For nearly three days Oberoi stayed put there, communicating by cell phone, watching helplessly from afar.

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Many assistants never meet their clients, communicating instead by email, instant message, phone or videoconference.

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We maintained what I thought to be an authentic relationship by communicating frequently online and on the phone, and I grew to care deeply about her.

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"We maintained what I thought to be an authentic relationship by communicating frequently online and on the phone, and I grew to care deeply about her, " he said in the statement.

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Offenders were far harder to trace than ever before, he added, since they were now communicating through the internet and social media, rather than by phone, and sometimes leaving "no footprint".

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