What scams may you run into on 'Chinese' dating sites?

What scams may you run into if you are considering finding a Chinese bride, online?
'Pay for play' dating sites. These sites charge men for messages to/from FAKE, pretty Chinese ladies. The messages my be pre-written, or 'generic'. It's not likely the pretty lady in the pictures is actually writing you. Somebody is making money getting you to pay for fake messages. 'Translation' scams. Much the same as the above, but the pitch is for on-site 'translation' of the messages to and from the fake lady. You'll often get steered to sites like this, from other sites. 'My english no goodly. Please go THIS site so we can talk! They have the good translation service!'. You'll pay, and pay, and pay. Some struggling Chinese will appreciate the money they are earning from you, but you are not likely to end up in a real relationship.
More information on 'translation' scams on fraudulent dating sites at Dragonladies.org! 'Translator/brokers', and Marriage agencies. These are agencies or individuals who act as 'marriage brokers'. They'll post profiles of pretty ladies on dating sites, some real, some former customers, and some fake. The goal is to get you to come to China to meet a customer, who is often not the pretty girl in the profile. You spill your heart out in emails with your new sweetie, fly to meet her a few months later, and are met at the airport by the 'Translator/broker' who has actually been reading your gushing messages, and maybe talking to you on the Phone, and are told the 'Girl' is not available or no longer interested. (Even though a few days ago she wrote she couldn't wait to meet you! Actually, the translator/broker wrote that email.) You may be offered a 'replacement' lady, or ushered to an agency office to view some 'prospects'.
Not all is is vain, you say? You may meet an attractive lady who claims she is interested in you? You'll be expected to pay thousands of dollars in 'brokerage' fees, (which may be secret and disguised as something else) and pay the parents a 'bride fee'.
Too often, the goal of the 'bride' is to secure monthly support payments, or trick the man into buying a home for 'them', in China, or the parents.
More info on translator/brokers in China at Dragonladies.org!

'Visa and Travel' scams. These are mostly conducted from within China by West African scammers, who are residents of China. (Usually the Guangdong province). They use stolen pictures of pretty Asian ladies, either Chinese, or Filipina. The girl will claim to work at a menial job. She will not show a face on cam. She will claim love very quickly, and want to travel to meet you. She is 'fake'. You will be directed to pay thousands of dollars via a fake 'agency', to pay the 'visa and travel' fees for this girl to come to meet you. Nobody shows up. Only your money takes a journey, into the pockets of a BLACK male, living in China. They do have the help of local Asian ladies who will make/take phone calls, pretending to be the girl in the pictures. Don't fall for this!
More information on 'Visa and travel' scams from China at Dragonladies.org!
West African scammers also pretend to be anyone, from anywhere, including Asian ladies. Make sure you see a face on cam, check the IP of emails, and don't send money for any reason!

How do you avoid these scams?
Don't use sites where you pay for messages, or 'translations'. There are plenty of real ladies who know some english, and are willing to communicate with you, directly, IF YOU ARE SINCERE and polite.
DO NOT SEND MONEY. Not for 'visa and travel', or anything.
SEE A FACE ON CAM. You want to use cams often. It really helps develop the relationship, and understand the other person.
If a lady avoids using a cam, she may be using fake pictures, or old pictures, showing her much younger, and maybe thinner.
Using translation software is a 'crutch', and should be temporary. She needs to make an effort to be learning english if you will have a chance at a good relationship, and life together. Please avoid ladies who are not willing to learn your language.

You need to be honest, and be looking for a lady of an appropriate age. Real '20 something' Asian girls are not looking for 50-60ish men, unless they have other goals. (Immigration, or money)

Are you really able and willing to go to Asia to meet the right lady? It's not cheap, and not close. You'll need a few weeks of holiday time at the least, but I encourage you to GO. Travel in Asia is a wonderful experience, in itself. If you go to meet a lady who may be 'the one', it's even better. GO. Experience the culture. Eat strange food. See new things.

flirty9.com KEEP OUT

Flirty9.com is packed with scammers of all types. Keep out! I see no evidence of real people.

Two more fake travel agencies set up by West African scammers

airgatetravelagency.com and worldtripsuccesstravels.com are both fake travel agencies, set up and operated by West African scammers, to use in 'visa and travel' internet romance scams from China. Do not send money to these agencies!

More information of fake travel agencies in China at Dragonladies.org!

More informaiton on 'visa and travel' scams from China, at Dragonladies.org!

matchdoctor.com Too many scammers!

I've been looking at Matchdoctor.com the last few days, a free dating site, and see too many obvious scammers to recommend this site to the public. It's actually crawling with scammers, mostly West African scammers, pretending to be men, and women.
I suggest you keep away from Matchdoctor.com!

idatevietnamese.com Keep out!

idatevietnamese.com is a site operated by the same people as pinaydarlings.com. The site has very few vietnamese as menmbers, and does not screen out 'fake' profiles set up by West African scammers. The laughable thing is, some of these scammer profiles are 'featured members'.
There's no excuse to run a dating site like this.
Keep out!
More information at Dragonladies.org

Watch out for 'visa and travel' scams from Cambodia!

'Visa and travel' scams are not common out of Cambodia, but they are starting to pop up. They appear to be conducted by West Africans who are residents of Cambodia. West Africans also conduct scams while living in other SE Asian countries, like China, and Malaysia.
The scammer will have a local Asian lady to help with the scam, usually answering phone calls from men they meet online, and posing as the girl in the stolen pictures they are using.
You will be asked to pay 'visa and travel' fees for the girl in the pictures to come meet you. The girl in the pictures the scammer uses is not involved in the scams. You will never meet her. The lady you may talk to on the phone is not the girl in the pictures! The person who picks up the money you send, is not the girl in the pictures. Your money is gone. It's a scam.

Both of the recent 'visa and travel' scams I've run into lately, involved the fake lady claiming to possess a passport, from Singapore, which if true, would make travel to the USA or other Western Country, possible. This is a scam. The passport you may be sent a scan of, is fake. The person you are in contact with is not the person in the pictures, but a black, male, West African, and his girlfriend, or helper.
Don't send money!
You can get more info on internet scams from Cambodia at Dragonladies.org

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Banned at AsianLonelyHearts.com

AsianLonelyHearts.com is a small, free dating site, that screens every new profile. Most sites don't bother. We won't run a site that allows scammers to interact with our members. Here is the latest scammer who tried to register at AsianLonelyHearts.com celinecouli@yahoo.com Ivory Coast celinecoulibaly200

Why is it important to run a google search of the email address of a new 'friend' you meet online?

Scammers change email addresses like we change underwear, but doing a search of an email address for a new person you meet online may help you avoid getting scammed.
We try to teach people to post information about scams, and scammers, online. This means many email addresses used by scammers will show up in the search engines.
A scammer generally doesn't easily abandon an email address he or she is currently using for contact with victims, or potential victims. When they do, they will usually claim the email account was 'hacked', or they otherwise lost access to it.
Please, do a google search of the email address for the new person you are in contact with. You may find nothing, you may find many things that don't add up to the story they tell you, or worse.
Thousands of 'baiters' and other anti-scam activists put the information about scammers online for this purpose, to help you, if you bother to look.
You can additionally use other search services, like Spokeo. Spokeo will tell you a lot about real American people you meet on the 'net. Search anybody by name, e-mail address, phone number, online username or even friends in your address book and instantly return lots of info.

woodskelly15@yahoo.com NIGERIAN Scammer Banned

This is a NIGERIAN scammer, using a stolen picture of porn star, Emma O'neill who tried to register at Asianlonelyhearts.com

kattygrace alebapetro@yahoo.com SCAMMER

This is a scammer who tried to register at Asianlonelyhearts.com , using a stolen picture of Raven Riley, and a Chinese proxy.
Raven Riley is a popular picture for West African scammers to steal, and use in scams. You are not in contact with this porn star!

janelolds20@gmail.com SENEGAL SCAMMER

This is a scammer from Senegal who claims to be in Dallas, TX, US, and tried to register on Asianlonelyhearts.com with the username, oldsjanet. The picture, email address, and username exist in previous scam reports you can find on the 'net.

'Mature' Asian ladies, do you realize you are a target for scammers?

West African scammers are increasingly looking for middle-aged or older 'Asian' ladies to scam. While you may think you may not have enough money to attract scammers, the few hundred dollars they can extract from you, is sufficient reason they will target you.
West African scammers are generally young, black males, from the nations of Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Senegal, and Ghana.
They will pretend to be anyone, or anything, online. When they try to scam middle-aged ladies, they pretend to be anything from handsome soldiers, to middle-aged businessmen and professionals.
The pictures they use are STOLEN, and the real person in the pictures is not who you are in contact with, or has anything to do with the scam.
The 'stolen' picture aspect is one primary reason you must insist on seeing a face on webcam, and not accept any excuses for not seeing this person on cam.
Scammers will not be able to show 'that face' on a webcam, with the exception of a few scammers who have short videos of 'that' person, or a person who looks similar, they can feed over a webcam, making it appear that person is live, and on cam.
The 'recordings' are usually easy to detect, if you pay attention. They will repeat, or will be of short duration, and the scammer will claim they are having 'cam' problems. If you are in contact with a real person, and hope for a real relationship with them, it is normal to expect to see that person often on webcam.
There is no excuse to not show a face on webcam. Most modern laptops have them, many or most home computers, and most internet cafes, also.
A person serious about finding 'love' online, will have a cam.

These scammers will often claim to be affluent, and world travelers. This gives them excuses to be stranded in various remote countries, and ask you for financial help.
Do not send money! Real 'world travelers' have resources for emergencies like this, and can always contact the embassy of the nation they claim to be from for help.
Rich men, and men who work for large, international corporations, have resources for emergencies, and just need to make a phone call. Don't send money!

These scammers may also claim they are on the way to meet you, in your country, and ask you to accept a package they are sending you. Do not give your address, or pay fees for a 'package'. They may claim the package contains gifts for you, family treasures, funds they are trying to hide, or materials they need for the work they claim they do. You will be asked to pay 'courier' or customs fees for the FAKE package, to FAKE courier, or customs people. There is no package!
The sole purpose of this 'package' is to extract money from you. No other reason. No love. No real person. It's a scam.

They may talk to you on the phone, and give you a phone number to contact them with that is appropriate for where they claim to be, or from. Please remember, it is very easy to set up 'fake' phone numbers, for any city or country in the world. I can set up a phone number that is for China, the UK, USA, or anywhere, and be anywhere in the world.
If you talk to them on the phone, you may notice the English they speak has an accent? They will claim the accent is due to them being raised outside the US or UK, due to 'mixed' parents. If you are not an native speaker of english, you may not notice the accent isn't 'right', but most native speakers of english are not fooled.
I have talked to Asian ladies who have lost life savings to these scammers. Whatever money you have, or can get, is important to them, as it is to you.
West African scammers may also try to get you involved in money laundering, or depositing fake checks or money orders. This may be under the guise of a 'work at home' opportunity, or as a favor for the fake man, who claims to love you. He may say he has paychecks from a company in your country he is having difficulty cashing, and ask you to do it, and send him the proceeds, by Western Union. Please, don't do this! The checks are fake, and will not be detected as such,until after you have sent him the money. You will be repsonsible for reimbursing the funds to the bank, and may be prosecuted for fraud!
There are some real, nice people, online, hoping to meet other real, nice people. I am not trying to scare you, just warn you to not waste time on fake or fraudulent people, and be smart when using the internet to meet people.
Two sites that can help you with scammers, are:
Romancescam.com
Dragonladies.org