The disgraceful Agenda of the Migrating Filipina.

[Gavanddal]

Poverty in the Philippines causes some people to be very innovative in how they dream up ways of obtaining money by deception.

You've only got to look at the volume of scamming from Africa to see that what starts as desperation to escape poverty becomes a lucrative business and I'm sure many people in other countries start to realise this and that many westerners are "soft touches".
Unfortunately cases like this are what makes the British immigration system so suspicious of all women from the far east who come here on fiancee and spouse visas. As much as we hate the inconvenience for us they're trying to protect us. Unfortunately this one slipped through the net. Obviously she was a very good liar.

[andypaul]

You've only got to look at the volume of scamming from Africa to see that what starts as desperation to escape poverty becomes a lucrative business and I'm sure many people in other countries start to realise this and that many westerners are "soft touches".
Unfortunately cases like this are what makes the British immigration system so suspicious of all women from the far east who come here on fiancee and spouse visas. As much as we hate the inconvenience for us they're trying to protect us. Unfortunately this one slipped through the net. Obviously she was a very good liar.

A good point although tougher measures make it harder when you look at it from a border security issue its amazing they have only just brought in the level of checks they have.