Love is Cruel II

Let's start discussing the details of the sweetheart bride scam.

    The first step, of course, is the mark begins searching for a bride or date online.  Usually, this means that he is referred to a website which offers the ubiquitous "exotic foreign women searching for American men" details.  The mark is offered a bewildering variety of pictures of beautiful women (sometimes the photographs are taken by professionals with the women being instructed to pose as provocatively as possible).  Included with the information, of course, are the various biographies of the women.  The agency also provides the contact information for the women, but this information is often filtered through the agency (in the sense that all emails are cc'd to the agency, phone contacts are handled by the agency, etc.).  Note, however, that this is not always the case.  In many instances, the women provide their own email addresses and/or phone numbers.

     The second step is the contact between the mark and the woman.  This usually begins with email introductions followed by an exchange of correspondence.  It is important to note at this time that the woman usually has a working knowledge of English, or at least can get by in conversation.  Once again, however, this is not always the case and sometimes the agency will provide an "interpreter" as part of the service.  This email correspondence sets the stage for the next phase of the fraud.

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