I'm currently working with a victim who lost $1000 to someone using exactly this scam. They're now trying to raise another $7000 from him to finance her trip over here, but now he knows better.
I've been in contact via Yahoo IM with a victim in the States and have referred him here. He is (quite understandably) hesitant to trust me, yet appears to have done a bit of research on his own to th ...