Another scam is online dating agencies who sucker guys in by displaying profiles of beautiful foreign women and then charging these unsuspecting individuals for each email they send to her. Furthermore, the emails don't actually reach the lady in question. Instead, the correspondence is solely handled by a "dating agency" employee.

Romance tours overseas can be another unscrupulous operation. I've heard of guys shelling out several thousand to blindly meet a woman abroad and this doesn't even include flights. I actually saw a video on You Tube of one particular romance tour and the women involved (about 10 to choose from ) were mostly average looking.

None of the above were Philippines related though. Tends to happen in countries like the Ukraine.