Don't be fooled by Egyptian men working in the tourist industry however nice they may seem.

Submitted by Vivi (United Kingdom), Apr 5, 2009 at 12:25

I too met a so called wonder handsome Egyptian guy. It turned into what I thought was true love - we just clicked, he never asked for money (at first) we talked for over one year and last year November I went to visit him.

Although he did not have much money he treated me nicely . money did not matter to me, I paid for restaurants and he money paid for the cabs . He worked in the tourist industry and I have made sure that I was aware of the scams before getting involved this this guy. We soon declared love for each other and he wanted me to go and live in Egypt but I wanted him to come to England as I think the opportunities for him would have been better.

Things changed over night when out of the blue he asked me for some money to be paid over a number of months at £200 a time - I said I did not have it so he said do not worry. So I forgot about the situation and we carried on our long distance relationship. then about one month later he asked again but the amount of money and changed and his sob story was that he was going to be thrown out of his apartment and be put in a police station. I said I did not have the money and until this day I have not heard from him again. I sent a text asking was money all that our relationship was based on?

Do not fall for their lies as I did. I am very on the ball and still I did not see this coming I thought he was so different from all the rest of guys that I met. But if you ask me I feel the tourist industry is to blame... many tourists go to Egypt with lots of money and nice clothes etc and because these guys do not have much they want what the tourist have. He even booked a room for us (he is a so called muslim) I did not sleep with him (he was very surprised) I have my standards!!!

I love him until this day but I AM WORTH TOO MUCH TO BE TREATED SO BADLY. I was the one that kept saying should you be doing this because you are a muslim ( his response was "do not worry about me" I feel so disappointed and let down because my friends and family were not sure about him and I stuck for him so much and convinced them that he was genuine and it has now all backfired on me. A hard lesson to learn but I cannot and will not make the same mistake again.

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