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Submitted by Zella (United States), May 28, 2009 at 10:22

The one sure give away is the "L" word ("love"). The reason these men use the word "love" so quickly and loosely is because they have watched western movies and they know that the best way to woo and win a western woman is to use the "love" word. They do not marry for "love" in their culture. They marry to procreate and that's it. The women from Moroc are told that if they want love, they should "love" their sons (daughters aren't mentioned of course).

Only men from uneducated and lower socio-economic families use the internet to scam. Intelligent and upper class men have far too much class to lower their standards. It is also important to remember that Muslim Men never ask their wives for money. As a matter of fact, the money that working wives earn is for the use of the wife only. Men are supposed to take care of the woman.

In summary when a man uses the "L" word and asks for money, visa, computer, $4,000 for poor sick mother/father/sister/brother ($4,000 is the usual "bride price") etc, you can bet he is a scammer in upper case letters. You can take this group out of the country, bring them to a western country, educate them, and find them a job and very rarely is there any positive change. It's that old adage, "you can take the boy out of the country but you can't take the country out of the boy".

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