My piece of advice...

Submitted by Margaret (Poland), Jan 17, 2009 at 19:10

Hi Ginny...

You wrote:

met a moroccan online. he is very sweet and adorable. he is wealthy and wants me to fly to morocco to meet him , at his expense. he showed me his villa with webcam and pictures. he also emailed pictures of himself in many countries including the usa. so i am wondering...what could the "catch" be?

Most of the scammers claim they are rich...Do you know why?

Firstly- most of women prefer their husband/boyfriend to be well-off...even not for themselves but for the future children- it is natural- we want a good school and comfortable home for them...Secondly- you immediately think- he is rich, so he is not after my money...Pictures could be doctored- these people are pros- most of them live off scaming women- so they have false Id's, doctored pictures, dozens of screennames (each for one woman) all the stuff needed to convince you that they are for real...Plus the fairy tale part- Arabian prince who will come and rescue you from your problems, all the people green from envy, so on...

Thirdly- scammers con dozens of women- so the money for your trip was probably given to him by his other "girlfriend"...I have read testimony about a scammer who had 20 plus girlfriends at the same time and all were sending him money...

i am much older than he is but he thinks i am gorgeous. he does not want a visa. he had one and can get another one at any time. his father was a judge so he has connections. he is talking about me living in morocco with him because he does not want to live in america. i will go there to met him and if it is really love, then i will make my choice then.

Why does he think you are gorgeous? what does he know about you? I am sure you are attractive- but in muslim world marriages are not based on attraction...Muslim men usually marry their virgin cousin or relative chosen by the mother...Gorgeous woman for a muslim is modest, quiet, religious- in fact all the opposite of what average Western women are...He would never allow his sister to chat with men online...Thats why I think that he does not even respect you- I mean not only you- but all us women who socialize with unreleted males...

All of the scammers say they dont want visa...You would probably ran off if he said he is desperate for it, wouldnt you? And all the childish brag about how his dad is a big shot? Do you think this man is mature enough to be anyone's husband?I dont.

now i need advice if there is a problem i am not detecting. you ppl scare me sometimes with these stories. i found this site by mistake. i was googling moroccan marriage and the daniel pipes blog popped up....

I would advise you not to go to Morocco. Read the posts from Hunny uk who also is a blgger here and who was poisoned there because she confronted these people- they even took her passport away...She could have died...Read it please...

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