ok hands up who admits to sending money to their future loved one before ya met in person .I am guilty as charged lol when I first hooked up with my misus I was very green to the internet dating game and was not even aware of scammers etc etc .so after 2 months I decided to send 30 quid to her even though she never even asked for money or tried the sob story in any way .It was only when the chinese guy in the western union kiosk said to me do you know that this is a lot of money to a philippino and mentioned the word scam that I really sort of thought what if she is ? anyway she was shocked that I sent her money and thought it was a joke ,she sent her sister to collect the money because she did,nt want to be embarressed in case it was a joke lol .I told the chinese guy well its not a lot to me so if it is then I have,nt lost much .Then I sent a further 50 quid 2 weeks later and then we connected on cam for the first time ,she was very shy at first but soon the chatting started to flow and the rest is history 3 years later we are still blissfully happy