# Friend met an online girlfriend. What's the probability it is legit? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 30, 2022, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-met-an-online-girlfriend-whats-the-probability-it-is-legit/970599 "2022-08-30T13:08:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 29
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-met-an-online-girlfriend-whats-the-probability-it-is-legit/970599/29 "2022-08-30T15:23:27Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Online dating with people in town? Probably legit, but a decent chance it’s prostitution. Bullshit. Have you ever online dated? Since my divorce in 2005 I have met more women online (okcupid, match, craigslist dating, bumble, tinder) than you would probably believe. There were a small few matches on bumble or tinder who claimed to be prostitutes in early messages (they probably weren’t even that and it was a scam where they asked for a deposit or something) but effectively all of them were actual local women looking to date or hook up. The Philippines thing though, very likely to be some kind of scam. There may be some legit dating services out there to connect Americans with foreign women but I wouldn’t trust any of them. Sort of related, one of my favorite all time SDMB threads is linked below. It’s long but you only need to read the posts by the OP to enjoy it. > [@Mail order bride & sour honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mail-order-bride-sour-honey/202547): > > So I’m a dumbass: There’s this Nice Young Man\*\*[sup]TM\*\*[/sup] (Let’s call him Bubba)in my community that makes his living off of bees. That’s right, he’s a professional beekeeper. Now in the beekeeping business, income is seasonal and prices can vary widely from month to month. So three months ago Bubba approaches me and says he’s tapped out but he’s got plenty of honey to sell as soon as the price goes up. In the meantime, Bubba can’t pay his light bill, or get gasoline to travel around and … --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-met-an-online-girlfriend-whats-the-probability-it-is-legit/970599)._