in a Sarasota County courthouse.

Or at least it was supposed to.

On Sept. 7, 2006, Rhoad appeared as the defendant in a domestic violence lawsuit—the charge was cyberstalking—brought by her ex-husband, Phil Haberman. He wanted an end to her e-mails, her missives to his boss, her online tracking of his whereabouts. And he wanted an end to her blog, The Rhoad Warrior, which was dedicated solely to writing about him.

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Take 5 Magazine (Australia) -11/29/06

Too good to be true?
Donna thought she'd landed a real catch in James, a tall, dashing, successful former war hero.

Tapping away at my computer, I couldn't help but smile. "This guy seems nice," I mused, reading an ad from James Alwyn Montgomery, an Australian living in the US.

It was May 1996 and I was nearly 40, single and living in the State of New Jersey, USA. Having kissed some real frogs, I was looking for my prince, so now I was giving Internet dating a go.

James described himself as a "Sean Connery look-alike," said he'd worked in Hollywood and was now an entertainment businessman.

"Why not?" I decided, e-mailing him.

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WAMC Northeast Public Radio-10/24/06

Donna Andersen and Dr. Liane Leedom were interviewed as guests on The Roundtable on WAMC, a news and public affairs program hosted by Susan Arbetter.

Andersen spoke about Lovefraud and Dr. Leedom spoke about parenting an at risk child, one who has a genetic connection to a sociopath. A recording of the broadcast is posted with the permission of WAMC.

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Press of Atlantic City-9/18/06

Judge rules bitter blogs are online stalking
A California woman is ordered to take down her blog, which profiles her ex-husband as a cheating fraud, by Meggan Clark

If you think your ex-husband is a lying, cheating, scamming, con artist with no conscience and no soul, you're entitled to your opinion.

But posting warnings about him on the Web amounts to cyberstalking, a Florida judge has ruled.

The case could have widespread ramifications for bloggers like Donna Andersen, of Atlantic City, whose Web site, www.lovefraud.com, dedicated to "teaching the public to recognize and avoid sociopaths," contains profiles of several scamming, lying and occasionally murderous spouses whom Andersen believes are sociopaths, including her ex-husband.

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Press of Atlantic City-8/10/06

Winning their hearts, taking their money
Some Internet love connections breed impostors who take you for all you’re worth, by Meggan Clark

When Donna Andersen married James Montgomery in 1996, she thought she was marrying the man of her dreams: a successful entrepreneur, decorated Australian special Forces veteran and devoted partner.

She soon found out she had married an accomplished con artist.

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Awards and references

The Other Mrs. Jordan—A True Story of Bigamy and Betrayal

The Other Mrs. Jordan, by Mary Turner Thomson, is the shocking true story of how one man manipulated an intelligent, independent British woman, conning her out of 200,000 pounds and leaving her to bring up the children he claimed he was incapable of fathering. Turner Thomson states that Lovefraud.com helped her make sense of what happened to her, and recommends Lovefraud for assistance in identifying sociopathic abuse. The book was released in June 2007.

Snakes in Suits-When Psychopaths Go To Work

Snakes in Suits, by Paul Babiak, Ph.D., and Robert D. Hare, Ph.D., examines psychopaths in the corporate environment. It includes a sidebar about Lovefraud.com, recommending that readers visit this website for extensive accounts of people who have been burned by psychopaths. The book was released May 9, 2006.

The Dandelion Spirit-A True Life Fairytale of Love, Lies and Letting Go

The Dandelion Spirit, by M. L. Gallagher, tells the true story of how the author was seduced by a sociopath, and how she recovered from the emotional destruction. The book includes resources for understanding sociopaths and reproduces (with permission) the How to Spot a Con page from Lovefraud.com. The book was launched April 30, 2006.

Art Directors Club of Philadelphia

Lovefraud.com was published in the 2006 Creative Awards Annual, winning a silver award in the Public Service / Pro Bone category. Donna Andersen received her certificate at the Creative Annual Show on April 27, 2006.