Upon meeting her 28-year-old date, "Koneko" found him to be as cool as she had imagined from his countless e-mails.

"I don't meet people I cannot trust," the 27-year-old woman said, speaking on condition she be identified only by her online handle "Koneko," which means kitten.

When she logged onto the personal ad site, Koneko thought she would be able to tell the kind of person her prospective date would be by communicating online.