Castro's Son Hoaxed by Internet Lover

(Miami, Florida) One of Fidel Castro's sons, Antonio Castro, developed an Internet love affair with what he thought was a Colombian woman named Claudia Valencia. Antonio and "Claudia" began chatting last October on the Tagged social networking site and their relationship grew from friendly to steamy sexy.

Unfortunately for Antonio, "Claudia" was actually Luis Domínguez, a 46-year-old Cuban-born Miamian, who launched the ploy to demonstrate that the Cuban security system is penetrable. In fact, Antonio breached Cuban security procedures by conveying travel and security plans to cyber-girlfriend Claudia. Dominguez exposed the sting on Americateve TV in Miami.

And when rumors swept Miami in mid-January that Fidel Castro had died, Domínguez said, he assured Americateve that the rumors were likely false because Antonio was keeping up his regular chats with his cyber-girlfriend.

The man who used the Canada-based e-mail address ''tonycsport@yahoo.ca'' also provided ''Claudia'' with details of a life far richer than the grind of the average Cuban -- weekends in Varadero beach, Lacoste shirts and belt buckles, a personal Apple computer and a BlackBerry with Internet access, Domínguez's files showed.

''While everyday Cubans were banned from using the Internet cafes in Havana hotels, this guy had a BlackBerry and unlimited access to the Web,'' said Domínguez.

Besides embarrassment, I suspect Antonio won't suffer any repercussions for violating security procedures.

Tip: slwlion