No, and I hate to harp on the subject, but it's all too easy, as one poor fellow on here found out, to be catfished endlessly, and that by a Wels. (from wikipedia: The largest accurate weight [for a wels catfish was 144 kg (317 lb) for a 2.78 m (9 ft 1 in) long specimen from the Po Delta in Italy)
In this unfortunate case, a fellow had been chatting endlessly online with someone who had many interesting excuses for not videochatting, although he was still rhapsodising about her. Finally, in response to a query I'd sent him via PM, he sent me a picture she's sent him. My wife, at that time an alternative model, recognised it as someone with whom she'd shot for a gothic clothing catalogue- all the info he knew about her (where she lived, age, etc.) was wrong, and anyway my wife knew this particular woman was very happily married.
Finding companionship via endless letters on a screen is absolutely pointless.
Real life ain't easy, but at least it's real life.
Get out there, gentlemen. Would you rather be hurt by a real woman's rejection, or comforted by a male basement-dweller pretending to be your wildest fantasy?
Take the risk, because sometimes you may well succeed.