Love is Cruel

Today we start talking about a type of fraud that became popular in the 90's, but is still prevalent, especially with the web.  It is an especially cruel type of fraud and deceit as it plays on the age-old human desire for companionship.  It is called "mail bride fraud," "mail order bride fraud" "Russian bride scam" (although I despise this term for reasons I will explain later) and "sweetheart scam."  We will refer to it as the sweetheart scam for the purposes of this blog.  The sweetheart scam, in essence, is using the internet to promise a man (usually, although women are prey as well) a marriageable wife (usually much younger) but, as with the "419" scam we discussed earlier, the purpose is not to connect the women with the man, but to stretch out the relationship as long as possible and, during this time, get as much money from the man (obviously, the mark).

     More and more, people are using the internet to find dates and brides (and, of course, grooms).  Dating sites abound as do commercials for "find the right companion."   We will discuss websites, dating organizations and bridal agencies that "specialize" in finding women for American men.  As stated, although this is a late 20th and certainly a 21st century phenomenon, it is not new.  This scam goes back centuries.

    Modern communications and the internet, however, make the sweetheart scam much easier to perform.

    Although we will discuss this in detail, there are two details that need to be discussed immediately.  First, the websites that promote the sweetheart scam claim that the women they have to offer are "not spoiled by American feminism and are willing and submissive."  Anyone who is searching for, in essence, a blow-up Barbie doll to be a house-and-sex slave should question just what kind of wife they want and, more importantly, what kind of person they are.  Human beings are not chattel and, anyone who falls for the line of "a submissive woman" is asking for the sweetheart scam.  Second, as any marriage counselor or family attorney will tell you, not to mention common sense, marriage is a commitment, both legal and personal (it is not the purpose of this blog to discuss spiritual matters and I don't want to get into this area).  Marriages are not made over a visit to a few websites.
 
   As can be seen, this is a long topic which we shall discuss in depth.

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Here is a quick story and video on the subject: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/04/14/eveningnews/main688311.shtml

Have a great and fraud-free day.

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