What types of offshore marriage fraud exist?
Q: The information in your eBook “Marriage By (e)mail” mentions that fraud can occur when searching for a foreign bride. Before buying your eBook, can you tell me if it’s just normal Internet fraud (credit card fraud, and such). I work in the computer technology sector, and am very adept at knowing the ways to prevent this. A: You are entering a whole new world when you talk about offshore marriage. First of all, people you communicate with are going after your emotions first and your pocketbook second, or later. And believe us, some of these people (a small percentage) engaging in offshore email marriages are professional fraudsters. Here are a few examples of what kind of fraudulent schemes are covered in our eBook “Marriage By (e)mail.” Some contacts you might come across in your search for an offshore spouse are psychologically astute. They’ll get you totally and emotionally involved in their story, to the point you might end up weeping for them. But one of the first signs of fraud
