International Dating Red & Green Flags

International Dating Red Flags

• Your Lady Doesn't Exist in Social Media – Unless the foreign women you plan to interact with are from big international dating sites, it is obvious why you can’t search them in social media.

  Their last names are often not listed along with their first name for privacy reasons. There’s also a reason why they opt to be listed in date sites – they want serious people who won’t waste their time. They’re there to find someone to seriously date and marry.

  However, it’s different if you’ve been talking with your online date for quite some time and they don’t have any trace in social media. Circumstances may vary but this is mostly considered a glaring red flag if you can’t trace them with their first and last name in popular social media accounts.

• Answers Specific Questions Generally – Another red flag to look out for when chatting with a potential foreign date is how they don’t answer questions directly. There have been cases where people are hired to interact or chat with lonely men. The reason why they have blanket statements for specific questions asked is likely because they already have template responses as these kinds of operations have their workers chat with more than 3 people at the same time.

• They Don't Speak Over the Phone or Skype Personally – If the first few red flags are not enough to convince, another way to truly know if the foreign single you’re communicating with is real is to speak over the phone or video call on Skype. It goes without saying that if she refuses after being asked for many times or if she has plenty of excuses to give, chances are, the foreign women you’re dating may not be real.

  There could be cases that some foreign women may be shy or does not know enough English to speak over the phone or video call, but it is very rare. Especially if you’ve already been corresponding to them for a long time.

• She Never Wants to Meet Up in Person – Suppose you took the big leap and purchased tickets to fly over her home country for a few days of vacation. Another red flag to look out for is if she doesn’t want to meet up in person. It is highly likely that the person you were connecting with is a phony and were using a photo of a good-looking woman to hook you in.

• She Tells You "I Love You" Right Away – Scammers don’t waste their time. They fluff their potential victims with sweet words and endearments right away if it means getting their trust and affection faster.

  They are unscrupulous in getting what they want that they use attention, flattery and even the three sacred words, “I love you,” as a means. So ultimately, what do international dating scammers want? You may already have a good guess, so proceed to the point below.

• She Asks for Money and Lay the Tragic Drama On Thick – The end goal of online scammers is to get money from their victims. It’s almost like clockwork: after the sweet words comes the asking for money part. There are several ways they do this: scammers might ask outright for money, or they stage a drama that involves payment for a loved one who got into a tragic accident, or cannot pay for some important thing like food and even tuition.

  Sometimes, scammers lure lonely foreign men off the dating site where they met just so they can take control of the situation and milk them of of their money. They do this in order to minimize the chances of them being reported to the online dating site. Do others a solid by reporting dating scammers like this right away.

  Some do go above and beyond to make their victims think that they are “in love” by acting eager to meet them. So they ask money from their victims to arrange for passports, visa applications, tickets, and more. They usually start out small, by asking for a few hundred dollars for the “visa”, and then progressively ask for higher amounts of money for plane tickets, which may cost upwards to at least $800, depending on where they say they’re from.

  Scammers also redirect their victims through a “travel agency” she is in good contact with to help her with processing her papers. After a speaking with them, the victims will often receive an email or a call from the said agency and explain about their foreign lover’s payments.

  A good rule to remember when encountering this is that American tourist visas cannot be obtained through a travel agency no matter how “well-respected” and “legit” it is in her home country.