Let's Do the Math Together, Shall We........?
If he wanted to blow away all his money, I think he could have been better off spending it with 'girls' from a certain 'adult entertainment' magazine house (I am sure all of you remembered that scam which came out couple of years ago) instead on some guy pretending to be a woman. At least he would have gotten his money's worth in someway.
Edit:
Captain has hit on the same point, but I took into account the sum involved and accordingly adjusted the standard of 'escorts'.
Hey look, I never said they would be willing to wash, (or brush their teeth), for a ten buck bag of crack. That said, 1 out of 6 probably is HIV positive. So, it's like playing Russian Roulette with crack w*****s. "Take a walk on the wild side". (Lou Reed).
In any event, there's usually, "washy waxy" available at a China Town near you!
For a step up, consider a high class escort @ a thousand bucks a pop. If you a least have some impluse control, and can limit your "outings" to say, once a month, then 200K would last 200 months, or almost 17 years.
The guy has probably been bald,over weight,and a social cripple all his life.The pic's that were sent to him must have made him feel very special,I can see how someone this emotionally and socially stunted got burned.
First sensible comment of the day. It's not stupidity, it's a socially inexperienced introvert letting his despair take hold of him. IQ comes into play, but that is not the main point.
You call, "sensible comment", that which I call, "stating the obvious". After which, these, "socially inexperienced introverts" , like to bask in the attention and "pity" of the local news. (But I already said that, I suppose it was overlooked).
As far as the potential for "true love", (at least in the segment of our, "male dominated society" I'm familiar with), what I see is morbidly obese women being serviced by "drones" for their social security checks. (While they sell crack out the front door). Your tax dollars pay for the free ambulance rides, the power chairs, home nursing visits, type 2 diabetes treatments, ad nauseum. In the old days the tribe would leave the useless and non productive behind to feed the wolves. Forgive me, I wax nostalgic.
Yeah, and while we're on the subject, if these social misfits only companionship outlet is the internet, then they should hitch their wagon to something real, like "Techspot".
In summation, captaincrankfuscious say, "to think with one's tool, is to become that tool".