Response to Margaret/General Question to anybody

Submitted by Just_Me (United States), May 9, 2009 at 22:43

Thank you for your response. At first I wanted to defend this guy, but let's be real, you bring up some good points. As I know for a fact it's his sister and not his wife, but you may be right, he may be married in this other city.

I gave him money because it was so little and my phone calls back to America cost so much money. Here is the situation...I was staying in Alexandria and I knew I would miss my flight the next morning leaving from Cairo, so I was using his cell phone to call and try to change my flight, which in the end was unsuccessful. All together he got around $80, $60 of which I used for credit on his phone while I tried to call the United States (what a waste of money), and the other $20 well I don't know what he did with it. There was nothing about sob stories, or weddings, or health issues or anything. I would never give an Egyptian money as their health care is FREE (that's what our tour guide said).

Does anyone know if there is a way to do a background check on people abroad and find out if they are already married or criminal background?

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