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Why are there so many dating scams in the Philippines?
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Why are there so many dating scams in the Philippines?
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I’m married to a Filipina who I met here in the states. So she was already legally here. The Philippines is active dating territory for Americans (and others) because the girls and guys there are exotically attractive, speak English reasonably well, and often well educated, with engineering, law, medicine, and nursing being common degrees among the educated ones. The fact that earning is difficult in the Philippines which is borderline third world with a foot in the first world makes the Filipinos want to come to the U.S. As a former American colony with close American ties, people there know about the good life here and may feel a bit entitled. Thus some of them scam to get here, and some bad Americans and others have used the Philippines and Filipinos to do their scams. These beautiful islands are a good and easy place to visit, so if you want a life partner, go there and meet people so you can find one on your own. But be careful, research first, and take your time. The best way to avoid a marriage scam is to use the assistance of a trusted Filipino friend or organization here. Filipinos are one of the very largest minorities in America. Let’s face it, dark is somewhat attractive to most people; otherwise, white people would not endanger themselves with tanning. Darker women do not need makeup to look alluring. I’ve heard a few country boys denigrate the look, but it is just a personal thing with them. There is standout beauty and average beauty in the islands. Most white women do not look like models or celebrities either. We are talking about average beauty here.
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Why are there so many scams anywhere? Because it's a relatively easy way to earn money. Just to give you an idea of what life is like in the Philippines. An engineer there makes about $722 a month before taxes . In order to be an engineer the education requirements are brutal. 1.5 years of calculus along with all the other classes. A more realistic job is a teacher and they earn about $422 a month. In addition if you screw up there are 10 other people in line that want your job so you have very little bargaining power with the boss. (Source: Salary: Engineer in Philippines ) This is why you see even highly educated professionals that will scam foreigners in order to leave. If a Filipino engineer scams a foreigner for a green card she/he can support his entire extended family on a single US engineer's salary. Now we haven't even talked about the uneducated that couldn't afford to go to school and the only asset they have is their bodies. So imagine yourself you have no higher education your job prospects are low and if are you are one of the lucky ones that does manage to find full time work you're making maybe $150-200 a month doing hard back breaking work! By the way neither of these scenarios are counting the horrendous stress of living in these major cities. Manila has one of the longest commute times in the world! (source: Waze: Manila now 7th longest commute in the world ) Now imagine you are already skinny and petite which is what most foreign men that visit Asia are looking for. All if you have to do is tell some desperate divorcee 2-3x your age that you love him and can't imagine life without him, hit him with a sad story about your family not having enough to eat, you need to pay your little brother's tuition etc, and then the money starts to flow in. So now you're making as much as an engineer or more in some cases and you didn't even actually have to have sex with the guy! It's totally worth it! Even if you get caught by a few foreigners so what? You'll just move on to the next guy. At first it bothers you that you are breaking peoples' hearts but then you justify it in your mind by telling yourself that these guys are rich and deserve to have a little fat trimmed from their bank accounts and that 'they had it coming'. The fact that you don't see it happening more often is a testament to the overall goodness of human nature.