by Thinus Ferreira
Last week CBS News' South African correspondent Debora Patta made it to behind the anchor desk of the CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell in Washington D.C, in the United States, as well as the studio of the morning show CBS Mornings done from New York.
For the Wednesday and Thursday editions of the American newscast on 25 and 26 September, Debora Patta reported from Accra, Ghana and New York on internet romance scams targeting Americans, venturing inside the darkly lit rooms filled with computers and cellphones where unsuspecting victims are conned out of their money.
The CBS News investigation into online fraudster syndicates in West Africa took over a year.
Following her first night's report for the "Eye on America" segment, Debora Patta was in the CBS News studio and behind the anchor desk to talk to anchor Norah O'Donnell about the investigation.
Debora Patta gave more information, and also did a "throw-forward" to the second night's upcoming report on the scams which would be about an American man conned out of $700 000 as the criminals "break hearts and empty out bank accounts".
Last week Debora Patta was also in New York, where CBS Mornings is done from close to Times Square, and did a live link on CBS Mornings to introduce the same story to American morning viewers.
